CU Boulder’s NorCal Buffs

Thank you for the 400+ CU alumni who showed up with CU PRIDE at JONES Sports Bar for the DOMINATION over the CSU Rams!!!

CU has got a nephew-uncle tandem with Freshmen sensation Darrel Scott (#1 recruited high-school running back)  and his uncle, Josh Smith who ran back a 93 kick-off return for a touchdown!

Scott, who rushed 12 times for 50 yards and a TD set the tone for things to come but his uncle, Josh Smith, took over the game with a combined 189 yards and a TD of his own to seal the win for the Buffs! Smith scored CU’s first kick-off return for a TD in 5 years. The last time this happened was when CU sensation Jeremy Bloom ran one back for 88 yards against K-State in 2003.
Although this is the last game to be played at Investo Field with 69,619 fans in the near future (2009 at Folsom Field, 2010 at Fort Collins), we finished the series with thumping of CSU.

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The NorcalBuffs Alumni Club have struck a deal with JONES Bar & Restaurant (San Francisco) to host our CU Watch Parties this fall! (located at the former location of the Marina Sports Bar)

URL: http://www.jones-sf.com/index_flash.html

Address: 2400 Lombard St (at Scott St.), San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-440-2000)

As many of you know, our old standby, Bayside Sports Bar, closed its doors after the Super Bowl this past February. We solicited our alumni for new bar locations to watch games and received dozens of ideas. Many great alternatives made the list but most of these bars already had established relationships with other alumni clubs in the area. This greatly narrowed down our choices.

After talking with the owners of JONES, we realized that this bar/restaurant would be able to accommodate our needs.

JONES will be giving CU alums the open left room (the front left room as you walk in) with several large flat screen TVs, booth & table seating, and just a shout away from the bar. This area can seat dozens and has standing room for many more!

JONES will also be setting up special drink specials for CU fans. We will most likely have it set up if you wear any CU gear (t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, etc…) you get the drink specials. So wear your BLACK AND GOLD!!!

• $12.00 Bud Light Pitchers
• $15.00 Bud or Bud Light buckets

JONES also has an extensive food, cocktail, and wine menu compared to most bars in town. So along with your drink specials, you can order a great meal!

So get the word out! All CU Watch Parties will be held at JONES this fall!

Speaking of football, the Buffs again have one of the toughest schedules of the year, playing 7 teams that went bowling last year (all times are in local Pacific Standard Time):

• SUN 31 Aug 08: 4:30 PM: Colorado State at Denver’s Invesco Field (Rocky Mountain Showdown) (FSN)
• SAT 06 Sep 08: 12:30 PM: Eastern Washington at Boulder
• THU 18 Sep 08: 5:30 PM: West Virginia at Boulder (ESPN)
• SAT 27 Sep 08: TBA: Florida State at Jacksonville, FL
• SAT 04 Oct 08: TBA: Texas at Boulder (Homecoming)
• SAT 11 Oct 08: TBA: Kansas at Lawrence, KS
• SAT 18 Oct 08: TBA: Kansas State at Boulder (Family Weekend)
• SAT 25 Oct 08: TBA: Missouri at Columbia, MO
• SAT 01 Nov 08: TBA: Texas A&M at College Station, TX
• SAT 08 Nov 08: TBA: Iowa State at Boulder
• SAT 15 Nov 08: TBA: Oklahoma State at Boulder
• FRI 28 Nov 08: 12:30 PM: Nebraska at Lincoln, NE
• SAT 06 Dec 08:TBA: Big XII Championship Game at Kansas City, MO (Arrowhead Stadium)
• Bowl Game

URL: http://www.jones-sf.com/index_flash.html

Address: 2400 Lombard St (at Scott St.), San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-440-2000)

Fellow alumni, Tyler Ecoffey, has set up a Watch Party for the CU-CSU game in Walnut Creek for this Sunday’s game!

