Well Fatty and Hatter, I think the early season CU OOC losses both in '01 and '02 gave me (us) a pretty false sense of security for both games. Losing to Fresno State in '01 (an our playing OU 38-37 in Norman the previous week) and to USC in '02 (40-3 at Home prior to our beating USC) pretty much set me up for a fall.
I was next to the locker room when our beaten and battered Cats went in at halftime (down 28-14) and it was like a funeral march. I've seen more spring in the steps on a senior citizen field trip. When the first CU possession of the 3rd quarter provided a TD I thought it was overkill. Needless to say an 80 yard Sproles run can make things better in a hurry.
I'd probably be a bit more bitter about things but the '01 Buffs team was just way better than KSU and the '02 Cats nearly pissed down their leg in the Holiday Bowl vs. ASU. We might have beaten OU, as the Cats were definately on a roll, but maybe not. The one that haunts me is the 1999 CU field goal kicker missing vs. Nubb. That would have put us KSU the Championship game vs. a UT team they whipped in Austin earlier in the year.
