Author: Woody Paige
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CU season opener could be — well who knows? We’ll just have to wait and see | Woody Paige
On Nov. 18, 1948, Woodrow Paige Sr. took his 2-year-old son to see the Tennessee Vols lose to the Ole Miss Rebels in Memphis, Tenn. In the 75 years since, Woodrow Paige Jr. hasn’t been as bewildered, befuddled and bemused about a college football game as now. The Colorado Buffaloes open their season and begin…
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Woody Paige: Broncos’ roster anything but final, looking very Saint-like
The DENOLA BRAINTS’ final regular-season roster is as fluid and double-secretive as nitrogen dioxide. At the end of the day, literally, the local NFL team, a consolidation of the new Denver Broncos and the old New Orleans Saints, didn’t really reveal the actual 53 players who will be practicing Thursday at Dove Valley in preparation…
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Woody Paige: Broncos show signs of goodness vs. Rams
Hold your horses! The Broncos can’t be that good, can they? Like the new gargantuan stadium scoreboard, the Broncos were larger than life Saturday night. They scored 27 points – in the FIRST HALF. And they threw a shutout — for the ENTIRE GAME. The Broncos eventually generated an overwhelming 41-0 blowout. Get out of…
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Woody Paige: From Pueblo to Slovenia, Gradishar choice as HOF finalist brings pride
Editor’s note: Nick Gradisar owned a law firm and is the current Pueblo mayor. The Gradishars and Gradisars of Pueblo are dancing in the streets. The favorite adopted son of Colorado’s “Steel City’’ 100 miles south of Denver has become a sure-fire Pro Football Hall of Famer. “We are all celebrating and so proud of…
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Woody Paige: Broncos’ Hall of Fame candidate Randy Gradishar will always be the ‘Orange Crusher’
While writing this column I’m enjoying a drink. Orange Crush. In 1906, J.M. Thompson of Chicago was credited with creating a soda he called “Orange Crush,” but it didn’t sell. For four years Los Angeles chemist Neil Callen Ward, who had lost an eye in an explosion, upgraded the formula and mixed ingredients, flavors, sugar…
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Woody Paige: Dunlap’s U.S. Amateur win came where legends have walked
In the hallowed halls at Colorado’s most legendary golf course the ghosts of tournaments past sprung alive Sunday from framed photographs to watch a young man whose picture will join them soon on the walls. Runner up Neal Shipley said after his final round defeat to the new United States Amateur champion that nobody could…
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Woody Paige: Another close loss, and Broncos must step up
The Broncos lost to the officiating crew, then to the 49ers Saturday night. Sean Payton is agitated again. The Broncos haven’t been closers so far under the new head coach. They ‘’officially’’ lost each of their two unofficial exhibitions by one point in the waning seconds. The Cardinals won 18-17 and the 49ers 21-20. One…
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Woody Paige: Rockies should trade — for new majority owners
If the Brothers Grim — majority owners of the Rockies, a team on pace for its worst of all 31 seasons — finally are willing to sell the franchise, two cousins who are minority owners could make a purchase offer. How about trading Dick and Charlie Monfort, who own approximately 70% of the Rockies, for Jay D.…
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Woody Paige: New coaches abound for Colorado college football this season
In three weekends the universities of Colorado and Northern Colorado and the state’s NFL team will be home on the range. The Deer and the Pronghorns won’t play, but the Buffaloes will roam in Boulder, and the Bears will growl in Greeley, where seldom will be heard a discouragin’ word, but Incarnate Word will be…
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Woody Paige: Undrafted running back aims for all to know his name
The Broncos’ biggest bright-lite breakout-buster in Exhibition 1 was their littlest player – “McGLAUGHLIN”. Only, the name on the back of his No. 38 white jersey was misspelled. He’s Jaleel McLaughlin, not McGlaughlin. Remember his name and this new, novel nickname: “Jaleel The Real Deal’’. McLaughlin is listed on the Broncos’ roster as 5-foot-7 and…