CU Buffs start preparing specifically for opening foe Hawaii

Buffs to take on Rainbow Warriors in Hawaii on Sept. 3

BOULDER — Monday morning marked the first day Colorado dialed in on the specific game plan for its first opponent of the season: Hawaii

"Today was the day we started honing in on them hard," CU coach Mike MacIntyre said.

And if the tenor of practice wasn't telling enough, the "next opponent" flag just off of the CU practice fields made no mistake of what was going on. It was changed to the Hawaii name and logo.

"That's our first game coming up," MacIntyre said. "Want to remind them what we're doing, what we're shooting for and here we go."

A big part of the preparation is getting the plan down on how the defense plans to attack Hawaii…