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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 COLORADO Editor), Linda Sprouse (Assistant SID), Ashley Braun (Assistant SID), B.G. Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Josh Casey (Graduate Assistant) 2014 COLORADO BUFFALO Football WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS GAME 1—COLORADO STATE BUFFS, RAMS TO RENEW RIVALRY FOR 86TH TIME; 14TH GAME IN DENVER FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014 7:05 p.m. MDT Sports Authority Field at Mile High (76,125), Denver, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 1 (August 25, 2014) Fox Sports 1 (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes open their 125th season of intercollegiate football on Friday, August 29, as the Buffs will square off against in-state rival Colorado State at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver in the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown presented by Prestige Audi; kickoff is set for shortly after 7 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports 1 … It will be the 30th time over the last 31 seasons that a CU season opener will be on some kind of local, regional or national television (the lone exception came in 2006 against Montana State, though that game was webcast) … The Buffaloes and Rams will be playing for the 86th time (CU owns a healthy 62-21-2 edge), with this game marking the fifth of 10 straight to be played in Denver; all but two are season openers for both schools (in 2011 and 2015, the Buffs opened/open at Hawai’i) … This will be the 14th meeting between the two at Mile High, the other 13 coming from 1998-2000 (played at the old Mile High Stadium), with the 2001-2003 and 2006-2008 games at Invesco Field and 2010-13 at renamed Sports Authority ..