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Hawkins says maturation continuing

By Patrick Ridgell Longmont Times-Call

BOULDER — Dan Hawkins doesn’t want things becoming too mundane.

That would hardly qualify as a surprise to anyone who has followed the Colorado coach’s adventures during his Boulder tenure. And when asked Sunday about the change in his demeanor that players perceived last week, Hawkins started discussing characters in Cheech and Chong Colorado’s Brad Jones tackles movies. Colorado State’s Kyle Bell during the third quarter at Invesco Field at You had to be there. Mile High on Sept. 1. Jones and the Buffs will have their hands full this week against Missouri. Times- Players said Saturday after CU won at Texas Tech and Sunday after practice that they noticed the coach in recent days loosening the reins, letting the “players coach themselves,” as linebacker Call/Lewis Geyer Brad Jones put it. Whether he’ll assume the same style this week as CU prepares to host No. 9 Missouri on Saturday (4:30 p.m., FSR) remains to be seen. But Hawkins’ response to his players’ assertions Sunday wasn’t in total agreement.

“I’m one of those guys that’s into situational leadership and I don’t think that you can do the same thing every time,” he said. “And I try not to be mundane. ... I think you have to mix it up a little bit.” That, apparently, was the plan last week when, as several Buffs noted, Hawkins backed off.

“He was a little more reserved and quiet, he let us handle us,” Jones said. “I feel like he still guided us in the things he was saying, got us fired up when we needed to be. But I did like the fact he gave us free reins last week.”

Said cornerback Terrence Wheatley, “I think we understood (last week) that he is letting it fall upon us as players to take control. I think he realizes as a team we’re maturing to the point where we have high expectations, we have high standards to where in practice, we know what to do and it’s a matter of going in and doing it.

“Going onto the field and performing is essentially the easy part. The hard part is getting your mind to that point and doing it, especially with a young team like this. ... I think he realized he really can’t say anymore than what he has said.

Does Does Hawkins see his team maturing? Not totally.

“There are, it just seems, particularly on offense where we have so many young guys, just a cornucopia of things,” he said.

“Moving from one spectrum to the other, I think they’re doing a better job of handling all the material and the routine and all of that. But it seems like every Sunday we have a bunch of things we have to clean up with those young guys.” With another powerhouse on the schedule — four of CU’s 2007 opponents occupied spots among the ’ top 10 on Sunday, including Missouri — growing up can’t come fast enough. The schedule challenges CU in different ways every week. And Hawkins even joked with Dave Plati how the Buffs need just a couple more on the slate to play the whole top 10. Plati, CU’s sports information director, coordinates football scheduling.

Missouri’s offense will present problems. It uses some of the same spread ideas Texas Tech employs. But Missouri adds a mobile, veteran in Chase Daniel, plus two huge tight ends in Chase Coffman and Martin Rucker.

“They’re big dudes that play receiver is really what they are,” Hawkins said.

The Tigers (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) will also run the ball, unlike Texas Tech or Baylor, forcing defenses to play them honest.

A loss would eliminate CU (5-4, 3-2) from the Big 12 North race. CU still needs a win to reach bowl eligibility. The Buffs have three games left, and the next one not only figures to be the toughest, but should test the heightened maturity players say they have. http://www.timescall.com/print.asp?ID=4314 10/29/2007 TimesCall.com - Hawkins says maturation continuing Page 2 of 2

“We’re definitely maturing,” Jones said. “It’s not so much that we need overt supervision. We can get ourselves rallied together and know the stuff we need to fix. We’re doing it as a team. As players, we’re coaching ourselves more.”

EXTRA POINTS: Wheatley was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s national defensive player of the week on Sunday. Wheatley intercepted three pass in Saturday’s win. “You love seeing the right guys get that kind of stuff,” Hawkins said. ... The Tigers lost senior safety Cornelius “Pig” Brown for the season on Saturday to a ruptured right Achilles’ tendon. Brown twice earned the Big 12’s defensive player of the week award this season.

