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Why renewal of CU Buffs-Air Force football game “should’ve been done a long time ago”

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BOULDER — The short answer is Vietnam.

The longer answer to What took so long for the CU Buffs to play Air Force again? is … well, like most things, it’s nuanced. It’s a mess of grey and old grudges, a cautionary tale of what happens when sports and politics are thrown into the same boiling pot and stirred like there’s no tomorrow.

Air Force split end Bob Farr grabs a 15-yard third-down catch between Colorado’s Rick Cleveland (20) and Randy Geist (15) at Folsom Field on Oct.