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Boy, the time really has flown by. Part of that is the anticipation and excitement of coming here every year. This is one place I really, really look forward to going.

Colorado is at a crossroads. We can privatize our public universities or we can begin to fund them at a level that continues their present missions.

It sure adds a lot of drama. No lead is safe. It takes a lot of courage to play those last three golf holes.

It's too bad when a few misbehave that so many end up punished. When it comes to the issues of discipline, the rules are clear. The consequences are the ones that students choose.

Guys have watched Tiger for a decade now and seen him overpower everyone. They've taken that as the blueprint and are finding ways to throttle everything up even more.

Mark Driscoll has been a tremendous supporter of Ram athletics and we thank him for his years of service. We wish him the best.

He never was my best range player. He was probably the quickest guy I ever coached.

He caught a catfish and it scared him to death. I had to stop him because he was ready to grab it and those whiskers were about to pierce him. We would have been playing with four golfers the next round instead of five.