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Scott leaves scuffling CU before A&M
AP Sports Writer
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Fan calls for revolt against 2-6
The Associated Press
BOULDER – It’s been years since the Colorado football team wore sky blue instead of black and gold. When they did, they won just 10 out of 44 games from 1981 to 1984.
University of Colorado senior Taylor Rhode wants to bring the color back today, when Colorado hosts Texas A&M, as a sign of fans’ frustration with the Buffaloes’
2-6 record.
Rhode is recruiting people through Facebook to wear powder blue to the game to show university officials that they think the current regime stands with the “worst of the worst.”
Rhode says it’s a way for fans to go to the game and support the players while showing that they want a change in the people controlling the team. But some fans say they don’t want to risk offending players.
Scott's injury-filled career in Boulder ended Tuesday when the sophomore tailback texted his position coach to tell him he had decided to transfer. The No. 1 prep running back in the nation two years ago, Scott plans to join his uncle, former Buffaloes wide receiver Josh Smith, at UCLA next year.
His impact on the field during his 1½ seasons in Boulder was limited mostly to kickoff returns, so the Buffs' special teams probably will miss him more than the offense will.
A series of injuries and an inability to quickly adapt to the college game kept Scott from ever living up to the hype in Boulder. It's also fodder right now for the growing ranks of critics who want coach Dan Hawkins to be the next one to leave town, and fast. Fed-up Buffs fans are planning a protest today when the Buffaloes (2-6, 1-3 Big 12) host Texas A&M (5-3, 2-2).
A student launched a Facebook challenge for fans to wear powder-blue to the game instead of their usual yellow and black. Powder blue is the color the football team wore from 1981-84, when they went 10-34 overall during one of the worst stretches in school history, one rivaled by the last 3½ seasons during which they are 15-30 under Hawkins.
Scott, who packs 215 pounds on his 6-foot-1 frame, signed to much fanfare in 2008, the crown jewel of Hawkins' recruiting efforts. But he showed up out of shape as a freshman after picking Colorado over Texas, Florida State and LSU and was quickly beaten out by Rodney Stewart, a 5-foot-6, 175-pound fellow freshman, who beat him out again this season.
Scott was slowed by injuries for much of his time at Colorado, where he started just four games in two seasons.
Scott rushed for 95 yards on 23 carries this season, and most of that came in Week 2, when he gained 85 yards on a dozen carries at Toledo.
It was in that game that he banged up a knee that would slow him down and eventually require arthroscopic surgery Oct. 22. He hadn't played since but was expected back soon when his decision to bolt Boulder sucker-punched the Buffs.
At first, Hawkins decided to stay silent on the matter. But on his weekly radio show, he said: "I like Darrell, and he's a good kid, and any time a kid leaves, I feel bad for a number of reasons. One is I don't think that quitting is always the answer.
"Now again, I'm not perfect, and I'm not going to save everybody. But our kids are great. They understand the nature of it, and they practiced great, and we wish Darrell nothing but the best, and he's a good kid, and you know I want him to go on and be successful in life and football," Hawkins said.
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