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Sellout Crowd Hears Tucker At CU Kickoff Luncheon

BOULDER — Latest sign that interest in Colorado football has hit a fever pitch?

Try Friday's Colorado Football Kickoff Luncheon, an annual event at Balch Fieldhouse that serves as a springboard to the season.

For the first time in at least a decade, the event was a sellout, as fans and boosters gathered to hear Colorado coach Mel Tucker talk about the Buffaloes — and Tucker didn't disappoint.

"We have what we need in place to build this thing," Tucker said. "It can be done."

"It," of course, is the construction of a championship contender, and Tucker knows a thing or two about that process.