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Brooks: 'Close' Is An Ugly Word For CU's
Embree
BOULDER - If it was blurry early, itGÇÖs all
coming into focus now: The first win of ColoradoGÇÖs Jon Embree Era
in football isnGÇÖt going to come easy ? not after the way things
went up, down, up again and finally way, way down Saturday in his
home opener.
Maybe a third change of venue in three weeks will help. The
Buffaloes have lost at Hawaii (34-17), lost in Folsom Field (36-33
in overtime to California) and now take theirs and their first-year
coachGÇÖs now-desperate quest for GÇÿWGÇÖ No. 1 to a neutral site in
Denver next weekend.
Waiting, and no doubt salivating, will be CUGÇÖs northern, ah,
neighbor ? unbeaten (2-0) Colorado State, which pushed around
Northern Colorado 33-14 Saturday in Fort Collins.
CU rallied from a 10-point third-quarter deficit against Cal to
take a four-point fourth-quarter lead and led again by three in OT,
but the spirited comeback didnGÇÖt leave Embree in an GÇ£attaboyGÇ¥
mood.
He conceded his team GÇ£fought their butts offGÇ¥ before reminding a
questioner that even in Season 1 of what has been called a
reclamation project by outsiders that he, his staff and his players
GÇ£expected to be 2-0. I donGÇÖt want to sound sour, I donGÇÖt want to
diminish what these kids have done (vs. Cal), but we came here to
win. We prepared and we trained to win ? not to be close, not to be
GÇÿoh, next week.GÇÖ ItGÇÖs too much work and itGÇÖs too hard, so close
ainGÇÖt it.GÇ¥
But close against Cal, which bludgeoned the Buffs 52-7 last
season, will have to do until they play next in a game that counts
in the Pac-12 standings...more
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