UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2012 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (FAX: 303/492-3811; E-mail:
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[email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Curtis Snyder (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/ Internet Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Assistant SID), B.G. Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Ron Knabenbauer (Graduate Asst.), Marlee Horn (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO 2012 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 3—FRESNO STATE BUFFS LOOKING TO MAKE THIRD TIME THE CHARM IN ‘12 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 6:04 p.m. MDT Bulldog Stadium (41,031), Fresno, Calif. RELEASE NUMBER 3 (September 11, 2012) CBS-Sports Network (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (0-2, 0-0 Pac-12) hit the road for the first time in 2012, heading west to central California for their first-ever visit to Fresno to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs (1-1, 0-0 Mountain West) in a 6:04 p.m. MDT kickoff at Bulldog Stadium … The CBS Sports Network (formerly CSTV) will broadcast the game nationally … The game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network; sideline reporter Lauren Gardner is a CU grad (’07), the second straight game a CU alum will on the broadcast team (Jeremy Bloom was for Sac State) … The Buffs will be looking to win two in a row on the road for the first time since 2004 (at Kansas and Nebraska) … CU is playing two teams from California back-to-back for the first time since 2002, when it faced three straight (San Diego State and USC at home and UCLA away) … Bulldog Stadium has FieldTurf (installed last season); Colorado was 1-3 on the fake stuff in 2011, including a season-ending 17-14 win at Utah … The Buffs are coming off two straight gut-wrenching losses, following up a season-opening 22-17 setback to CSU in Denver with a 30-28 defeat to Sacramento State (on a field goal as time expired); Fresno State traveled to No.