Today, in response to the Buffs' big win at Stanford, they tossed a very backhanded compliment toward the Buffs and Colorado's home grown Phillip Lindsay by writing an article about him.
Kiszla: The king of Colorado for a day: Buff named Phillip Lindsay, not Card named Christian McCaffrey
Lindsay happy to represent state of Colorado
The article featured this photo by Ben Margot of the Associated Press. Photo has been cropped for space.
The Denver Post caption to the photo reads:
Colorado’s Nick Fisher (23) rushes against Stanford during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Stanford, Calif.
It's been a few years since I was in the newspaper business, but it seems to me that a caption about someone named in the title of the article should not get the name wrong.
Colorado fans were shocked when Mark Kiszla wrote a positive article about the Buffs last week, since he customarily trashes them. Some even joked on some of the fan boards and on the Daily Camera's Buff Zone Chat that an imposter had posted under Kiszla's byline.
Some say it might be a simple mistake, but the Post has been atrocious for years before this season in their coverage of Colorado Buffaloes Football.
To give credit where it is due, however, Nick Kosmider has done excellent work this season as the primary beat writer covering the Buffs.
One final note -- I posted on the Denver Post comments section shortly after the article was published, and three hours later the caption still identifies Lindsay as Nick Fisher.
Like I said... Old habits die hard.
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