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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 COLORADO Editor), Linda Sprouse (Assistant SID), Ashley Braun (Assistant SID), B.G. Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Josh Casey (Graduate Assistant) 2014 COLORADO BUFFALO Football WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS 2014 SEASON NOTES BUFFS IMPROVING, LOOKING TOWARD 2015 FOR POSTSEASON RETURN RELEASE NUMBER 13 (January 22, 2015) CUBUFFS.COM QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes closed out their 125th season of intercollegiate football with a 2-10 record, which included an 0-9 mark in Pac-12 action ... The Buffs lost four conference games by a combined 15 points, the smallest margin for four league setbacks since the 1964 season, when CU dropped four by 12 points (and five by 21) ... The Buffs ended 2014 on an eight-game skid, with 12 straight losses in Pac-12 conference games play ... Colorado will open the 2015 season at Hawai’i on Thursday, Sept. 3, one of 39 games on opening weekend that will feature FBS teams playing one another (50 open against FCS programs) ... Colorado played eight bowl teams in 2014, including seven colleagues from the Pac-12 (two played each other: Utah defeated CSU in the Las Vegas Bowl); they combined to go 5-4 as Oregon played two postseason games (the NCAA will count the CPF title game as a bowl game in its records) … When Utah rallied for the fourth quarter win in the season finale, it was just CU’s 23rd loss in 189 games dating back to 1985 when leading after three quarters (163-23-3) ..