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Colorado Hit With $50,000 Fine After Anti-LDS Chants
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Colorado Hit With $50,000 Fine After Anti-LDS Chants

By Spencer Kristensen | KDVR Fox31 DENVER (KDVR) — The University of Colorado Boulder was fined by the Big 12 Division on Tuesday after reports surfaced of inappropriate chants by CU students during the football game against BYU at Folsom Field on Saturday. CU faces a public reprimand and $50,000 fine. “In accordance with the Big 12 Conference Principles and Standards of Sportsmanship, the Conference has issued the University of Colorado a public reprimand and $50,000 fine for the inappropriate chants that occurred during Saturday’s football game against BYU.” Alongside the announcement of the fine, the Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark made a statement: “Hateful and discriminatory language has no home in the Big 12 Conference. While we appreciate Colorado apologizing for th...
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CU Boulder Condemns Anti-Mormon Chant at BYU Game
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CU Boulder Condemns Anti-Mormon Chant at BYU Game

By Micah Smith | Denver7 According to community members who attended the Colorado vs. BYU football game, several students chanted “f*** the Mormons” BOULDER, Colo. – On Sunday, the University of Colorado Boulder chancellor and athletic director released a joint statement condemning a student chant that targeted Mormons during CU Boulder’s football game against Brigham Young University (BYU). According to community members who attended the game, several students chanted “F*** the Mormons” and said other hateful statements throughout the game. In their statement, Chancellor Justin Schwartz and Athletic Director Rick George said: The University of Colorado Boulder strongly condemns the use of expletives and religious slurs by individuals in the stands during the recent football...
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Lee Corso retires as college football’s face of tradition and fun
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Sports Illustrated, Approved, National

Lee Corso retires as college football’s face of tradition and fun

By Blake Silverman | Sports Illustrated Corso's last show brought out all the feels. Lee Corso's incredible 38-year run on ESPN's College GameDay has come to a close. His final show took place in Columbus, Ohio, where it all began, ahead of the big showdown between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State Saturday. The 90-year-old college football legend chose the Buckeyes, throwing on a Brutus Buckeye mascot head before signing off for the final time. Although one last "not so fast" would have been electric, the Ohio State pick is a fitting one. He chose the Buckeyes in his first-ever headgear pick before they beat Penn State in 1996. According to Cole's GameDay Blog, who tracks all of Corso's picks, he has went 286-144 in headgear selections for a 66.51% winning p...
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