The floods, however, damaged their home and washed away their livelihood two buffaloes, one calf, her sewing machine, and furniture.

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The energy, support and expectations surrounding this Buffaloes program are as high as the mountains that surround the western edge of its campus.

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They crouch behind plywood jails, sit on oil drums painted to look like horses and fire away at steel targets shaped like cowboys, cactuses, buffaloes or playing cards.

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But I started watching the Ducks in the Joey Harrington days and became hooked for life when they smacked around the whiny Colorado Buffaloes at the 2002 Fiesta Bowl.

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