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“We obviously have some holes to fill on defense,” said McCartney said after spring practice. 1 defensive line in the nation by The Sporting News. The defensive line, as a group, was tabbed as the No. The defensive line would be strong, with starters Shannon Clavelle, Kerry Hicks, and Darrius Holland returned. Also gone were two starters in the secondary – Dwayne Davis and Dennis Collier – but All-American candidate Chris Hudson returned, joined by players with starting experience in junior Donnell Leomiti and junior Dalton Simmons.

On defense, the Buffs had two outside linebackers to replace 1993 MVP Sam Rogers and Ron Woolfork, but senior Ted Johnson (who led the team in tackles in 1993) along with sophomore Matt Russell (number three in tackles) returned. If Hammond couldn’t go, junior Heath Irwin and sophomore Chris Naeole were ready to go. Guard Chad Hammond, who was an honorable mention All-Big Eight player in 1993 was recovering from back surgery. Outland trophy candidate Tony Berti returned, along with two year starters Derek West at tackle and Brian Stoltenberg at center. The reason the Colorado coaching staff could be optimistic about success for its “skill position” players was that the list of “Big Uglies” along the offensive line was very impressive. Lamont Warren was also gone, leaving a year early, but Rashaan Salaam returned. Johnson was off to the NFL, but Michael Westbrook and tight end Christian Fauria, both All-American candidates, returned. Quarterback Kordell Stewart returned, with the senior already holding two dozen school records, including the record for the most passing yards in school history. On paper Colorado matched up well with the rest of the nation. Ending last year on a high note provides us with good momentum heading into this season.” “But we were encouraged by winning our last four games and getting a bowl victory. “We were disappointed that we didn’t play better at crunch time in close games,” said McCartney. Still, the end result, an 8-3-1 record, was not all that McCartney had expected. Mission accomplished: the Buffs cranked out 470 yards of total offense per game, 240 on the ground and 230 through the air. In 1993, Colorado head coach Bill McCartney had wanted a more balanced attack on offense. In Boulder, the CU Buffs and their fans had high aspirations, if not high hopes. Preseason 1994 … Colorado looks to build on four-game winning streak The fact that such a game would be given the label of “rivalry” by the national media, much to the chagrin of the Husker faithful, gave me at least one reason to smile about the new Big 12 Conference. Without the Sooners on the schedule every year, the door had been opened for a “rivalry” game between the Cornhuskers and Buffs on Thanksgiving weekend. Nebraska would continue to play Colorado every year in the new Big 12, but the Cornhuskers would play Oklahoma only twice every four years.

The new “Pac-12″ would present new and interesting match-ups, and yes, it would get Colorado out from underneath the shadow of Nebraska.įrom my perspective, there was only one saving grave to the new configuration. I had long hoped that the Buffs would make a jump from the Big Eight to the Pac-10, either with BYU or Texas. While long-rumored, the announcement of the merger of the Big Eight with four teams from the SWC left me non-plussed. Houston, Rice, and TCU all averaged under 30,000 fans per game, and television money was more interested in the Big 10, the SEC, and the Big Eight. What the fall of the SWC really boiled down to was money. 3) the scandals which had plagued the conference had allowed marquee schools from around the nation to invade and pluck prime Texas high school talent.Īll three theories had merit, but they ignored the bottom line.

#Kansas city chiefs roster 1994 series#