If Colorado ever meets Nebraska on a football field again, it won’t feel as important anymore because Bill McCartney won’t be there to watch it.

Leading up to a 2018 matchup with hated rival Nebraska, Colorado brought a special guest to the weekly press conference. Bill McCartney hadn’t coached the Buffaloes in 24 years, and CU hadn’t

BOULDER, Colo. (KKTV) — Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died at age 84. According to a statement from McCartney’s family, he died Friday night “after a courageous journey with dementia.”