Snow Shoes For Colorado Buffs

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Transfer portal to Colorado? Remember the snow shoes. 
Coach Prime only gives players shades (sunglasses), not warm footwear. LOL.

Before you commit to Colorado Buffaloes, think winter, before you think Coach Prime. You know him. He’s a walking book that has been read from cover to cover but you are clueless about snow, if you grew up in a state where they jump for joy, when they see a handful of snowflakes.

I’m writing this piece because of what’s happening outside. The snow is doing its thing, leaps and tiptoeing like Russian ballerinas that once belonged to the famed Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, before they defected to the U.S.

I don’t know how cold Colorado is, but I know it has snow. Remember Colorado Buffaloes’ first spring game with Coach Prime at the helm? It snowed. Ha! Ha! In spring. That’s why I want to share my winter tips with young players that are considering committing to Boulder to join Shedeur Sanders and Xavier Weaver in football fun.

1. It’s not cold when it’s snowing. It is cold afterwards, because it turns to ice, the ugly duckling.

2. The sun and snow have something in common. Very deceptive. Sun is not synonymous with warmth. Far from it. Please be warned, otherwise you’ll lose your ears.

3. Start shopping for ear muffs or tell your loving sister you will like them  for Christmas.

4. Colorado Buffaloes will give you warm underwear but go ahead and get ‘long Johns’ or leggings for your legs, otherwise you might freeze while crossing that bridge I’ve seen on videos.

5. Forget walking in flip flops even for short distances. Keep half boots lined with fake fur in your locker, you can zip up and go. Not sneakers. They don’t have a grip.

6. Where are my fingers? Good question. Sheep skin gloves are a must, so are mitts made from wool or another convincing synthetic material.

7. Keep cloth handkerchiefs in all ski jackets, parkas, coats and CU back packs because your nose runs after a walk or run outside. I love it, cleans the nose, an area we ignore all the time. No. You can’t use Kleenex. It pollutes the campus. Get an N.I.L. deal from manufacturers of cloth handkerchiefs, if they still make them. LOL.

8. Get special T-shirts you’ll wear on a date, because that open chest might be sexy in Florida but in Boulder, it’s asking for a flu. I don’t care how well you are built.

I’m going to ‘commit’ to Boulder. Very interesting. I’ve always associated ‘commit’ with the man woman scenario of, engagement and marriage. I first saw it in @thaddboii, my American football go-to on YouTube, because he writes about all aspects of the game. Very comprehensive.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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