Adding Understanding

Several reports suggest the Sonny Lubick era at Colorado State University is over. There are suggestions that Lubick may have been forced out circulating as well. Having been at CSU for the start of the Lubick era and watched a program go from nothing to one of the best program for student athletes in the country it will be sad to see Lubick go. Hopefully in leaving with time remaining on his contract Lubick will be able to be a strong force in shaping the post-Lubick era at Colorado State University.

While America's troops are deployed abroad the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands at Colorado State University is finding ways to help them protect priceless artifacts. The center created playing cards with reminders about ways to protect antiquities. The center is distributing 50,000 decks of playing cards to the troops in the field.

I'll freely admit that I was pretty nervous. The combination of a 13-game loosing streak and UNLV being a 2-point favorite for UNLV's homecoming game Saturday evening made for a real possibility that UNLV would beat the Rams for the first time in years. Sure there were all sorts of things that one can point to showing why CSU should win the game. The fact remains that CSU lost several games that they should have won in the midst of this streak. However, the Rams' 48-23 victory makes it a little easier to go to the office on Monday. The Rams' slide has raised the speculation around Coach Sonny Lubick's possible retirement. It is ironic given that what has made Lubick so successful is that his teams always have heart. Only once in the 13-game streak did the team seem defeated by their own lack of motivation. And that game, last week against Air Force, now seems a one-time event. Whatever happens the Sonny Lubick bobble head on my desk will remain proudly in place.

This afternoon's AFC championship game brings a couple of Colorado State University alumni back to the Centennial State. Pittsburg has two outstanding linebackers in pro-bowler Joey Porter and his CSU teammate Clark Haggans.

Better yet as a partisan 'Stater' although three of the Steelers have Colorado schools in their college days, none of them are from the home of the Buffaloes.