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0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2020 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (E-mail/FB contacts: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Curtis Snyder (Assistant AD), Troy Andre (Associate SID/CUBuffs.com Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), COLORADO Seth Pringle (Assistant SID), Shaun Wicen (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Alex French (Graduate Assistant) GAME 5 2020 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2020 10:05 a.m. MST Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 5 (Updated December 9, 2020) FOX (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The No. 21 (AP, CFP)/No. 22 (USAT/Coaches) Colorado Buffaloes (4-0, 3- league play for the first time in the Pac-12 and for just the fifth time in the 0 Pac-12), bowl eligible for the first time since the 2016 season, return home last 30 seasons, the first since opening 4-0 in Big 12 play in 2002 (7-0 in ’96, now for a Saturday morning affair against the Utah Utes (1-2, 1-2 Pac-12) 3-0 in ’91 and ’94 in the Big 8) and have won three Pac-12 games for just the in a 10:05 a.m. MST game at Folsom Field ... The game was originally third time) ... CU is 13-18 in the month of December (5-7 regular season) scheduled for Friday night on FS-1, but will now be the “Big Noon” broadcast ... Karl Dorrell is the fifth head coach in school history to open 4-0 in his on FOX, as the slot opened up when the Michigan-Ohio State game was first season (just the second since 1905), and is the sixth to win his first three canceled ... The Buffs are ranked for the first time since October 2018 ... CU conference games (but the first to so since 1941) ... The PDF version of the is one of nine undefeated teams heading into the final two weeks of the 2020 CU Media Guide is now on-line at www.cubuffs.com/FBMG2020 ... regular season ... The Buffaloes are 4-0 for just the second time since CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on-line media guide, live stats, etc.). opening 5-0 in 1998 (the Buffs were also 5-0 in 2018); the Buffs are 3-0 in DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 62; ROSTER PAGES 63-65; STAT PAGES 67-75 TV | CU-Utah Gus Johnson (play-by-play) / Joel Klatt (color) / Jenny Taft (sideline reporter) / Chuck McDonald (producer) CU & THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Colorado can qualify to play in the Pac-12 Championship game in a single scenario: the Buffaloes must beat Utah and USC has to lose to UCLA. That would give CU a 4-0 record in Pac-12 games while USC would be 4-1; if CU wins and USC wins and gets to 5-0 (and ditto if both lose and wind up with one loss), the Trojans will be declared the South Division champion and would host the title game on Dec. 18 (CU would host if it wins the division, as the North will not have an undefeated team.) CU has had two scheduled games canceled due to COVID-19 issues in opponent programs, Arizona State in Boulder and at USC (but was able to replace USC with a non-league affair with San Diego State). USC’s only canceled game was its Nov. 28 home game with the Buffaloes. STAT(S) OF THE WEEK Feast-and/or-Famine. In CU’s 24-13 win at Arizona, big plays ruled the roost: he teams combined 12 plays of 20-plus yards that racked up 522 yards (CU 6 for 320, UA 6 for 202); the other 129 netted 399. Then add in 14 others in double-digits (CU 6-77, UA 8-118), the numbers change to 26 for 717 and 115 for 204. Do the math: those 26 plays averaged 27.6 yards per, the other 115, only 1.8. Passes? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Passes! Against the Wildcats, CU had three touchdown drives totaling 17 plays that covered 253 yards. The Buffs ran the ball 15 times for 241 yards on those possessions, completing 1-of-2 throws for 12 yards. Then add in the field goal drive that featured eight plays, all runs, that ate up 94 yards, the plays on the scoring drives added to 25 for 347 yards (23 rushes, two passes). