Peggy Coppom hasn't quite seen it all with the Colorado Buffaloes, but she's seen much more than most, so believe her when she says Thursday was a good day to be a fan.
Peggy Coppom hasn't quite seen it all with the Colorado Buffaloes, but she's seen much more than most, so believe her when she says Thursday was a good day to be a fan.
“I'm so happy to get back to the Big 12 — or the Big 15 or whatever it ends up being," she said, laughing. “It seems like that’s where we belong. We don’t belong with the West Coast people." Former CU fullback Jim Kelleher, who was second in the Big Eight with 15 rushing touchdowns in 1976, said he's in wait-and-see mode about the move.
Specific to Colorado, he said, the Buffs seemed to be a good fit in the Pac-12. He said his sentimental attachment to the Big 12 won't be there without Nebraska and other teams he played against in the old Big Eight.
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