2006 COLORADO Football: GAME 12 — NEBRASKA Friday, November 24 at Lincoln (1:36 P.M
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2006 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (FAX: 303/492-3811; E-mail: [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Lindsay Lew (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre COLORADO (Assistant SID/Internet Managing Editor), Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), Erich Schubert (Graduate Assistant). 2006 COLORADO Football: GAME 12 — NEBRASKA Friday, November 24 at Lincoln (1:36 p.m. MST; ABC national broadcast) RELEASE NUMBER 12 (November 19, 2006) QUICKLY SPEAKING… The Colorado Buffaloes (2-9, 2-5 Big 12) close out the 2006 season Friday, November 24, in the annual day-after-Thanksgiving match-up against North Division rival, the No. 23 (AP)/19 (Coaches) Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-3, 5-2 Big 12) in a 1:36 p.m. MST kickoff at Memorial Stadium… The game will televised nationally by ABC, the 11th consecutive time for a CU-NU game (and the 16th of the last 18); Mark Jones (play-by-play), David Norrie (analyst) and Bonnie Bernstein (sidelines) will call the action… This will be the 1,100th game in Colorado football history… Colorado won’t be going to a bowl for just the fifth time since 1984, and this is just school’s fourth losing season in that time frame (1997, 2000, 2003 and 2006)… Nebraska has clinched the Big 12 North Division title, its first since 199, ending a six-year run where Colorado and Kansas State shared the six between 2000 and 2005 (CU won four of those crowns)… NU is No. 22 in the Nov. 19 BCS Standings… CU over NU? Sure, check out this chain: CU beat Iowa State (33-16), who beat Missouri (21-16), who beat Kansas State (41-21), who beat Oklahoma State (31-27), who beat Nebraska (41-29)… CU is out to prevent just its third 10-loss season in 117 years of intercollegiate football (going 1-10 in 1980 and 1984) as well as to end a 13-game losing streak to ranked teams… Receivers coach Eric Kiesau will celebrate his 34th birthday on game day (Nov. 24)… Colorado’s lost nine games by an average of 9.9 points, including four by five points or less, with its two wins by an average of 20.5 points… In 12 standard team statistical rankings in conference games only, CU holds the edge in seven of them, most notably total defense (2nd; NU is 9th); NU holds a similar edge in total offense, however (3rd to 10th for CU)… Colorado is coming off a 33-16 win over Iowa State, as the Buffs scored 23 unanswered points after each team scored a touchdown on their first possessions in building a 30-7 third quarter lead en route to the win… CU’s website, www.CUBuffs.com features game day updates and live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 60; ROSTER ON PAGES 61-62 STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado is 29th in the nation in fewest penalties (55 in 11 games, or 5.0 per); that’s dramatic improvement over 2005, when CU was 115th in the nation, flagged for 123 times (9.46 per 13 games) for an NCAA-high 1,084 yards. CU is 39th in fewest yards penalized at 44.1 per outing. The Buffaloes were penalized just 15 times over a five-game span (games 6-10), the lowest five-game count in school history (three different times CU had 17 over a 5-game run). CU was penalized a season-high 10 times in the Iowa State game, very uncharacteristic for this year’s squad. They paid for it in conditioning… OBSCURE NOTES OF THE WEEK Colorado has allowed just five plays from scrimmage of 40 yards or longer (three pass, two rush); that stands to be the fewest since the 1987 season, when the Buffs surrendered just four (two rush, two pass). Over the past 20 years, CU has limited the foe to six three other seasons (1991, 1994, 1995) and to seven 40-plus plays seven times, most recently last year. The 12 allowed over the last two seasons ties the second fewest over a two-year span, trailing the 11 over the 1987-88 seasons and matching the dozen in the ’94 and ’95 seasons. The seven allowed in ’05 were reduced from 14 in 2003 and 15 in 2004, as opponents had piled up 70 plays of 40 yards or longer between 1999 and 2004 after allowing just 83 between 1987 and 1998. Neither