Location: The Stadium Pub

Address: 1420 Lincoln Ave, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (925) 256-7302

URL:  http://www.thestadiumpub.com/

Date & Time: Sunday 31 Aug 2008, 4:30 PM (PST)

Stadium Pub shows all your favorite sporting events and serves delicious food, welcoming family, friends and “kids of all ages.”  Roasted turkey, New York pastrami, prime rib, fresh salmon burgers, Fish ‘n Chips, wonderful salads feature some of Stadium Pub’s specialties.  22 beers on tap, full bar, 30 TV’s, big screens, satellites and high definition television, outdoor patio, pool table, music and fireplace. Stadium Pub has something for every taste. Come and enjoy Stadium Pub’s friendly atmosphere!

Any direct questions, please email Tyler at:  eastbaybuffs@gmail.com

Our next happy hour will be held at The Boardroom (Woody Zips) in North Beach/Telegraph Hill, SF on Thursday 28 August 2008 from 6-9 PM!!!

Time to ring in the 2008 CU football schedule with “season kickoff” happy hour!!! All CU alumni and friends are welcome!!!

Location:  1609 Powell St (between Green St & Union St), San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 982-8898

URL: http://www.woodyzips.com/

All CASH tips will be donated to the San Francisco Boys and Girls Club, so hit the ATM before you arrive! No credit card tabs please.

This week’s game will not be televised, but CU (1-0) still faces a high caliber Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA) team, the Eastern Washington Eagles (0-1).  Although ECU lost to #12 Texas Tech this past Saturday by a score of 49-24, the Eagles are ranked #7 in Division I-AA and have the offensive power to score points on Division I-A opponents.

This game will be played at home at Folsom Field at 12:30 PM (pacific standard time).

Although this game will not be on TV, internet radio broadcast will be available for purchase via Yahoo!  Sports College Broadcast (cost is $4.95 per month per team – so if your signed up today, you would receive the next 3 CU games via internet radio).  Subscriptions renew every 30 days unless you cancel. Click on the link below and then click on one of the audio icons will will bring up a pop-up window for radio broadcast and will have another link for you to subscribe for $4.95 for CU or $9.95 for all schools for 30 days.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/cbl

Live & On-Demand streaming video can also be purchased at BuffsTV for an annual price of $74.99 or monthly for $9.95:

http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1180227&DB_OEM_ID=600

Additional radio broadcast interviews, photo’s and video can be found on Denver’s KOA website:

http://www.850koa.com/pages/buffs.html

The following week, CU has a bye week to prepare for Pat White and the #8 West Virginia Mountaineers (1-0) on Thursday 18 Sep 2008, 5:30 PM (PST).

Overall, the Big XII Conference is starting out strong, going 10-2 in the first week:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/conference?confId=4

The Big XII is also considered to be the toughest football conference with 5 teams ranked in the Top 13 and 3 other teams receiving votes (including #42 Colorado with 3 votes in the USA Today Poll) (we moved up from #55!!!)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

Board Meeting held on Tuesday 16 Sep 2008, 7:00 PM and JONES Roadhouse at:

Address: 2400 Lombard St (at Scott St.), San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-440-2000)

URL: http://www.jones-sf.com/index_flash.html

Topics:

