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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 6 2020 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS REMEMBER THE ALAMO! THE BUFFS BACK IN BOWL SEASON FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2016 VALERO ALAMO BOWL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2020 7:05 p.m. MST Alamodome (11,000) San Antonio, Texas RELEASE NUMBER 6 (December 22, 2020) ESPN (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 3-1 Pac-12) will appear in its first bowl game minimal (just one starter was affected as were only a handful of others, all since the 2016 season, returning to the Valero Alamo Bowl to square off outside the 2-deep) ... CU is 12-17 all-time in bowl games (dropping its last against the No. 20 (AP, CFP)/No. 24 USA Today-Coaches Texas Longhorns three) ... Texas will be the third Big 12 school CU will play since joining the (6-3, 5-3 Big 12) in a 7:05 p.m. MST game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Pac-12 in 2011 (previously Oklahoma State in the ’16 Alamo Bowl and a Texas ... The Buffs apparently are the first bowl team in NCAA history to have sweep of Nebraska in the ‘18 and ’19 seasons; also, Texas A&M on the 2021 played only five regular season games ... CU had three games canceled due to schedule) ... The 2020 Colorado Football Media Guide (PDF) is on-line at COVID issues and protocols in other programs (one was made up with a non- www.cubuffs.com/FBMG2020 ... CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff). conference game); Colorado’s COVID issues throughout the season were DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 70; ROSTER PAGES 71-73; STAT PAGES 75-83 CU-Texas | TV (ESPN): Dave Pasch (play-by-play) / Mike Golic (color) / Kris Budden (sideline reporter) / Bill LeMonnier (rules) / Bill Palladino (producer) \ RADIO (ESPN): Mark Kestecher (play-by-play) / Trevor Matich (color) / Owen Murphy (producer) COACH “DORR-WELL” The 27 head coach in CU history, Karl Dorrell started 4-0 in his CU coaching career; only Harry Heller (won his first seven in 1894), Willis Kleinholtz (six in 1905), T.W. Mortimer (five in 1900) and Rick Neuheisel (five in 1995) won as many or more to open their CU careers (and Dorrell was OC on Neuheisel’s staff). Dorrell was the sixth CU coach to open 3-0 in conference games, but the first since Jim Yeager in 1941. ► On Dec. 22, he was named the Pac-12’s Coach of the Year (presented by Nextiva), the sixth coach to be recognized throughout CU’s history with the honor. ► Of the 23 new head coaches in 2020, he was the last of the group who was undefeated come Dec. 6. ► He is the third CU head coach to lead the Buffs to a bowl game in his first season, joining Neuheisel (’96 Cotton) and Gary Barnett (’99 Insight.com). ► He is the first CU coach in his first season to have his team go from unranked to ranked (No. 21 AP, No. 22 USAT/Coaches on Dec. 6; No. 21 CFP on Dec. 8), leading a team that many prognosticators were saying would win maybe one if any games (the over/under in Vegas was 1½ wins). STAT(S) OF THE WEEK Third Down Dominance. The Buffaloes have done a 180 when it comes to third down defense in 2020. Last year, opponents converted at a 47.4 percent clip, which was 125th in the NCAA (or fifth-worst), which included a gaudy 41-of-65 on 3rd-&-4 or less (63.1 percent). This year, the enemy is just 25-of-74 overall (33.8 percent, 18th-best nationally), and just 7-of-20 in tries of one-to-four yards. The Buffs have recorded nine quarterback sacks on third downs as well, whereas the opponent has just one on CU signal callers. OLB Carson Wells has 3½ of those third down sacks, ILB Nate Landman three. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Rice-Stanley Connection. True freshman WR Brenden Rice had an 81-yard punt return and a 61-yard reception for touchdowns in the 38-21 loss to Utah on Dec. 12; WR Dimitri Stanley had key blocks on both plays. So how ironic was it that Dimitri’s father, WR Walter Stanley was the last Buff to accomplish the same – scoring on 87- and 74-yard receptions and a 70-yard punt return in a 45-27 win over Texas Tech on Sept. 12, 1981 (the last CU player to score TDs receiving and on any kick return until Rice turned the trick). REVISED 2020 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (4-1, 3-1 Pac-12) Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’19 rewind NOV. 7 --- UCLA (N) --- ESPN2 W 48-42 3-4 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 4-2 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 2-2 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 5-1 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 4-4 2- 0-0 SDSU scheduled as replacement opponent; defensive battle (427 total yards) Dec. 5 RV at Arizona (N) --- FS-1 W 24-13 0-5 15- 8-0 Broussard (301 yards) and Buffs (407) run wild, rally from 13-0 down in 2nd Qtr DEC. 12 21 UTAH --- FOX L 21-38 3-2 32-32-3 Buffs take 21-10 lead on first play of 3rd Qtr; Utes score 28 in a row to end game Dec. 19 --- Oregon (at Los Angeles) --- FS-1 Canceled 4-2 9-13-0 Game was cancelled on 12/14 when UO had to replace UW in P12 title game Dec. 29 RV Texas (Alamo Bowl) 20 ESPN 7:05 p.m. 6-3 7-11-0 Two schools last played in 2009 as members of the Big 12 Conference KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; All times mountain. GAMES CANCELED 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); vs. Oregon in Los Angeles (Dec. 19). 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 Aloha Bowl (KOA broadcast) Head coach Karl Dorrell will hold a Monday Dave Plati with request ([email protected]). will be on Sirius, XM & Internet Ch. 84; national Zoom Conference call at 11:00 a.m. (Nov. 9-Dec. Collegepressbox.com is the official media on Ch. 80 on all three mediums. 21); the lone exception being Tuesday, Nov. 3 since the website for Division I football. Access and download team cannot practice with it being Election Day (hoping weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE to return to in-person whenever the pandemic ends or headshots, logos and more for each conference and its Coaches/Staff is under control). It will be more or less an extended member schools. Register for access at: Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) version of what we have been doing daily Zooms. www.collegepressbox.com/register. Karl DORRELL (door-el) Starting with Nov. 9, the press conference portions The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the Darian HAGAN (hay-gun) will be streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com. television home of the Buffaloes; it produces a variety DEMETRICE Martin (dee-meat-riss) Note: There was no Front Range Huddle this of programming featuring all 12 member institutions. Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) Mitch RODRIGUE (row-dreeg) summer; look for it to resume in 2021 in Denver. Season Interview Schedule. With daily THE BUFFS ON THE INTERNET Players COVID testing, it eliminates the larger window we had The official CU site on the Internet can be found 6 Daniel ARIAS (are-e-us) 25 MEKHI Blackmon (muh-kye as in eye) for interviews (over an hour lost). Dorrell will speak on at www.CUBuffs.com has the most up-to-date Mondays and Wednesdays; players available on 23 JAREK BROUSSARD (jerek brew-sard) information, releases, game notes, press conference 17 Grant CICCARONE (sis-a-roan) Tuesdays and Wednesdays (most have heavy academic broadcasts (free), articles by longtime journalist and 0 ASHAAD Clayton (ah-shod) schedules which eliminate Thursdays); assistant CUBuffs.com contributing editor Neill Woelk along 57 John DEITCHMAN (dych-mon) coaches on all three days if requested in advance.