UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2010 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Curtis Snyder (Associate SID), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/ Internet Managing Editor), Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), B.G. Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Cydney Ricker (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO 2010 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 10—IOWA StATE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010 11:40 a.m. MST Folsom Field (53,613), Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 10 (November 9, 2010) FCS-Central (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-6, 0-5 Big 12) return home for the first of their final two home games of the season, hosting the Iowa State Cyclones (5-5, 3-3 Big 12) in an 11:40 a.m. MST kickoff at Folsom Field … The game will be televised by Fox College Sports Central (Comcast Ch. 414 in the Denver-Boulder area) … On Nov. 9, head coach Dan Hawkins was relieved of his duties and replaced by associate head coach Brian Cabral on an interim basis for the remainder of the season … Misery Loves Company: the Buffs are looking to get into the win column in league play; CU is one of nine schools winless in conference action, among them Tennessee, Wyoming, Minnesota, Indiana and Washington State … ILB Douglas Rippy will celebrate his 21st birthday on Saturday … Prior to last Saturday’s 52-45 loss at Kansas, Colorado had been 109-0 in its history when scoring 43 or more points; the Buffs are also 104-9-1 since the start of the 1989 season when scoring 30 or more points … The 45 points were a season-high for Colorado, which last eclipsed the 40-point mark since a 65-51 win in the 2007 regular season finale … CU will induct its eighth class into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame; the formal ceremony is Thursday (Nov. 11) at the Omni Interlocken (6 p.m., open to the public), with the inductees to be recognized at halftime of the CU-Iowa State game … Just over 40,000 tickets are out for the Iowa State game, thus around 13,000 remain … The Kansas State game (Nov. 20) will not be televised, but will be available on CUBuffs.com for $9.95 (Big 12 rules require that games that are streamed on the Internet must be premium content and thus must be purchased by the consumer); the game will kickoff at 12:10 p.m., a final throwback to 1990 when non-network games started at that time for local TV … Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 56; ROSTER ON PAGES 57-58 CU-ISU TV: FCS-Central (National) / Steve Physioc (play-by-play) / Yogi Roth (color analyst) / Samantha Steele (color analyst) / A.J. Godinez (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK TB Rodney Stewart rushed for a career-high 175 yards in CU’s 52-45 loss to Kansas; he also had 44 receiving yards to give him a personal best 219 all- purpose yards, and earned 11 first downs (nine rushing/two receiving). The fact is, “Speedy” has been a first down machine, earning 59 on the season to date, 48 on the ground and 11 through the air, with 24 of those coming on third and/or fourth down plays. He’s earned almost one out of every three first downs for CU as a team (68 percent of the rushing first downs), and he is personally responsible for a third of the conversions on third and fourth down (24 of 73), including a 22-of-27 mark on third-fourth down rushing tries (15-of-17 on third/fourth-and-one). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Brian Cabral takes over as interim head coach for the final three games of the season; he’s second interim head coach in CU history, as Mike Hankwitz served in the capacity for the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl after replacing Gary Barnett earlier that same month. The Buffs lost that game, 19-10 to Clemson, so Hankwitz was 0-1, but with only three weeks between Barnett’s dismissal and the bowl game, CU added that game to Barnett’s record. We might revisit that, as the remaining three this year will go under Cabral. Thus, his debut as coach on November 13, which will be the second latest date a CU coach will debut in a regular season. In 1918, Joe Mills’ first game was on Nov. 18 (a 9-0 home loss to Northern Colorado, then Greeley State Teachers College) … however, that was the first game of a five game season where all games were wedged into 21 days for reasons to do with World War I. 2010 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-6, 0-5 BIG 12) 2010 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That Sept. 4 NR COLORADO STATE NR The Mtn. W 24- 3 3-7 60-20-2 CU defense dominant from start; McKnight sets CU career reception record Sept. 11 NR at California NR FSN L 7-52 5-4 2- 3-0 Cal jumps out to commanding early lead; losing team in series has never led SEPT. 18 NR HAWAI’I NR FCS (C) W 31-13 7-3 1- 1-0 Buffs spot UH 10-0 halftime lead, running game (252 yards) rallies CU to win OCT. 2 NR GEORGIA (N) NR FSN W 29-27 5-5 1- 1-0 Beatty (FF) and Major (FR) seal CU win; Buffs rush attack (237 yds) paces O Oct. 9 NR at Missouri 24 FSN L 0-26 7-2 31-41-3 75th/last meeting goes to MU; CU can’t capitalize on 44 plays in MU territory OCT. 16 NR BAYLOR (FW) NR FCS (C) L 25-31 7-3 9- 7-0 Back-and-forth game (CU led 22:49, BU 23:07) ends on end zone PBU OCT. 23 NR TEXAS TECH (HC) NR none L 24-27 5-4 5- 5-0 Tech takes only lead on FG with 2:08 remaining; QB Hansen lost for season Oct. 30 NR at Oklahoma 11 ESPN2 L 10-43 7-2 17-40-2 OU’s 26 2nd quarter points break open game; McKnight snares 200th catch Nov. 6 NR at Kansas NR none L 45-52 3-6 42-25-3 Buffs led 45-17 early in fourth, KU rallies with 35 unanswered points to win) NOV. 13 NR IOWA STATE NR FCS (C) 11:30 am 5-5 48-15-1 Veterans & Hall of Fame Day/CU will induct 10 into its Athletic HOF NOV. 20 KANSAS STATE #CUB 12:10 pm 6-3 44-20-1 2009: Buffs take early 6-3 lead then sputter on offense; KSU 10 points off TO Nov. 26 at Nebraska ABC 1:30 pm 8-1 18-48-2 Final Big 12 regular season game for Big 10-bound Nebraska (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; #--webcast on CUBuffs.com; —Big 12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2010 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / The Media Page Page 2 COLORADO FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES ¾ 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. 7-14-28, Oct. 5-12-19-26, Nov. 2-9-16-22 (Monday)-30, Dec. TBA (bowl). NOTE that there is no organized press luncheon on Sept. 21 (bye week). The press conference portion of the luncheon is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); all press conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and thus do not require access codes. ¾ Hawkins can be heard Mondays (Aug. 31-Nov. 30) on the Big 12 Teleconference Call at 10:40 a.m. MT. All coaches participate; call the Big 12 office (469-524-1007) for access (media only—you must register). A teleconference replay is available after 3 p.m. MT the same day by phone (706/634-1618) or on www.Big12sports.com. ¾ Video highlights of CU football games are available anytime provided by the Big 12 Conference. Contact Bob Burda at the Big 12 office for approval and access (469/524- 1007; [email protected]). Special requests can also be made through CU’s BuffVision (Deric Swanson or Eric Pelloni: 303-735-3637). ¾ 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). ¾ Colorado’s regular season football practices are closed to the general public (exception: those Sundays when the team does practice). The last 15 minutes of the Tuesday and Wednesday practices are open to the media and for any photography/video needs (just follow all parameters listed in CU’s media policies). Thursday practices are closed to all except network TV personnel broadcasting the game. ¾ This year’s standard meeting/practice schedule (mountain time, pre-time change): Sunday (3:15-4:00, 4:00-5:45); Monday (off); Tuesday (6:30-7:30/8:00-10:00), Wednesday (6:30-7:30/8:00-10:00), Thursday (6:30-7:30/8:15-10:00), Friday (9:00-10:00, afternoon/evening meetings).