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To print this page, select File then Print from your browser URL: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/ncaa/article/0,2777,DRMN_23932_5734052,00.html Sunday's local notes

By Rocky Mountain News October 29, 2007

CU Joe Don Buckner © AP Sliding through (or not) Cody Hawkins Quarterback Cody Hawkins swears he doesn't need Sliding 101, regardless of how his first-quarter attempt throws against Texas and its repercussions appeared Saturday. Tech. The Colorado On one of his few scrambles against Texas Tech - and this one was for a first down - Hawkins saw a defender freshman was 15-of- closing on him and tried a conventional, feet-first slide. 26 for 123 yards and two and Instead of avoiding contact, he received a hit to the upper body/head that left him with the first of two bloody avoided an noses for the afternoon. for the first game this "I was never a fan of the quarterback sliding, but I really was trying to get down and my cleats caught in the (artificial) turf and I didn't get down . . . I kind of sat down and set myself up (for a hit)," he said. season.

But Hawkins enjoyed one of his most efficient games (15-of-26, 123 yards, two touchdowns) in the 31-26 victory, avoiding an interception for the first game this season. His TD pass total (15) finally has crept past his interception total (14), and he has tied the school record for most consecutive games (nine) with a scoring pass and become the first CU freshman to surpass 2,000 passing yards (2,090).

He is No. 29 nationally in passing (2,090 yards; 56.67 completion percentage; 20.78 completions a game) and No. 88 nationally in pass efficiency (116.4).

"When you win and you're efficient . . . that was a game where I definitely thought we'd be able to throw the ball whenever we wanted to, and it would complement the run," he said. "But the big thing was getting the win."

Wheatley honored

Cornerback Terrence Wheatley was chosen as the Walter Camp Football Foundation's defensive player of the week for his three-interception performance in the Buffaloes' 31-26 victory at Texas Tech.

He is the first CU player in 25 years to make three in one game. Wheatley also added seven solo tackles, broke up one pass and returned four kickoffs for 82 yards, moving him into second place (1,242 yards) among CU's career leaders.

A senior from Richardson, Texas, Wheatley now has 14 career picks - two short of the school record held by John Stearns, who also played baseball at the school. Wheatley is tied for third on CU's career pick list with Dick Anderson, trailing only Stearns and Chris Hudson (15).

'Pig' sidelined

Missouri will be minus senior safety Cornelius "Pig" Brown (ruptured Achilles' tendon) for the remainder of the season. Injured late in the Tigers' 42-28 win Saturday against Iowa State, Brown is expected to be replaced by junior Justin Garrett, who has played safety in the nickel package.

Brown's loss "hurts," defensive tackle Lorenzo Williams said. "He was huge for this team. It's kind of like déjà vu again. We're going through the same stuff over and over again."

Brown was referring to losing ex- defensive end Brian Smith, also injured in last season's eighth game. Afterward, Mizzou lost four of its final five games, including the .

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No. 9 Missouri has charged to a 7-1 overall record (3-1 in Big 12) primarily because of a spread offense as diverse as any Colorado has faced this fall. Defensively, though, the Tigers appear to have a few flaws - at least on paper. The numbers:

Offense Rank Avg. game

Scoring No. 8 40.38 points

Passing No. 5 326.1 yards

Rushing No. 40 172.50 yards

Total offense No. 7 498.63 yards

Defense Rank Avg. allowed

Scoring No. 45 23.1 points

Passing No. 107 278.25 yards

Rushing No. 31 121.30 yards

Total No. 73 399.50 yards

Numbers game

152 rushing yards by Iowa State were the most Missouri has allowed in Big 12 play this season.

He said it

"We played three nationally ranked teams in a row (before Iowa State). But you've got to get ready, and if you don't, you're not going to get the prize at the end."

Gary Pinkel, Missouri coach.

CSU

Misery, revisited

The nasty hits just keep on coming for the Colorado State Rams.

Saturday's 27-3 home loss against Utah was pretty typical for this season. The Rams showed signs of life at times, but they couldn't finish drives, converting only 2-of-13 third-down plays, and had an extended first-half spell in which they could stop neither the run nor the pass.

