Woody Paige: CU-Georgia Tech The (title) Game Never Played

The score could be settled 12,659 nights later.

Is this the Revenge of The Game Never Played? Do the current players have any idea of the meaning — especially since none ever thought of The Great Debate of 1990?

Colorado athletic director Rick George, CU lifer and six-decade assistant coach Brian Cabral, successful corporate executive and game hero Charles S. Johnson and a doofus Denver sportswriter, among others, do recall monumental memories of a New Year’s Day long ago and far away in Florida.

The Colorado Golden Buffaloes will play the Georgia Tech Ramblin’ Wreck for the first time in college football history Aug. 29, 2025. But Jan. 1, 1991, is the day the two schools always remember in their record books.

They should have had a play date then.

The No. 1 Buffs and the No. 2 Yellow