Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: 11 and they’re in; transformed Broncos have playoffs in their sights
Four more, Broncos! Be forewarned, NFL! With a farfetched final five finish (and 10 victories in 11 games) the Broncos would participate in the playoffs for the first season since Super Bowl 50. With one caveat, since the advent of the 16- and 17-games schedules only two teams have won 11 games in the regular…
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Woody Paige: Stick to the script and Broncos’ SoFi struggles will vanish
SoFi ain’t Mile High for the Broncos. The Broncos are 0-4ever at the House Enos Stanley Kroenke Built for $5,500,000,000 in California (although he will not spend 55 cents to televise the Nuggets and the Avalanche games for the vast majority of Coloradans). Since the splendorous stadium opened in Los Angeles in 2020 the Broncos…
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Woody Paige: Pros should keep an eye on Colorado School of Mines QB
Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent beat the Carolina Panthers and No. 1 draft pick quarterback Bryce Young, but he couldn’t beat quarterback John Matocha of the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers. In the past 20 years, Bagent, who set touchdown records at Shepherd’s University, has become only the fourth quarterback from Division II to become…
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Woody Paige: Playoff chances slipping out of Broncos’ grip
Noels now mean No L’s for the Broncos. The victory was there for the taking by the Broncos on Sunday. Instead, the Texans did the taking away. The Broncos could have been in a privileged playoff position by Christmas time and singing carols. But ’tis the season if they lose another AFC game. It was…
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Woody Paige: Broncos win vs. Texans? … absolutely necessary
The Broncos’ rallying cry Sunday must be “Sine Qua Non’’. A metaphorical translation of the Latin maxim is “Beat The Texans.’’ Meanwhile, Broncos boosters should chant “Go Titans.’’ With a victory over the Texans in Houston and a Titans triumph in Tennessee against the Colts, the Broncos would rise Lazarus-like from the dead to the…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets get extra game … beating Clippers again should be a breeze
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer does not own the Los Angeles Clippers. The Denver Nuggets do. The NBA defending world champions just received a propitious break. The league has announced that a Nuggets-Clippers game has been added to the schedule Wednesday in L.A., because both teams failed to advance in the league’s inaugural intramural in-season…
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CU heading back to where it belongs | Woody Paige
Good-bye Yellow Brick Road, La-La Land, Berkeley and Eugene. Toto, we are back in Kansas again. And Lubbock, Ames and Stillwater. Hello, Disney World. Colorado football is done with The Two-Pack and beginning anew with The Great Big 16. It’s the End of an Error. CU’s terrible tenancy in the Pac-12 was a failure inside…
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Broncos have become ball hawks on the way to five-straight Ws | Woody Paige
The Broncos must have experienced an epiphany. The takeaway from the game: The Orange rush toward the playoffs carried on as the Battlin’ Broncos beat the Browns with takeaways in Sunday’s second Scorigami of the season. The Broncos’ defense has been the creator and/or beneficiary of 15 turnovers in the past 16 quarters. The Broncos’…
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Give thanks for the Broncos, who are trending toward the playoffs | Woody Paige
Thanks, Broncos, for giving Coloradans the opportunity to celebrate the holidaze. Who knew? Be fuddled, be wildered, be mused, be happy. The Broncos will be in the NFL playoffs pursuit at Thanksgiving, then at Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and the first weekend in 2024. The Broncos have won five and must win five more.…
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Broncos survive Vikings as win streak stretches to four games | Woody Paige
The Vikings may have discovered America a thousand years ago, but could not cover Courtland Sutton with 63 seconds to go Sunday night. The Broncos’ wide receiver, for the second successive game, made a heroic touchdown catch, and the Denver defense stopped Minnesota cold to produce a fourth consecutive victory. With back-to-back thrilling triumphs in…