UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 www.CUBuffs.com Telephone 303/492-5626 (FAX: 303/492-3811; E-mail:
[email protected]) David Plati (Assistant AD/Media Relations), Colleen Reilly Krueger (Associate SID), Lindsay Anhold (Assistant SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Asst. SID/Internet Managing Editor), Barry Rubenstein (Grad Assistant), COLORADO Patrick Gleason (FB Student Assistant). © 2003 CU Athletics. 2003 CU Football: Game 8— Oklahoma SAT., OCT. 25 / Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. / 5:10 p.m. MDT (TBS Sports) RELEASE NUMBER 7 (Oct. 20, 2003) Quickly The Colorado Buffaloes (3-4, 1-2 Big 12) host the nation’s No. 1 team this Saturday night, as the Oklahoma Sooners (7-0, 3-0 Big 12) make their first visit to Boulder since 1999 for a 5:10 p.m. mountain kickoff at Folsom Field… Oklahoma is ranked first in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls, and is also No. 1 in the season’s initial BCS Standings… The last time the Buffs hosted the nation’s No 1 team was almost 25 years ago to the week, as Oklahoma came into Boulder on Nov. 4, 1978 and beat the Buffs, 28-7, in a game that tied at 7-7 at halftime; it’s the fourth time CU is hosting the nation’s No. 1 team (AP or Coaches; Nebraska was No. 1 in the BCS Standings back in 2001)… The Sooners swept a pair of games from CU last year, winning in Norman (27-11 on Nov.