Lil Wayne performs before Ralphie's run at Colorado

Tunechi took in all the energy of the Rocky Mountain Showdown

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Lil Wayne came to Boulder and tackled a bucket list item on Saturday. The best rapper alive got watch the Colorado Buffaloes run behind Ralphie prior to the Rocky Mountain Showdown. He also performed in the end zone during player introductions with ESPN delaying kickoff by twenty minutes.

The Buffs welcomed Wayne and several other A-list entertainers to the sideline at Folsom Field to watch Deion Sanders go to work. ESPN College GameDay featured The Rock as a guest picker, while Wayne worked the stage for FOX's Big Noon Kickoff pregame show. This marks the second time the NOLA recording artist made his way to Boulder. He showed up to greet his longtime friend back in the winter before being in town for a concert on April 20th.

Colorado faces Colorado State on Saturday night at 10 p.m. ET. An ESPN broadcast after the first two games were carried on FOX.

Published Sep 17, 2023

JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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