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Buff Madness

Okay, so it isn't quite dreaded "Mad Cow" disease, but "Buff Madness" has some less severe, yet substantial symptoms. We're talking of course of a coaching decision that appeared to have been made, then denied and now still moving in a direction that will secure a new football coach at the University of Colorado. The symptoms of Buff Madness include media members rolling with single source facts (i.e., gossip for regular non-media folks), fans roaming in several unique packs and factions sniping at each other, former players meeting at all hours and rich donors threatening fewer dollars to the school if the search committee fails to meet the expectations that are wide ranging and tend to stray from reality. Expectations range from an insistence to return former coach Bill McCartney back to restore the glory all the way to and including stealing LSU Tiger Les Miles away from the his BCS Bowl bound team in time to recruit new Buffs.  Along the way, former O