It’s been a very long road to get here. My fandom started in 1999, watching Jason Vaughn throw a pick and Randy Black blow up some receiver and receive a personal foul. The 2000 season was great and things were looking up, but 01, 02 and 03 were massive disappointments, outside of changing the course of the cannon and wins against at ranked CSU, at ranked Wisky, and BYU on the road. Jason Thomas’ being a heisman hopeful was unfortunately a chuckle, after someone yelled at commercial break “Jason Thomas sucks!” after his weak qb sneak at the Cox Pavilion, during a watch party for the opener at Arkansas.
Unless I’m forgetting anything, the win at ranked ASU was the only highlight of the Mike Sanford era, outside of Mike trashing the locker rooms after his canning or him biffing it at Iowa State. I guess it did generate two NFL coaches. Enter Bobby Hauck. 3 years and 6 wins later, thankfully Caleb got us to a bowl in year 4 but that was the first highlight since the World Trade Center was still standing.
Enter CTS. IIRC, had more red cannons than blue, but mostly lowlights, specifically Howard, but it got us the Mendenhall facility.
Enter Marcus Arroyo. Sweet shoe collection
Exit Marcus Arroyo.
The last two years have been so much fun. Please god let’s not revisit the past and keep the momentum.