Now comes a game at Brigham Young, clearly the conference's best team, on Saturday in Provo, Utah (noon, the mtn.). A CSU win would be an upset of grand proportions, and the Rams know it can't happen unless they ratchet things up physically.

"BYU is a very big, very physical team, and we can't expect to really compete there unless we come out and play a lot tougher, a lot more physical than we did against Utah," CSU defensive coordinator Steve Stanard said. "I'm not saying our kids didn't give their all, and they're still committed, but I don't think our guys on defense came out mentally and physically ready to play.

"We didn't practice physically enough during the week, and it showed (Saturday)."

Even nature isn't smiling on CSU. Because BYU's scheduled game at San Diego State this past Saturday was postponed until Dec. 1 because of the wildfires in the San Diego area, the Cougars (5-2 overall, 3-0 MWC) have more time to prepare for CSU.

Sperry on course

CSU tight end Kory Sperry, who is redshirting after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee in CSU's second game of the season against California, said his rehabilitation is going well. Sperry had surgery in mid-September. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/cda/article_print/0,1983,DRMN_23932_5734052_ARTICL... 10/29/2007 Rocky Mountain News: College Page 3 of 4

"It's coming along steadily but slowly," said the Pueblo native, an NFL prospect who will come back as a fifth-year senior next year.

"The doctors said my body took the surgery well. Right now, I'm just doing a lot of high reps in the weight room, getting my range of motion back and trying to make my joints stronger. In a few weeks, I'm supposed to be able to start jogging."

Sperry said watching his teammates from the sideline has been agonizing.

"It's brutal sitting there," he said. "You see our record and it just hurts so much to know there's nothing I can do to help. It's been tough because this is the first injury I've ever had."

Etc.

• Two former CSU players made an impact for the Houston Texans on Sunday. In a 35-10 loss to the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium, receiver David Anderson had three catches for 28 yards, while tight end Joel Dreessen scored the only Houston on a 28-yard pass from Sage Rosenfels.

• CSU junior strong safety Mike Pagnotta started against Utah and said afterward his ankle felt fine throughout. "My ankle felt good, but I just wish we'd have played better as a defense early in the game," he said. "Utah found some creases and we didn't tackle very well. But we got better as the game went on, and we just have to keep working hard and try to build something positive for next year."

Numbers game

15-28 overall record for CSU since the start of the 2004 season. The Rams, 1-7 this year, went 4-7 in 2004, 6-6 in 2005 and 4-8 last season.

Air Force

Maybe this time

A home game against Army on Saturday provides a rare opportunity for the Falcons: This senior class has never beaten a service-academy team at Falcon Stadium.

Air Force has won nine of its past 10 games against Army, but the one loss was two years ago at Falcon Stadium, when this year's seniors were sophomores.

"We have to be able to rejuvenate and fight back," coach Troy Calhoun said. "That's got to be the kind of cardiac muscle we have. I've got a group of kids that have never won a home service-academy game, ever. For a bunch of the seniors, this is their shot at it."

Balance eludes Falcons

Balance was one of the goals when Calhoun abandoned the pure triple- for a multiple-set offense this season.

After nine games this year, the Falcons are the sixth-best rushing team in the country, averaging 254.56 yards a game, but they rank 118th and next to last in passing offense with an average of 124.3 yards a game.

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"I want us to improve, score more points, and more than anything else I want to see us win football games," Calhoun said."We aren't enamored by saying we have to throw this many times or we have to run a certain number of times. "

Numbers game

107 all-purpose yards needed by Chad Hall in the next three games to break the AFA single-season record of 1,735 set by Cormac Carney in the 1978 season. Hall has 1,628 yards after racking up 247 all-purpose yards Thursday vs. New Mexico.

UNC

He said it

"I'm happy for our kids and our coaches. Our kids have put in a lot of work and we talk to them every week about how it's a process. They've . . . done the things we've asked them to do and finally, things broke their way."

Scott Downing, UNC head coach, after the Bears defeated Montana State 16-13 on Saturday for their first Big Sky Conference victory and first win in 2007.

