It should be an exciting autumn for Colorado fans. And for once that enthusiasm can be tied to something other than the Buffaloes' sketchy expectations on the gridiron.
While the countdown to the Rocky Mountain Showdown against Colorado State has ticked under the two-week mark, two Buffs squads harboring legitimate chances of making monumental national impacts already are off and running.
On Thursday, a Buffaloes women's soccer team that for some confounding reason was left out of the national preseason top 25 opened its season with a dominant 3-0 victory at Air Force. Later this week the 15th-ranked CU volleyball team, fresh off its first appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16 in 20 years, opens its season with three matches over two days at the Rumble in the Rockies hosted by the University of Wyoming.