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Dorrell Doing Well. How well? He has led the Buffs to a 4-0 start (3-0 in league play), and with CU entering the polls for the first time at No. 21 (AP; No. 22 USAT/Coaches), leading a team that many prognosticators were saying would win maybe one if any games (the over/under in Vegas was 1½ wins). He has become the first first-year head coach to take over the Colorado program starting the year unranked and coaching the team into the national polls. Only two of the other 22 new head coaches in 2020 did the same: Shawn Clark (Appalachian State) and Jimmy Lake (Washington); each entered the AP poll for one week. REVISED 2020 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) 2020 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’19 rewind NOV. 7 --- UCLA (N) --- ESPN2 W 48-42 3-2 5-11-0 Buffs roll to 35-7 second quarter lead and hang on; Broussard has record night Nov. 14 --- at Stanford --- ESPN W 35-32 2-2 6- 6-0 Noyer runs for two TDs, throws for two: just the eighth time in CU history NOV. 21 RV ARIZONA STATE RV (ESPN2) Canceled 0-2 3- 8-0 Game was cancelled on 11/15 due to COVID-19 issues in the Sun Devil program Nov. 28 --- at Southern California 19 ABC Canceled 4-0 0-14-0 Game was cancelled on 11/26 due to COVID-19 issues in the Trojan program Nov. 28 --- SAN DIEGO STATE --- PAC12 W 20-10 4-3 2- 0-0 SDSU scheduled as replacement opponent; defensive battle (427 total yards) Dec. 5 RV at Arizona (N) --- FS-1 W 24-13 0-4 15- 8-0 Broussard (301 yards) and Buffs (407) run wild, rally from 13-0 down in 2nd Qtr DEC. 12 21 UTAH --- FOX 10:05 a.m. 1-2 32-31-3 CU strikes first but Utah rallied for 17-7 lead at half and pulled away Dec. 18 OR PAC-12 Championship Game (N) FOX 6:00 p.m. Championship game original set for Las Vegas will be at campus site Dec. 19 North Division Opponent TBD TBA TBA One of five crossover games to be determined the week prior KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; All times mountain. GAMES CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC: at Colorado State (Sept. 5), Fresno State (Sept. 12), at Texas A&M (Sept. 19), at Oregon (Sept. 26), Washington State (Nov. 7), at Washington (Nov. 21). In Revised Schedule: Arizona State (Nov. 21), at Southern California (Nov. 28). 2020 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Credentials. CU does not utilize an on-line Satellite Radio: Sirius-XM is the satellite COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES credential system; we prefer the personal touch. Email home of the Buffs; the Utah game (KOA broadcast) Head coach Karl Dorrell will hold a Monday Dave Plati with request ([email protected]). will be on Sirius 138, XM 197 (and Internet 959). Zoom Conference call at 11:00 a.m. (Nov. 9-Dec. Collegepressbox.com is the official media 21); the lone exception being Tuesday, Nov. 3 since the website for Division I football. Access and download PRONUNCIATION GUIDE team cannot practice with it being Election Day (hoping weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, Coaches/Staff to return to in-person whenever the pandemic ends or headshots, logos and more for each conference and its Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) is under control). It will be more or less an extended member schools. Register for access at: Karl DORRELL (door-el) version of what we have been doing daily Zooms. www.collegepressbox.com/register. Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) Starting with Nov. 9, the press conference portions The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the DEMETRICE Martin (dee-meat-riss) will be streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com. television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) Mitch RODRIGUE (row-dreeg) Note: There was no Front Range Huddle this of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. summer; look for it to resume in 2021 in Denver. Players Season Interview Schedule. With daily THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET 6 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) 25 MEKHI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) COVID testing, it eliminates the larger window we had The official CU site on the Internet can be found for interviews (over an hour lost). Dorrell will speak on 23 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) at www.CUBuffs.com has the most up-to-date 17 Grant CICCARONE (sis-a-roan) Mondays and Wednesdays; players available on information, releases, game notes, press conference 0 ASHAAD Clayton (ah-shod) Tuesdays and Wednesdays (most have heavy academic broadcasts (free), articles by longtime journalist and 57 John DEITCHMAN (dych-mon) schedules which eliminate Thursdays); assistant CUBuffs.com contributing editor Neill Woelk along 50 Travis DROSOS (droh-soas) coaches on all three days if requested in advance.

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