• Chris Jones, current President, is resigning as of 16 Sep 2008. Was called to Army active duty in Afghanistan beginning on 19 Oct 2008 for 400 days, returning on 22 Nov 2009. All duties have been passed over to the new President, Chris Hemphill. Chris Jones will help transition Chris Hemphill into his new role and will introduce him to the CU staff in Boulder and send out an annoucement to all NorCalBuff alumni.
• Watch Parties
  • Kelli will send out evite for Thursday’s game
  • SF – New lower beer prices and more staff on hand for our games
    • $10 Coors Light and Bud Light pitchers
    • $13 Bud and Bud Light Buckets
    • $14 Blue Moon Pitchers
    • $5 Yeager Bombs
    • $5 Margaritas
    • $10 Burger, Fries and Beer Combo
    • 3 satellite bars + main bar
    • 12 additional servers
    • 15 kegs
    • 50 cases of beer
  • East Bay – Gaining momentum at Stadium Pub
• T-Shirt design and sales
  • Purchased 113 shirts
  • Should have by WV game
  • Sale price will be $20 each
  • All funds go back into our club for future event discounts and 1 scholarship per year for a N. Cal incoming freshmen (CU will match our contribution)
• ICER Air Ski Show
  • $5.00 discount for all CU alumni – on sale now
• Ski & Wine, Beer  & Boards Festival
  • Bryan will update – Dates and price will follow in October
• Warren Miller Pre-Party
  • Bryan will update – Dates and price will follow in October
• March Against Breast Cancer Walk
  • Courtney will update – 2 people signed up so far
• Wine Bus to Calistoga
  • Shannon will update – Hold off until Spring of 2009.
• Warriors – Pistons game with pregame raffle and courtside shoot around with players
  • Link will be available around mid-Sep
• Kings – Detroit game in Sacramento
• CU – Stanford basketball game
  • Nov 29th
  • Pre-game meeting place or pep talk with the coach?
• Website changes
  • Added a new registration tab
  • Adding a t-shirt tab once shirts arrive
  • Adding a photo tab – Need to open a Pro Flickr account (not a free account)
  • Photos hosted via Flickr.com
• Charles Chocolate Tour in Emeryville- Setup for valentines day
  • $7 per person ($3 discount)
  • Tours are Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun from 11:30 to 2:30
• Getting Coach Hawk
  • Talking with news anchor, Brent Cannon, to try to get Hawk out here to speak
• Fundraising
  • $180 from happy hour being donated to SF Boys and Girls Club – Hemphill will get check.
  • $760 from Golden State Warriors
• Bank account:
  • Chris will open a bank account for NorCalBuffs
• People in attendance:
  • Chris Jones
  • Shannon Piro
  • Bryan Meyer
  • Kelli Trent
  • Courtney Geesey
  • Ryan Potvin
  • Chris Hemphill

We need your help to recruit the next round of truly talented CU students (our students are now averaging a 3.6 high school GPA).

Join the Office of Admission, the Alumni Association, Vice Chancellor Julie Wong of Student Affairs and associate professor of engineering Diane Sieber to spread the good word about CU and share your CU experiences with San Francisco-area high school students.

Thursday, Oct. 2
Marriott Walnut Creek
2355 N. Main St., Walnut Creek , 94596
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

We would love to have you and other alumni come to represent the variety of academic programs and extracurricular activities available at CU.

Please R.S.V.P. by Monday, Sept. 29

Join us after the student program for networking, CU giveaways and appetizers with other San Francisco-area Buffs.

Click here to register.

For more information, please contact Becky Cabral at 800-492-7743 or e-mail her at becky.cabral@colorado.edu.

Our next Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday 19 August 2008, 7:00 PM and JONES Roadhouse at: 

Address: 2400 Lombard St (at Scott St.), San Francisco, CA 94123 (415-440-2000)

URL: http://www.jones-sf.com/index_flash.html

Any and all CU Buffs are welcome! Please join us to discuss upcoming events this fall:

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As college football season approaches, FSN – Rocky Mountain is airing five 1 hour cut downs of football games from last year.  FSN Rocky Mountain will be showing a one hour cut down of the Colorado – Oklahoma game from 9/29/07 over the next couple weeks. Although the show is airing nationally, it is more regionally based in terms of viewer demographics. 

Below you will find a list of airings on FSN – Rocky Mountain (Pacific Standard Time):

·       Sunday, August 17 at 12:00pm

·       Monday, August 18 at 5:00pm

·       Tuesday, August 26 at 10:00am and 5:00pm

·       Thursday, August 28 at 3:00pm

Times and channels will differ depending on your cable or satellite provider.

Come send-off over a dozen new incoming freshmen and their parents in San Jose, CA this coming Sunday 10 August 2008 from 2-4 PM.

These Send-Off events are held around the country in students’ home towns as a way to welcome them and their parents into the CU family and to give them an opportunity to meet fellow freshmen before heading to Boulder at the end of August.

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