Nikola Jokic came to Folsom Field to watch Ralphie the bison run

You came to watch a football game. Nikola Jokic came to watch Ralphie run.

Barstool Sports put that split on X and the post climbed to 7,008 likes. At Folsom Field before the Colorado Buffaloes hosted No. 11 Texas Tech, the roughly 7-foot, 285-pound Nuggets center appeared just outside the players’ tunnel and took a spot on the sideline.

Cam Johnson and DeMar DeRozan had already made their way to the east sideline, about ten feet from the Colorado bench. DeRozan engaged with fans and took pictures as people crowded in. Jokic stood nearby without stopping for photos of his own.

Colorado’s live bison mascot, a tradition dating to 1967, is guided by five handlers and reaches speeds up to 25 mph.

The Nuggets had held training camp at the CU Events Center, drawing Jokic from Serbia, DeRozan from Los Angeles, and Cam Johnson from western Pennsylvania over for the game.