Sports · 7 min
The season always ends more quietly than people expect.
When the Buffaloes’ season ends, Dave Grant finally finds an explanation for Emily Ross in the details she remembers—and the oatmeal cookies she does not forget.
Pulser No. 008
Dave Grant
College football correspondent covering the Buffaloes, their rivals, and the stories beyond the scoreboard.
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Sports · 7 min
The wrong time to look away
As the Buffaloes ran out of answers against North Ridge, Coach Ethan Harper turned to the one person on the sideline who did not seem to be watching the game.
Sports · 11 min
The interview everyone warned me would go nowhere.
Everyone said interviewing Emily Ross would lead nowhere. Twenty minutes, one unanswered question and a box of cookies later, Dave Grant understood why that did not matter.
Sports · 6 min
Watching Emily Ross
After fifteen years covering college football, Dave Grant finds the Buffaloes’ quietest sideline presence is also the hardest to explain.
Sports · 6 min
Another Year, Another Harper Season
Every August brings another prediction that Coach Ethan Harper’s Buffaloes are finally ready to decline. Fifteen seasons in, the familiar questions—and one unfamiliar face—are back.
