Colorado's spring camp has wrapped up and we enter a slow period in Colorado football as the Buffs' players don't report for fall camp until August 1.
For the next few weeks, CUSportsNation.com members will be voting on the best quarterback in Colorado history. Last week, members gave their nominations, and based on the amount of nominations, we put together the seeding for "The Great 8: Best CU Quarterback of All Time Tournament." The bracket can be viewed below.
In the first matchup, Darian Hagan defeated John Hessler in a lopsided contest.
NOTES: Hagan and Stewart received the same amount of votes, Hagan was given the No. 1 seed on a coin flip ... Bobby Pesavento missed the 8 seed by one vote ... Mike Moschetti was also close to the 8 seed.
The Great 8, Round 1 Matchup: No. 4 Bobby Anderson vs No. 5 Sefo Liufau
The Anderson Profile (via ClassicCU)
1967-69
Bobby Anderson set 18 original single-game, single-season and career marks during his three-season career with the Buffaloes along with earning All-Big Eight and All-American Honors.
A professional player with Denver (the team's No. 1 draft choice), Washington and New England, Anderson started his CU career as a quarterback but switched to tailback for the third game of his senior season (1969). In his career, he rushed for 2,729 yards and had over 5,000 yards in total offense.
Anderson concluded his Colorado career with a 254-yard rushing effort in the 1969 Liberty Bowl as the Buffs beat Alabama 47-33. He currently resides in LaQuinta, Calif., where he owns a tax preparation business, and has worked over two decades for KOA-Radio handling pre- and post-game shows as well as sideline reporting on the CU Football Network. He is a member of CU's "All-Century Team." In 1999, he received the prestigious University Medal, awarded to those who have performed outstanding service to or for the University.
The Liufau Profile (via CUBuffs.com)
2013-16
He is the owner of 99 school records (64 passing, 24 total offense and 11 others. Of those 99, he owns 84 outright and tied for the other 15). Included among the top career marks he owns are total offensive yards (10,509), passing yards (9,568) and 300-yard passing games (10) in addition to numerous single-season and game records. He was just the second CU player to serve as a team captain for three seasons (doing so in 2014, ’15 and ‘16), the first since Pat Carney did so over 120 years ago (1891-92-93). He was named the 2016 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame (he is of Samoan ancestry). Including the Alamo Bowl, he played in 42 career games with 40 starts, the most starts ever by a CU quarterback (leading CU to a 16-24 record).
In 2016 alone, he was honored as the 2016 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame, the group’s third year in existence. He was an honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by the league coaches and a third-team selection of Phil Steele’s College Football. He was the co-recipient of CU’s Zack Jordan Award (most valuable player) and the recipient of the Buffalo Heart Award (selected by the fans), and was a finalist for the Male Athlete-of-the-Year for the state of Colorado by Mile High Sports Magazine. He played in 12 games (11 starts including the Alamo Bowl; missing two full contests due to an ankle injury sustained at No. 4 Michigan in week three). He was the only Pac-12 offensive player to earn conference player of the week accolades twice during the season, doing so for his performances in the Colorado State and Washington State victories.
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(Voting for this matchup ends on Thursday at 9pm MT, and then we will move on to the Detmer-Klatt vote)