UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2011 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), Cole Mickelson (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO 2011 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 3—COLORADO STATE EMBREE LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN AGAINST IN-STATE RIVAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 11:40 a.m. MDT Sports Authority Field at Mile High (76,125), Denver, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 3 (September 13, 2011) Fox Sports Net (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (0-2, 0-0 Pac-12) renew their instate rivalry this Saturday against the Colorado State Rams (2-0, 1-0 MWC) in the 11th Annual Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown, with kickoff scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at Denver’s recently renamed Sports Authority Field at Mile High … The game will be televised nationally by Fox Sports Net (Comcast Ch. 26 in Denver-Boulder, DISH Ch. 414, DirecTV Ch. 683) … First-year head coach Jon Embree last coached both a game against Colorado State as a member of the CU coaching staff and in Denver in 2002, when CSU edged the Buffs, 19-14 … This is the 83rd meeting between the two schools, the 11th in Denver where CU leads the series, 6-4 … CU-CSU is one of 12 games Saturday matching intra- state rivals; other top battles include Utah-BYU, Kentucky-Louisville and Oklahoma State-Tulsa … CU is coming off a tough 36-33 overtime loss to Cal, where the Buff offense and particularly the passing game came alive with 582 and 474 yards, respectively; that was 342 more yards than in the opener at Hawai'i, making it the third best improvement from one week to the next in total offense where the second opponent was a BCS school … This will be Colorado State’s third straight game along the Rocky Mountain Front Range, opening with a win at New Mexico followed by a victory at home over Northern Colorado; the Rams don’t leave the I-25 corridor until next week at Utah State … ABC has selected the Sept. 24 Colorado at Ohio State game for telecast with a 1:30 p.m. MDT kickoff; it will likely shown in the Colorado and Ohio regions, but will be a national broadcast as a “reverse mirror” will have the game shown everywhere else on ESPN2 … There are less than 2,500 tickets of CU’s 35,000 or so allotment remaining for the CSU game … Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 48; ROSTER ON PAGES 49-50 CU-CSU: Fox Sports Net (National) / Craig Bolerjack (play-by-play) / Joel Klatt (color analyst) / Petros Papadakis (sideline) / Brad Zager (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Jon Embree is searching for his first win as a head coach; since the end of World War II (modern era), out of 11 head coaches, only Sonny Grandelius (1959), Chuck Fairbanks (1979) and Dan Hawkins (2006) didn’t record a win by the time they finished coaching their third career game on the Buff sidelines. The proverbial “third time was the charm” for three coaches, winning in their third game: Dal Ward (1948; 19-6 over Nebraska), Eddie Crowder (1963; 21-7 at Kansas State) and Bill Mallory (1974; 24-21 versus Wisconsin). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK A combination of 400 yards passing, 500 yards total offense, not committing a turnover and not allowing quarterback sack has almost always added up to a winning combination for the Buffaloes – and likely most other teams – but that wasn’t the case against Cal. In the 36-33 overtime loss, CU gained 582 yards, 474 passing, and played turnover free ball while protecting quarterback (zero sacks after allowing seven in the opener against Hawai'i). It was CU’s first loss ever when not allowing a sack or committing a turnover (now 14-1), and just the 15th when scoring 30 or more points in a game (out of 315, as CU is 299- 15-1 when scoring 30 or more, 57-6 since 1985). 