CU nor the opponent has thrown an interception the last two games. That’s the first time that’s happened since… the first two games of this season. So what, you may ask? It’s actually pretty rare; it’s happened only three other times over the last 30 years involving Colorado (last two games of 1994, first two games of 1998 and the last two in 1999). Opponents are 19-of-31 on third downs in the red zone against Colorado, though are just 2-of-5 on fourth down inside-the-20. By comparison, CU is 7- of-24 on third down once it penetrates the enemy 20, and is 1-of-6 on fourth down. 2006 COLORADO SCHEDULE (2-9, 2-5 BIG 12) 2006 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That SEPT. 2 NR MONTANA STATE NR none L 10-19 7-4 1- 3-0 Offense can’t get rolling in CU’s first game ever vs. I-AA team Sept. 9 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR CSTV L 10-14 4-6 57-19-2 CSU ends 3-game skid, last five games decided by 22 pts SEPT. 16 NR ARIZONA STATE 22 TBS L 3-21 6-5 0- 1-0 Buffs can’t capitalize on 4 ASU turnovers; Charles 109 yards Sept. 23 NR at Georgia 9 LFS + L 13-14 7-4 0- 1-0 CU dominates game, but UGA rallies for win w/:46 left Sept. 30 NR at Missouri 25 FSN L 13-28 7-4 31-37-3 Offense gets season highs to date but MU gets 4 TD passes OCT. 7 NR BAYLOR (H) NR none L 31-34 (3 OT) 4-8 8- 6-0 First multiple session OT game in CU history goes to Baylor OCT. 14 NR TEXAS TECH (FW) NR none W 30- 6 7-5 4- 4-0 Hawkins gets No. 1, all phases (O-D-ST) dominate Oct. 21 NR at Oklahoma 20 FSN L 3-24 9-2 16-39-2 Sooners limit CU to 113 total yards, late TD (:17) pads score Oct. 28 NR at Kansas NR none L 15-20 6-5 41-22-3 Crosby boots CU to 9-0 lead, but KU frosh QB led comeback NOV. 4 NR KANSAS STATE NR FSN L 21-34 7-5 43-18-1 Down 17, CU rallies to within 20-14 but K-State pulls away NOV. 11 NR IOWA STATE NR none W 33-16 4-8 47-13-1 Holliday runs for 126, Jackson throws 2 TDs, runs for third Nov. 24 NR at Nebraska 23 ABC 1:36 p.m. 8-3 17-45-2 Road team has won for four straight years (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at game time +--SEC Syndication on Lincoln Financial Sports; —Big 12 Conference game; H—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend) 2 | 2006 Colorado Football: The Media Page | 2 MEDIA SERVICES Coach Dan Hawkins holds a Tuesday press luncheon in the Dal Ward Athletic Center, starting at 11:30 a.m. with lunch, followed by Hawkins beginning the interview session promptly at Noon. This year’s dates: Sept. 5-12-19-26, Oct. 3-10-17-24-31, Nov. 7-20 (Monday)-28, Dec. TBA (bowl). NOTE that there are no organized press luncheons on Aug. 29 (prior to opener) and Nov. 14 (bye week). The press conference portion of the luncheon is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the Stampede Online area); all press conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and thus do not require access codes. Hawkins can be heard Mondays on the Big 12 Football Teleconference Call at 10:40 a.m. MT. All coaches participate; please call 706/679-2026 for access (media only—you must register). The teleconference replay is available after 2 p.m. MT the same day through www.Big12sports.com or for access, call 706/634-1618. Video highlights of CU football games are available Tuesdays on the Big 12 Conference’s satellite highlights package, which can be found at Galaxy 3C, Transponder 21 (C-band), 4120 MHz vertical, standard audio 6.2-6.8 MHz between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. MT from Aug. 29 through Dec. 5 (trouble number: 972/868-1862). Special requests can also be made through CU’s BuffVision (Deric Swanson or Eric Pelloni: 303-735-3637). The Colorado lockerroom (home and road) is closed after games; following the customary 10-minute cooling off period, players will be made available (a list of players will be solicited immediately following the game; no cutoff to request players). Colorado’s regular season football practices are closed to the general public (August 23 on; preseason practices prior are open) but are open to the media. The first 25 minutes of practices in-season are, however, open for photography (video) needs from the end zones and sidelines. Extensive parameters listed in CU media policies.