December 6, 2012
This date suddenly has relevance for the Colorado Football program. It is a “what could have been” date now; a “where would we be now?” date.
It was on that date that Butch Jones, then Head Coach at Cincinnati, called then Colorado AD Mike Bohn to turn down the job offer as Head Football Coach at CU to replace Jon Embree and try and get CU back to the glory days of the past. This coming a day after the Denver Post went with a story that stated “Butch Jones to be Colorado coach, source says.