Wyoming

Numbers game

75 rushing yards by and former Arvada West standout Hoost Marsh on the first offensive play for the Cowboys against Nevada-Las Vegas on Saturday, a career best and the longest run for Wyoming this season.

He said it

"We've got to protect the football and just keep getting better. We'll try and work harder and get cleaner, manage the game even better next week. We're on a mission."

Joe Glenn, Wyoming coach, after the Cowboys cut their turnovers down to two in a 29-24 win over UNLV.

Source: Ncaa Numbers Game

B.G. Brooks (CU), Randy Holtz (CSU), Jim Benton (Air Force) and wire services (Northern Colorado and Wyoming).

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cu football "They're both great , " CU senior cornerback Terrence Wheatley Missouri offense spreads said Sunday. "The only difference is this guy the wealth

By Tom Kensler The Denver Post

Article Last Updated: 10/28/2007 11:36:27 PM MDT

BOULDER — Colorado hopes its 31-26 victory at Texas Tech will serve as a dress rehearsal for Saturday's home game against No. 9 Missouri, another team that features the spread offense.

CU players and coaches caution about a change in the script, however. Missouri also likes to run out of the spread - quarterback Chase Daniel included. Chase Daniel has been the spark to No. Texas Tech almost seems to treat the running 9 Missouri's rise, ranking fifth in the nation in both total offense and passing game as a nuisance, but Missouri (7-1, 3-1 Big yards. Daniel passed for 250 yards and 12) ranks 40th nationally. two touchdowns in the Tigers' victory over Iowa State. (Getty | G. Newman Lowrance) Texas Tech, 116th in rushing, has a stationary quarterback in Graham Harrell. At 6-feet and (Daniel) is obviously more mobile. 225 pounds, MU's Daniel is built like a fullback and isn't afraid to act like one. He "I personally hate it. When the coverage ranks third on his team in rushing with 209 yards. breaks down, you've got to turn and try to His average rush of 3.3 yards per carry is find him. When Chase starts running, it almost deceiving because it includes losses of 98 yards becomes playground football. Receivers break off by sacks. their routes and can run whatever they want to.

It puts so much stress on you as a defender.

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" Tom Kensler: 303-954-1280 or tkensler@denverpost. com Daniel is a stylish, drop-back passer as well. In their respective games against Dan Hawkins- coached Colorado teams, Daniel has been more effective than Harrell. Last season in a 28-13 victory over the Buffs in Columbia, Daniel completed 23-of-35 passes for 253 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions.

Colorado (5-4, 3-2) faces one of the nation's top quarterbacks for the second week in a row.

"They're both very good," Hawkins said Sunday after the team's 90- minute conditioning workout. "Chase is not a guy they necessarily want to run for first downs and that kind of thing. But he probably moves around the pocket a little better than Graham does."

Daniel has rushed for 55 yards or more three times in eight games, including a season-best of 72 yards on 11 carries against Nebraska.

Footnotes. Wheatley was named Walter Camp Foundation national defensive player of the week Sunday. ... Before Wheatley, the last CU player to intercept three passes in a game was Victor Scott, in 1982 against Oklahoma State. ... Two years ago, CU tried to recruit receiver-returner out of Kirkwood High School in suburban St. Louis. A redshirt freshman for Missouri, the 6-1, 185-pound speedster ranks ninth nationally in all-purpose yardage.

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cu football coach was a 41-12 thumping of his alma mater in Boulder on Nov. 5, 2005.

