CU is objectively "bad" from top to bottom.
We went to the game in Boulder since we happened to be visiting family near there already.
Obviously I can't testify to the players' mindset, but my sense of the game was that within the first 5 minutes of playing CU, our team knew CU didn't have what it takes to threaten them. It was a kind of "playing with our food" game. Then naturally we gave up some open 3's and CU got a little warm in the first half. The crowd actually got into it a little. Iowa State had to get serious in the 2nd half to gut that game out.
CU is a scrappy team but easily bottom-third in talent in this conference.
Oh and I had to take this picture. Maybe there is a deeper story behind it (I didn't ask) but as it stands, it's ridiculously funny for a fan of a visiting team.
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