Colorado superfan Miss Peggy shares message about late twin sister on 100th birthday after Buffaloes win

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders was joined by a peculiar impermanent astatine his play property league Tuesday — Peggy Coppom, or, arsenic Buffaloes fans endearingly telephone her, Miss Peggy. 

Miss Peggy celebrated her 100th day Tuesday, which followed the solemnisation Saturday successful Boulder, wherever thousands of fans astatine Folsom Field sang blessed day to the Colorado legend.

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager holds the manus of instrumentality Peggy Coppom earlier the commencement of the outpouring crippled astatine Folsom Field April 22, 2023.  (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)

"I haven’t adjacent comprehended it yet, but I cried," Miss Peggy told reporters erstwhile asked what that infinitesimal meant to her. "I conscionable convey God for my beingness and for each the friends and for everything that’s happened to me."

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Miss Peggy and her duplicate sister, Betty Hoover, were calved successful Walsenburg, Colorado, Nov. 19, 1924. According to Colorado’s website, Miss Peggy attended the assemblage for 1 twelvemonth earlier deciding to get joined and commencement a family. Both sisters joined pilots successful the Army Air Corps. 

The sisters became section icons for their unwavering support. According to the university, Miss Peggy has missed conscionable 3 location games since she and her hubby archetypal bought play tickets successful 1966. 

Colorado Buffaloes fans Peggy Coppom and Betty Hoover earlier a crippled against the Nebraska Cornhuskers astatine Folsom Field Sept. 7, 2019.  (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)

Miss Peggy mislaid her sister successful 2020 to an illness. On Tuesday, she remembered her sister and what this play would’ve meant to her. 

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"I conscionable privation my duplicate sister were here. It each started due to the fact that we were twins. I can’t contradict that we’ve been loyal fans, but I said to get each this attraction for conscionable having a bully clip is unbelievable," she said arsenic the country of reporters broke retired successful laughter. 

Sanders has already dedicated Colorado’s play to bringing Miss Peggy to a vessel game. He present hopes to bring her to a nationalist title game.

"It’s astonishing that God would find 2 radical from 2 antithetic walks of life, 2 antithetic generations and bring them unneurotic arsenic He has," Sanders said Tuesday. 

University of Colorado shot caput manager Deion Sanders hugs 98-year-old instrumentality Peggy Coppom, who Sanders invited to beryllium portion of pregame ceremonies to footwear disconnected the outpouring shot crippled April 22, 2023.  (Michael Ciaglo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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"She’s ever greeted maine with love, compassion, support, stableness and hope. I’m thankful to cognize her, I’m thankful she tin get to maine immoderate clip she desires to and I'm thankful to beryllium celebrating her 100th with her. She is the epitome of CU Buffs. She’s the epitome of Buff nation. She is the stone that holds america each together, and I’m thankful to cognize her. I truly am." 

Colorado improved to 8-2 with a 49-24 triumph implicit Utah and faces Kansas next. 

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