“You’re a Colorado guy, you grew up around the Buffs,” I set up my question to Derek McCartney as the two of us walked up the hill to towards the Dal Ward Center. “Do you have some hate for CSU?”
“I grew up in the McCartney family, so there’s always been a big rivalry between the two teams,” responded the standout pass rusher. “That’s just the fun of it, it makes it fun to play CSU.”
“But can I get you to say the word hate?,” I fired back half-jokingly.
“No,” he said with a laugh.