UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2011 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail:
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[email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Curtis Snyder (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/ Internet Managing Editor), Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), B.G. Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Cole Mickelson (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO 2011 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 5—WASHINGTON STATE BUFFS HOST COUGARS IN SCHOOL’S INAUGURAL PAC-12 CONFERENCE GAME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 1:40 p.m. MDT Folsom Field (53,613), Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 5 (September 26, 2011) FCS-Pacific (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (1-3, 0-0 Pac-12) have their first league game as a member of the Pac-12 Conference this Saturday, hosting the Washington State Cougars (2-1, 0-0 Pac-12) in a 1:40 p.m. kickoff at Folsom Field … The game will be televised nationally by Fox College Sports and will air on its Pacific Network (Ch. 415 on Denver/Boulder Comcast; DirecTV and DISH channels TBA) … The Buffs are 78-37-2 in conference openers (5-2 in their first game in a brand new league); CU was 8-7 in Big 12 openers and won its last seven as a member of the Big 8 … CU is coming off a 37-17 loss at Ohio State where field position dictated the entire game: OSU’s average starting field position was the CU47 (Colorado’s was its own 18) … The Buffaloes are 12-3 at home since mid-1984 when losing by 20 or more points the previous week on the road … WSU is the first of three opponents (all this month) who will play CU with the schedule break of having the previous week off; Washington (Oct.