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2009 COLORADO BUFFALO Football Game NO. 8 — MISSOURI TIGERS October 31 / 11:40 a.m. MDT / Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 8 (October 27, 2009) FSN (Regional) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats)
QUICKLY SPEAKING…
The Colorado Buffaloes (2-5, 1-2 Big 12) return to Boulder this week for their annual Homecoming game, hosting the Missouri Tigers (4-3, 0-3 Big 12) in an 11:40 a.m. MDT kickoff at Folsom Field (53,750) … The game will be televised regionally on Fox Sports Net, with Bill Land (play-by-play), Gary Reasons (analysis) and Emily Jones (sideline reporter) to call the action … Since the start of the 2001 season, Colorado is 16-5 at home versus Big 12 North teams (4-0 vs. ISU; 4-1 vs. KU; 3-1 vs. KSU; 3-1 vs. MU; 2-2 vs. NU) …This will be just the third day game this year for the Buffaloes (Wyoming, Kansas State); the other five have kicked off between 5 and 9 p.m. local time) … The Buffaloes are coming off a 20-6 loss at Kansas State, just the 45th time in the last 299 games (dating to 1985) that CU didn’t score at least 14 points (CU is 3-42 in those games) … CU is 1-0 against Missouri in Halloween Homecoming games, rallying from 20-6 down early in the fourth quarter to win, 21-20, in 1959 … The CU-Texas A&M game was picked up by Fox College Sports for regional broadcast (11:30 a.m. mountain start); CU will now have a minimum 11 games televised this year (eight national/three regional; the Iowa State game is still possible) … About 9,000 seats remain for the Missouri game, the same number of which are left for the Nov. 7 Texas A&M contest …Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 54; ROSTER ON PAGES 55-56
Cu on track to start fewest upperclassmen in recent memory
Thus far, upperclassmen (juniors and seniors) have started just 54.5 percent of CU’s seven games; the lowest figure in the last 26 years is 58.3 percent in 2003, as precise information is available back to 1999 and rough data eye-balled back to 1984. Of the 154 starts through seven games, 32 have been by seniors, 52 by juniors, 54 by sophomores and 16 by freshmen (14 redshirt/2 true).
STAT OF THE WEEK
Colorado continues to stifle the opponent on third down, as the enemy is converting at just 32.7 percent on the year (32-of-98); within those numbers are 12-of-49 (24.5%) at Folsom Field; 1-of-13 (7.7%) on third downs inside the Buff 20; and 9-of-16 on 3rd-&-2 or less and 17-of-34 on 3rd-&-4 or less, not distances teams only click around 50 percent. There is still a feast or famine factor, as opponents have gained 491 yards on its’ 32 makes (15.3 per), but have gained a net 0 on the 66 misses (0.0). Colorado is 19th in the nation in third down defense; ahead of the Buffs are five of the seven remaining undefeated teams (all combine to be 96-36), with just two also owning a sub-.500 record (Bowling Green, 16th; Virginia, 17th) and a third at .500 (Air Force, 5th); at 2-5, CU has the worst mark currently in a stat that is one of those that usually reflects success.
OBSCURE NOTES OF THE WEEK