Tag: Mark Kiszla
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Mark Kiszla: Is everything for sale, including loyalty of die-hard Broncomaniacs?
After Denver has finally fought its way back to the center of the NFL universe, is Broncomania up for sale? The NFL nation’s eyes will be fixed Sunday on Colorado, when Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love and legendary CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz hit town for what might well be the most must-see football moment…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Curt Cignetti is the football coach Deion Sanders should want to be if Prime ever grows up
Put some respect on Indiana’s name in the college football playoffs. – J.C., rocks on Kiz: The Hoosiers are the Cinderella football story that CU Buffs faithful only wish they could tell. Deion Sanders and Curt Cignetti were hired less than a year apart to revitalize two of the most inept programs in major college…
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Mark Kiszla: Broncos’ road to Super Bowl begins with Bo Nix’s hands under rump of center Luke Wattenberg
Why wait until the 25th day of December, when Bo Nix and Sean Payton need to start unwrapping their shiniest presents now? All I want for Christmas is a Broncos offense that scares somebody. Despite its 11-2 record, Denver will take the field Sunday in its home stadium, with too many Cheeseheads populating the stands…
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Mark Kiszla: How Bo Nix has become the Wayne Newton of NFL QBs, singing all the hits he knows by heart
LAS VEGAS – Paying tribute to Mr. Las Vegas, Broncos quarterback Bo Nix followed the tried-and-true showbiz rule of Wayne Newton. When bringing your act to the bright lights of the Strip, the audience demands you play the greatest hits. “Songs you know by heart,” Broncos offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey said. On a Sunday afternoon…
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Mark Kiszla: How to fix the nonsensical mess that is the college football playoffs
On the dumbest day of the entire college football season, the legendary Nick Saban and Georgia coach Kirby Smart said something really intelligent. “It’s all B.S.,” Smart told Saban, during a spicy interview that aired Saturday on ESPN. I couldn’t agree more. If college football had a brain, the win-or-go-home thrill of the playoffs would’ve begun…
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Mark Kiszla: Could Nix and Maye become the Manning-Brady rivalry that Broncos Country has been missing?
We’ve gone back to the future, with the AFC once again a wicked-hard turf war between the Broncos and Patriots, just as football gods Peyton Manning and Tom Brady intended. “No team can go through so many years, over and over, with losing. You’ve got to do something about it,” Denver offensive tackle Garett Bolles…
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Mark Kiszla: Knock the Broncos’ wins and call ’em frauds. ‘Doesn’t mean we have to listen,’ Courtland Sutton says. ‘Or care.’
The Broncos just might be the worst 10-2 team in NFL history. And they don’t care. Yes, they hear the noise. The Broncos have been cursed with the F-word as frauds and dissed by the computer rankings that rate them no better than 12th in ESPN’s Football Power Index. Know what has become the new…
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Mark Kiszla: In their year of living dangerously, can the Broncos make Super Bowl run without a running game?
LANDOVER, Md. — Do the Broncos ever do anything the easy way? Every victory smile is covered in a Maalox mustache. Oh, this heartburn hurts so good. It took the Broncos overtime and the big, bad hand of linebacker Nik Bonitto to thwart a two-point conversion for them to beat Washington 27-26 Sunday. “We don’t…
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Mark Kiszla: Unable to lighten Nikola Jokic’s load, Nuggets can’t win championship this way
For all the changes around Nikola Jokic, when he’s not on the court, the Nuggets look like the same team that got Michael Malone fired as head coach. The Nuggets insisted everything would be different this season. It’s not. They’re living a lie. The faces have changed. But the song remains the same. And Jokic…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Maybe Deion Sanders should pack his Louis Vuitton and move Buffs to the Sun Belt Conference
While I think the boost in attendance and revenue to the CU football program is great, the performance is the same as in years past. I don’t see us improving much as long as this Deion Sanders staff is coaching in Boulder. – Jeremie, adventurer Kiz: When the Buffs hired Sanders, he had CU faithful…