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How I got hooked on sports: Dropping into Folsom Field for a glimpse of the Buffs

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of personal essays detailing how members of The Denver Post sports staff fell in love with sports.

Wow!

I am 9 years old, and this is the biggest group of people I have ever seen. I just walked through the south portal into Folsom Field, because the gate attendant said I could for a couple of plays.

My family made the trek from Fort Collins to Boulder for homecoming, 10 years after my mom graduated from CU in 1957. The Buffs are playing Oklahoma State, and No.