BOULDER – Mike MacIntyre is uneasy, which is the state of mind most college football coaches would be residing in with their season opener three days and 3,325 miles away.
Opening in Hawai’i is no day – or for his Colorado Buffaloes, no night – at the beach. There’s the matter of travel, the nearly eight-hour flight and the time warp that usually requires a day of acclimation, even if it is adjusting to paradise.
MacIntyre is a detail guy; he has built that adjustment day into the Buffs’ travel plans. They’ll leave Colorado on Tuesday and have Wednesday to reboot before Thursday night’s game with the Rainbow Warriors (7 p.