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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Even on a Monday — two days after a thrilling Colorado win on homecoming — things were buzzing at The Buff, a breakfast and brunch place where everybody knows your name and the 99-cent mimosas help wash down the bacon-filled pancakes and huevos rancheros.
The arrival of Deion Sanders has raised this eatery’s profile in much the same way it has amplified everything around CU these days. Before the celebrity coach arrived in Boulder, places like The Buff were well-established institutions. Now, they’re destinations.
“When we have a home game, well, I run a business, and I have to make sure we double order everything and we staff the floor to capacity,” manager Dru Libby said of the noticeable difference between now and a few years ago at an establishment that never wanted for customers.
That story plays out up and down Canyon Boulevard, or anywhere in Boulder, where the sandstone and red-roofed buildings on campus are the background for an entire town that is basking in Year 2 of what’s known as “The Prime Effect.”
The numbers the arrival of “Coach Prime” have lavished on Boulder are so powerful — from enrollment at the school to economic impact in the town to the number of celebrities on the sidelines — that it can sometimes be tempting to overlook the number that means the most in sports: Wins.
How many does CU need to consider this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity a success? What would the timeframe be? There are no clear answers to either question, but a consensus is building that, yes, CU, which went 4-8 in Sanders’ first season, does need to start piling up Ws sooner or later.
The homecoming win over Baylor, followed by a 48-21 drubbing of UCF last weekend, put CU at 4-1 this season heading into the bye week and has the fan base feeling hopeful.
“There’s a lot of hype around…
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Author : Associated Press
Publish date : 2024-10-03 16:17:15
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