2011 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (0-2, 0-0 PAC-12) 2011 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That Sept. 3 NR at Hawai’i NR ESPN2 L 17-34 1-1 1- 2-0 UH jumped to 17-0 halftime lead; CU pulls to within 24-17 but Warriors hang on SEPT. 10 NR CALIFORNIA NR FCS (P) L 33-36 (OT) 2-0 2- 4-0 Buffs rally from 10 down twice, but open OT with a FG and Cal countered with TD Sept. 17 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR FSN 11:30a 2-0 60-20-2 CU defense dominant in 24-3 win, holding Rams to 245 yards (49 rushing) Sept. 24 at Ohio State ABC/ESPN2 1:30p 2-0 1- 3-0 First meeting since 1986 in Columbus, where CU is 1-1 (big 20-14 win in ’71) OCT. 1 WASHINGTON STATE (FW) TBA TBA 2-0 4- 2-0 The two swapped road wins in ’03 (WSU in Boulder) and ’04 (CU in Seattle) Oct. 8 at Stanford TBA TBA 2-0 3- 3-0 Last trip to Palo Alto (’93) produced a barn-burning, 41-37 Stanford win Oct. 15 at Washington TBA TBA 2-0 5- 5-1 UW, with former CU coach Rick Neuheisel, swept H-and-H in ’99 and ’00 OCT. 22 OREGON (HC) TBA TBA 1-1 8- 7-0 Last meeting in ’02 Fiesta Bowl—when both felt snubbed for BCS title game Oct. 29 at Arizona State TBA TBA 2-0 0- 2-0 Schools, 600 miles apart, finally met for the 1st time in 2006-07: ASU won both NOV. 4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) ESPN2 7:00p 2-0 0- 5-0 First home Friday night game in CU history (three road/ two bowls, ’71 & ’88) NOV. 12 ARIZONA TBA TBA 1-1 12- 1-0 CU defensive assistants Brown (DC), Tuiasosopo (DL) on ’10 UA staff Nov. 19 at UCLA TBA TBA 1-1 2- 4-0 Embree to line up against former mentor (Neuheisel) and own son (Taylor) Nov. 25 at Utah FSN 1:30p 1-1 30-24-3 Old rivals were actually set to resume series in 2012 after 50-year dormancy Dec. 2 Pac-12 Championship Game FOX 6:20p at campus site of the division winner with the best record (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game (Cal game is non-league; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2011 COLORADO BUFFALOES FOOTBALL / The Media Page Page 2 COLORADO FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES everything you’ll need to know about CU football. “BuffsTV” offers the opportunity to listen and/or watch live game action of several CU athletic teams. ¾ Head coach Jon Embree holds a Tuesday press luncheon in the Dal Ward Breaking news with the program will be found here first every time and Athletic Center, starting at 11:30 a.m. with lunch (Embree starts promptly at delivered in full without others editing out what they might deem unessential. Noon). This year’s dates: Aug. 30, Sept. 6-13-20-27, Oct. 4-11-18-25, Nov. 1-8- ¾ Audio. Colorado football and basketball can now be heard for free on the 15-22-29, Dec. TBA (bowl). The press conference portion of the luncheon Internet at either CUBuffs.com or KOA-Radio (or its sister station, KKZN/AM760 is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); press for hoops). Links: www.CUBuffs.com, www.850koa.com, www.am760.net. conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and do not require access codes. ¾ Embree can be heard Tuesdays (Aug. 31-Nov. 30) on the Pac-12 THE BUFFALOES ON THE AIRWAYS Teleconference Call at 11:00 a.m. MT, with a taped replay available after 4 ¾ KOA-Radio in Denver (850 AM) originates the 10-station CU Football Network, p.m. MT those afternoons. All coaches participate; for access numbers to the with sports director Mark Johnson in his eighth year as the play-by-play voice ) conference call and the replay, e-mail David Plati ([email protected] of the Buffs. Larry Zimmer (analysis) is in his 38th season broadcasting with audio files available at www.pac-12.org). Colorado football (he handled play-by-play from 1971-81 and 1985-2003). Pre- ¾ Video highlights of CU football games are available anytime provided by the and postgame shows/sidelines are handled by KOA’s Andy Lindahl (second Pac-12 Digital Xchange. To gain access, send an email with name, job title, year). Other cities on the network in addition to KOA/Denver metro: Alamosa company and phone to [email protected] with the subject line “Request for (KALQ/94.5FM), Aspen (KFNO/106.1 FM, which also serves Eagle, 96.7FM; Pac-12 Media Access.” Special requests can also be made through CU’s Roaring Fork, 94.3FM and Old Snowmass, 93.9FM), Durango (KRSJ/100.5 FM), BuffVision (Deric Swanson or Eric Pelloni: 303/735-3637). Stock Embree Grand Junction (KTMM/1340AM), Rifle (KNAM, 1490AM) and Salida (KSBV/ footage can be found here: http://buffvision.com/FTP/embree.zip and his weekly 93.7FM).