BOULDER – Some freshmen arrive on their college campuses believing they’re years ahead of the first-year learning curve – and a few are. But Patrick Carr and N.J. Falo set foot on the University of Colorado campus earlier this summer with their humility intact and their minds open.
Neither is a know-it-all, neither professes to be. They’re learning about college life, their new surroundings, their new teammates and assignments on the CU football squad. And, yes, they’re learning about this annual event called the Rocky Mountain Showdown.
“When I came here I didn’t know it was called that .