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2008 COLORADO BUFFALO Football Game 2 — EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES September 6 / 1:30 p.m. MDT / Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 2 (September 2, 2008) No Live Television | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats)
QUICKLY SPEAKING…
The Colorado Buffaloes (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) have their home opener this Saturday, Sept. 6 at Folsom Field, entertaining the Eastern Washington Eagles (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky Conference) in a 1:30 p.m. kickoff… There is no live or delayed television of the game, and no like webcast; it’s radio’s weekend to sole source it … EWU is a member of the Football Championship Subdivision (FBS, formerly I-AA), and is just the second such opponent CU will play from the division; Montana State was the other, visiting Boulder to open the 2006 season … Colorado opened the season with a resounding 38-17 win over in-state rival Colorado State in Denver, the first comfortable win for either team in the series in seven years; the last six had been decided by a total of 25 points … The Buffs improved to 171-1 all-time when scoring 38 or more points … The Buffs are shooting for their first 2-0 start since the 2005 season and for the fourth time this decade (2003-04-05) … The next two games against EWU and West Virginia (Sept. 18) are the first-ever games against both schools; CU last played schools back-to-back it had never seen before in 2006 when it hosted Arizona State and then traveled to Georgia (losing both); that was the first time since 1972, when the Buffs hosted Cincinnati and then hit the road to Minnesota (winning both) … There are about 10,000 tickets remaining for the EWU game, and looking ahead, there are about 3,000 remaining for West Virginia and just under 1,000 for Texas. Season tickets are still available and those won’t be broken apart for single game sales until well into next week … Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 35, ROSTER ON PAGES 36-37
RALPHIE WEEK
CU is celebrating Ralphie Week, recognizing the 75th year that CU athletic teams have been known as Buffaloes. There will be special web content all week on CUBuffs.com, including free access to the History of Ralphie videos as well as special Ralphie IV and V highlights. Athletics is also offering a special on- line only sale on CUBuffs.com of “4 for 40,” or four tickets for $40 to the Eastern Washington game in honor of the mascot celebration.
STAT OF THE WEEK
The 258 yards CU allowed CSU was the fewest by the opponent in a season opener since 1998, when the Rams had 202 in a 42-14 loss to the Buffaloes at old Mile High Stadium. It was the seventh lowest total by an opponent in the last 40 season openers, topped only by efforts against Washington State (196 in 1996), Fresno State (177 in 1988), Oregon (245 in 1978), Texas Tech (186 in 1976) and LSU (227 in 1971). And looking further inside the numbers, the Rams were never able to sustain a drive of consequence against the Colorado defense, having just one of 11 possessions last longer than 3:57 with no drive eating up more than 37 yards (which was CSU’s final one of the game when CU had second- and third-team players in the lineup).
OBSCURE NOTES OF THE WEEK