Love for Sloter irrational

Next Elway? Kyle Sloter is an NFL backup quarterback this year, but watch out next year. Sloter is John Elway. Trevor Siemian is Gary Kubiak. History repeats for the Broncos, with two great young quarterbacks.

Mike, Genesee

Kiz: Broncomania means you can never love a player too much, even if the love is as irrational as Tebowmania. During the past 10 days, I’ve had young schoolboys and kindly grandmas tell me Sloter was the man. These are my peeps. God bless ’em. And God help ’em. Elway threw 300 touchdown passes in his NFL career. Kubiak started five NFL games. Sloter is a celebration of perseverance. But it’s no better than a 50-50 proposition Sloter will ever complete five passes as a pro in games that count in the standings. Denver cut him Saturday. Blame Elway, not me.

Flags flying. You’re absolutely correct in your assessment of the incompetence of the officiating at the Rocky Mountain Showdown. I am a 1974 CU alum and have been a season-ticket holder forever. But this 17-3 victory by the Buffaloes was one of the most difficult games to watch in memory. There was no fun. We just kept waiting for the next penalty flag to fly. We would love to have seen the real game between the Rams and Buffaloes. It could have been a classic.

Pat, Golden

Kiz: The staff here at Kickin’ It Headquarters, with substantial experience at hearing angry criticism lobbed from sports fans, feels a natural empathy for referees. Hey, we all make mistakes, and there are no mulligans in football. But there should be room for apology. If Pacific-12 Conference leadership has a shred of decency, it will offer condolences to the Rams for poor officiating that prevented us all from watching a great game.

’Pokes know. Even we Wyoming fans know CSU got messed over by the Pac12 officials. I think that might be what happens when teams like CSU embarrass Oregon State, a member of a power five conference. Call me cynical.

Oliver, Tulsa, Okla.

Kiz: A Cowpoke giving Rams Nation some love? I’d say that’s sufficient to call you a sweetheart.

Your take. I honestly wonder if you consider yourself a journalist, Kiz. I know you can report. But I ask because most, if not all, of your work is commentaries. I don’t know if I consider commentary to be journalism. But I’d really like your opinion. Alex, strongly opinionated

Kiz: Is it OK if I give you my journalistic opinion? News is stuff that really happens. I apply reporting skills to news, then offer my honest opinion. By the way: Just because somebody doesn’t like my take on the news, doesn’t mean it’s fake.

Leadership? And today’s parting shot offers a contrarian theory why the additions of Greg Holland and Ian Desmond failed to keep the Rockies from playing like Fido during the dog days of summer.

My current projection for the Rockies is 81, maybe 83 victories. There weren’t a lot of tears shed when Walt Weiss was let go as manager, but is Bud Black much better? Phil, cured of playoff fever