Sometimes I get ideas from song tunes. I’ve used songs by U2, Simon and Garfunkel and Kermit the Frog (which was actually penned by the great Paul Williams). Today’s is a song made popular by Three Dog Night. It was actually written by Harry Nilsson.
The worst song choice I ever used in a cartoon…”If I Only had a Brain” from the Wizard of Oz. I couldn’t stop singing it for days.

Today's cartoon was drawn for the Boulder Daily Camera

The Buffs have a long ways to go before they are able to play in the same league as teams like the Oregon Ducks. The rebuilding will be painful and will require Buffs fans to be very patient. This is the state of the program that Dan Hawkins left. Much like the Broncos Josh McDaniel’s error, a coach and his regime dismantled what was left of a proud program.

Today's cartoon is from the October Issue of Mile High Sports Magazine

I usually don’t cross the boundaries of what I normally would print in a daily newspaper. But then again, maybe that’s one reason newspapers are struggling. Not enough changes. Not enough acceptance that the boundaries of what we see as funny today was not what was acceptable in 1965. So when I e-mailed the rough for this to Doug Ottewill, who is my editor at Mile High Sports magazine, and asked if it was too edgy, he quickly replied “Love it. Roll with it”. It was music to my ears, because, quite honestly, doesn’t the cartoon express the way every Broncos fan feels about Josh McDaniels and the way he has dismantled a once great franchise.
So if this is a bit harsh for some people , well, sorry. But the truth will set you free.

It won’t be long now and college football will be upon us. I used to be a Texas Longhorns fan growing up, because, well, my hometown school UTEP (where I went) was so awful. And I was a huge Freddie Steinmark fan, a Coloradoan who played for Texas back in 68- 69 before losing his life to cancer. And a guy I went to high school with, A Parade All-American named, Lance Taylor, played middle linebacker for the Longhorns back in 77 and 78.

But when I settled in here in Colorado, and the Buffs threw away those horrible pastel blue uniforms they adopted during the Chuckle Fairbanks days and went Back to Black under Bill McCartney it was fun. I even did Buffs football game day t-shirts one season, which was just a blast. They sold them in the bookstore and in the fieldhouse before the games. When Texas refused to let me depict them on a t-shirt in any way, shape, form or fashion, any allegiance I once had for the Longhorns was over. Besides, it’s more exciting watching a an awesome 2 ton Buffalo thundering onto the field vs. an over weight bull named, Bevo, who just stands there looking dumb. So my late wife and I got Buffs tickets, sat with another couple who were, and still are terrific friends, and enjoyed the game in the stands, instead of in the press box. Contrary to popular belief, press boxes are the worst place on the planet to watch a game from. They suck the soul right out of you. Spend a few games watching a game in that atmosphere and you start to watch the game with an “grey poupon” attitude. I got out of them as soon as I could simply because I didn’t want the elitist climate in them to jade me. I draw cartoons for fans, with what I hope is, a fan’s point of view. Much more exposure to press boxes and I know my cartoons would have been different and I didn’t want that to happen. I hated press boxes. Still do.

Anyway, I jumped off the Buffs bandwagon for awhile because the moment they hired Rick Neuheisel I could smell a rat.
I watched with a sense of detachment, and later disgust, during the Gary Barnett era, and began to warm up the first year or so of the Dan Hawkins regime.
Anyway, I’m now all totally on board with the Jon Embree era. I think the new schedule (really, extra brutal this year) will be fun in years to come, and it should allow CU the chance to run a pro set offense a lot more. So here’s to Surfin’. Surfin USA!

It’s enough to make you nauseous. You wonder where the sense of perspective went for both the players and owners in this mess. They have absolutely no clue. And it leaves me shaking my head as the news rolled in last night about Joplin, Missouri, devastated by yet another horrific storm that seems to be plaguing us this spring.  My prayers go out to those folks in need. As for the players and owners of the NFL. Wake up and look around you. It’s not about you. It’s about the fans. But then, you really don’t care about them do you?

Please feel free to weigh in on this. I want to hear how you are feeling this day in May.