UB Wins! UB Wins!
I am a University at Buffalo faculty brat. I grew up on that campus, the coldest place on earth. In the 1970s and 1980s, it had no culture, no attractions, no fun. It had a great library and faculty. But it was perhaps the least interesting major university campus in the United States ... except for Stonybrook and Albany. At least UB is in Buffalo!
So throughout my high-school years, I looked for ways to escape to a completely different environment. I feared ending up at UB (although I would have received an outstanding education for almost no money). So I headed to the University of Texas, fully expecting to celebrate a series of NCAA football championships. As it turned out, I only got one. I am still flying high on it. Melissa wonders if it's a good idea for a big man to wear so much orange. But hey, how often does said big man get to brag to the world of an undefeated championship season?
Anyway, back to UB. When I was growing up, UB was not Division I. It played its games on a run-down field surrounded by rotting bleachers. Then in the early 1990s the university decided to be big-time. After all, it was in the greatest football town in the country. Why not have a decent football team, or at least decent competition once in a while? So it built a huge, beautiful stadium on its campus in Amherst, New York.
Well, things did not get better soon. That is, until yesterday!
Buffalo 9, Temple 3:
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It was the Bulls' first season-opening victory since 1997 when they were a Division I-AA program. It also marked the first time Buffalo has had a winning record at any point in a season since opening the 1998 season 4-3.
There was much attention placed on Buffalo this season since Gill was hired in December. The former Nebraska star quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist took over the troubled Mid-American Conference program that has been among the nation's worst, going 10-69 since jumping to the Division I-A ranks in 1999. ...
Congratulations Bulls! Let's hope this is the start of some fun on that cold, dreary campus!
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