EYE ON ... The Tigers FYI: Two Missouri tight ends, senior Martin Rucker (6-6, 255) and junior Chase Coffman (6-6, By The Denver Post 245), and senior wideout William Franklin (6-2, 205) are considered top-shelf NFL prospects. Article Last Updated: 10/28/2007 11:48:00 PM MDT Injury: Senior strong safety Cornelius " Pig" Brown, twice named Big 12 defensive No. 9 Missouri at Colorado, Saturday, 4:30 p. player of the week in 2007, ruptured an Achilles m., FSN. tendon in the fourth quarter against Iowa State and is lost for the season. For the record: Missouri is 7-1 and 3-1 in the . The Tigers moved up to ninth Coachspeak: "You want to win all these from No. 13 in The Associated Press media poll games 40-6 and go eat hot dogs in the fourth after a 42-28 home victory Saturday over Iowa quarter, but that's not football." - State. Missouri coach after the 14-point victory over Iowa State, a game Missouri led only Streaking: The Tigers hope to reverse the trend of 20-14 at halftime slumping in November. MU has gone 1-2 in November each of the past three seasons. Tom Kensler

Who's hot: Junior quarterback Chase Daniel. The 6-foot, 225-pounder from suburban Dallas- Fort Worth ranks fifth nationally in total offense (342.8 yards per game) and passing yards (316.6).

Who's not: Missouri's defense has more playmakers than past Gary Pinkel-coached teams, but still ranks 73rd nationally in total defense, yielding 399.5 yards per game.

Key stat: Missouri has not won in Boulder since a 41-31 victory by the Tigers in 1997. That's a string of four consecutive road losses to Colorado. Gary Barnett's last victory as CU

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First look: Missouri

By Kyle Ringo Monday, October 29, 2007

Game 10

Matchup: No. 9 Missouri (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) at Colorado (5-4, 3-2).

Game time: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. at Folsom Field (53,750).

On the air: Fox Sports Net; KOA (850 AM).

Web site: www.mutigers.com

Last time

Quarterback Chase Daniel threw four touchdown passes and the Tigers were perfect in the red zone (4-for-4) as Missouri beat CU 28-13 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., last season. The game turned decisively in Missouri's favor late in the first half when CU punter Matt DiLallo dropped a punt snap and was tackled at his 14-yard line. The Tigers took a 21-6 lead six plays later. The Buffs actually out-gained Missouri's high-powered offense as quarterback Bernard Jackson accounted for 283 yards of total offense. It was CU's ninth consecutive loss.

The series

Missouri leads 37-31-3, but the Buffs hold a 20-14-1 edge in Boulder. The Tigers have won two of the past three, but the Buffs have a commanding advantage over the past 20 seasons, going 16-4 in that time.

The coach

Gary Pinkel is 44-36 in his seventh season at Missouri and 117-73-3 in his 17th season as a head coach. Since Pinkel was hired in 2001, the Tigers have gone 7-14 in November and have not won more than one game in any of those seasons during the month of November.

The lowdown

Missouri lost Cornelius "Pig" Brown for the season when he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in a win over Iowa State in Week 9. Brown was the Tigers' best defender and had been named Big 12 player of the week twice this season as well as the national player of the week in the first week of the season. ... Tailback has been hampered by an ankle injury over the past three weeks. ... Missouri's tight end tandem of Martin Rucker and Chase Coffman are two of the best in the nation at their position, but they play more like wide receivers than traditional tight ends. Rucker is a finalist for the . ... Only Navy and Penn State have been penalized for fewer yards than Missouri. The Tigers have 38 penalties for 261 yards in 2007. ... Missouri is fifth in the nation in passing offense, eighth in scoring offense and seventh in total offense.

Who to know

QB Chase Daniel: The junior from Texas is a darkhorse candidate for the as long as he continues to play well and his team continues to win. He ranks fifth nationally in passing, averaging 343 yards per game. He has thrown 18 touchdowns passes with eight interceptions and also makes plays on the run when he needs to. http://buffzone.com/news/2007/oct/29/first-look-missouri/?printer=1/ 10/29/2007 First look: Missouri Page 2 of 2 WR Jeremy Maclin: A dynamic playmaker from the St. Louis area. He ranks ninth nationally in all-purpose yardage in his redshirt freshman season. He returns punts and kickoffs, taking two punts back for scores already this season. He also is quickly becoming one the best receivers on the team.

LB Sean Weatherspoon: He's just a sophomore, but he is beginning to emerge as one of the better linebackers in the Big 12. He leads the Tigers in tackles with 81.

