Preview: Colorado Buffaloes vs. Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors

Tedric Thompson runs back an interception against Hawaii in 2014. The Buffs will be looking for much more of this in 2015. - Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY SportsI've been trying to think of the best way to express this thought I keep having about Thursday night's opener at Aloha Stadium. This game feels somewhat akin to what Jon Embree wanted 2011's contest in Honolulu to represent. He referred to that match up as a potential "brick" game, one to build a foundation on and to set a new tone with. That result didn't come to pass, but four years on, after hitting the hard reset button and keeping it firmly depressed, the Colorado program finally has the foundation and the depth it lacked back at the dawn of its Pac-12 history. Now, this team comes to the Islands prepared to make a confident, and critical, first step.

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