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'Team of Champions' Endows CU Football Scholarship

BOULDER — The idea came to Emery Moorehead and Jeff Austin at a reunion of players from the 1970s Colorado Buffaloes teams.

The two couldn't help but notice how much their fellow Buffs were not only enjoying the reunion, but also how much their time at Colorado had molded them for the future.

Decades later, they were still a "team."

"When you have those reunions, it's amazing the stories and memories that come back," Moorehead said recently. "Guys that come back realize how important an era it was to their lives. When you are 18 to 22, you're changing from a kid to a man and you have those experiences that mold you for life.