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Hawk's Buffs face big test against Missouri, Daniel Tigers' passing game fifth-best in nation

By Kyle Ringo Monday, October 29, 2007

The past two Saturdays have amounted to pop quizzes for a Colorado defense that will face what might be its most difficult test of the year this week when No. 9 Missouri brings its prolific offense to Folsom Field.

The Buffs lost to Kansas two weeks ago. The Jayhawks feature a smart quarterback in sophomore Todd Reesing, who doesn't make many mistakes and burns opponents by scrambling when a defense takes away every other option.

Reesing reminds many of Missouri's talented junior Chase Daniel, who directs the fifth-ranked passing game in the land. Daniel is spoiled this season by a roster loaded with NFL-caliber receivers, but the Buffs also will have to guard against Daniel pulling down the ball and scrambling the way Reesing did.

Missouri uses a spread offense, similar in many ways to the aerial attack Texas Tech has made famous.

The Buffs failed the first quiz by not being able to contain Reesing and Kansas, but passed the second quiz against Texas Tech by intercepting quarterback Graham Harrell four times and keeping receivers working nothing but short routes in front of them.

To win this week against the Tigers, the Buffs must do both at the same time.

"We've definitely had good practice on what works and what doesn't work," said CU cornerback Terrence Wheatley, who was named national defensive player of the week Sunday by the Walter Camp Football Foundation aftermaking three interceptions at Texas Tech.

"It's hard to key on one guy in that offense," Wheatley said. "You have to distribute your attention to everybody because if you focus in on one guy, or try to double one guy, they will get you with everybody else."

Coach Dan Hawkins said Daniel is a heady player who prefers to win by throwing the ball. He did that last season against CU by throwing four touchdown passes in a 28-13 victory in Columbia, Mo.

But Daniel has rushed for more than 50 yards in a game — before sack yardage is deducted — eight times in his career. He also has eight rushing touchdowns on his résumé.

"To me, he doesn't play like a quarterback when he runs the ball. He plays like a fullback," Wheatley said. "He'll try to run you over."

Here is some perspective on just how difficult a task the CU defense must master this week. Daniel is throwing passes to a group of receivers that includes tight ends Martin Rucker and Chase Coffman as well as wide receiver Will Franklin. ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has dubbed all three of those players as likely draft picks in 2008 or 2009.

Daniel also has redshirt freshman Jeremy Maclin to distribute to. Maclin ranks ninth nationally in all-purpose yardage, and will deserve strong consideration for the Big 12 Conference newcomer of the year award.

http://buffzone.com/news/2007/oct/29/hawks-buffs-face-big-test-against-missouri/?printer=1/ 10/29/2007 Hawk's Buffs face big test against Missouri, Daniel Page 2 of 2 And when asked to differentiate between the Missouri offense and the Texas Tech approach Sunday, Hawkins noted the Tigers don't just completely abandon the running game the way Tech did when it threw 62 passes against CU on Saturday.

"They want to run it, can run it, do run it," Hawkins said.

CU defenders are likely to hear familiar messages from their coaches in preparation this week. Those messages will be a blend of the past two weeks, and secondary coach Greg Brown will harp on his philosophy of winning both halves of every passing play against a mobile quarterback like Daniel.

"The first half is regular stuff happens, you do your regular coverage," linebacker Brad Jones said. "The second half is, he's scrambling and now you've got to still cover your man and get to the quarterback.

"It's definitely one of the most difficult things I've experienced."

Notable

Wheatley was all smiles Sunday when asked about the national defensive player of the week award for his three- interception day.

"It means a lot," Wheatley said. "It's definitely flattering. I'm going to enjoy it and then it's back to work I guess."

Hawkins said both Wheatley and linebacker are among the best in the nation at their positions. Dizon ranks third in the nation in total tackles and also made an interception against Texas Tech. He returned his for a touchdown.

"You love seeing the right guys get that kind of stuff," Hawkins said of Wheatley's award. "They just show up every day. They work hard. It doesn't matter how hurt they are or sore they are or tired they are. To him, it's a great honor, but it's not going to change him either."

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