SAN ANTONIO — The big boys from Texas on the Colorado offensive line were hopeful they could show their teammates the light this week.
Jeromy Irwin, a native of Cypress, Texas, was anxious to stake his claim that Whataburger, not the In-N-Out the team dined on after two road victories this season, is America’s real king of burger chains.
If anything, the Buffs from California, home of In-N-Out, have only dug their heels in further.
“I don’t think I’ve converted anybody yet,” Irwin said. “We went to the Spurs game and had Whataburger, but it’s at a convention center. I wouldn’t judge it completely on that. But I don’t think it’s going to turn anybody from California onto it.”
Defensive tackle Jordan Carrell, who hails from Roseville, Calif., outside Sacramento, didn’t even have to try Whataburger to know he wasn’t changing his mind.
“I haven’t eaten it,” Carrell said. “I could just look at it and compare it to a Whopper — even less than a Whopper. It’s not an In-N-Out burger, that’s for dang sure.”