UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com Fieldhouse Annex #50, 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2008 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (FAX: 303/492-3811; E-mail: [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/Sports Information), Andrew Green (Assistant SID), Troy Andre (Assistant SID/ Internet Managing Editor), COLORADO Linda Poncin (Assistant SID), Allie Musso (Assistant SID), Nick Bernal (Football Student Assistant). 2008 COLORADO BUFFALO Football Game 7 — KANSAS STATE WILDCATS October 18 / 5:00 p.m. MDT / Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 7 (October 13, 2008) FSN (Regional) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING… The Colorado Buffaloes (3-3, 0-2 Big 12) return home for its last home game in the Halloween month, entertaining the Kansas State Wildcats (4-2, 1-1 Big 12) in a 5:00 p.m. mountain time kickoff at Folsom Field … The Buffs won’t be home again until November 8 … The game will be televised regionally on FSN, with FSN Rocky Mountain producing the game; Drew Goodman (play-by-play), former Buff quarterback Joel Klatt (analyst) and Alanna Rizzo (sidelines) will call the action (FSN Midwest and FSN Southwest have picked up the telecast; others could follow) … Klatt set 44 school records during his CU career which spanned 2002-05 … It’s Parent’s Weekend at the university, with the football game one of the signature events on the schedule … CU will induct its seventh class into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame; the group will be honored Friday night at the induction ceremony (Omni Interlocken Hotel , Broomfield) and will be honored at halftime of the game (see page 3 for details) … For the first time in school history (119 seasons), the Buffs have won their first three games and then subsequently lost the next three … It’s No. 4 vs. No 12: no, not national rankings, but CU brings the nation’s fourth longest active scoring streak into this Saturday at 241 games while K-State brings the 12th at 146; CU is the last team to shut out KSU, doing so 12-0 in Boulder in 1996 … Colorado is coming off a 30-14 loss at Kansas, while Kansas State defeated Texas A&M at home, 44-30; this will be the Wildcats first game inside the North Division in 2008 … CU’s 22-14 record against North teams in the division’s best dating back to the start of the 2001 season … About 2,500 tickets remained as of Tuesday Noon for the Kansas State game, with plenty of ducats still left for the November home games, Iowa State (Nov. 8) and Oklahoma State (Nov. 15); they can be purchased on line at CUBuffs.com, at TicketsWest outlets in all King Soopers stores, or by calling 303-49-BUFFS … Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 50, ROSTER ON PAGES 51-52 I-70 TIME CU’s next three games are with its “Interstate 70 compadres” in the North Division, Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri. The Buffs were swept by the trio each of the last two years, though just seven times overall and have lost seven straight to their I-70 brethren. CU won all three games in 2001, 2002 and 2005. STAT OF THE WEEK Big Play Josh. As in Josh Smith, CU’s sophomore big play wide receiver. He has 10 plays of 30 yards or longer this season, including three in each of his varieties against Kansas last weekend. He is the fastest player to 1,000 all-purpose yards (six games) at Colorado since Chris Brown in 2002 (1,004 through six). Josh’s big plays: 93 KOR Colorado State (TD) 46 KOR Texas 38 Rec West Virginia 59 KOR Kansas 40 KOR Eastern Washington 37 PR Kansas 51 PR Eastern Washington 38 Rec Kansas 30 Rec Florida State (TD) 46 KOR Colorado State OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Colorado continues to have an inordinate number of turnovers in the first half, as 10 of its 12 this season have come before halftime, with eight in the second quarter. Opponents have scored after only five of those miscues (all TDs); CU hasn’t been any better, scoring three times (all TDs) after 10 opponent turnovers (which break down t six in the first half and four in the second). 2008 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (3-3, 0-2 BIG 12) 2008 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That Aug. 31 NR Colorado State (N; Denver) NR FSN W 38-17 3-3 59-19-2 Smith 93 KOR, Hawkins TD runs and defensive effort (CSU: 258 yds) wins it SEPT. 6 NR EASTERN WASHINGTON NR none W 31-24 2-4 1`- 0-0 C.Brown’s 27 INT/TD return with 1:44 left rallies CU; Hawkins 3 TD passes SEPT. 18 NR WEST VIRGINIA 21 ESPN W 17-14 (OT) 4-2 1- 0-0 Buffs up 14-0 early, win it in first OT on Goodman 25 FG Sept. 27 NR Florida State (at Jacksonville) NR ABC L 21-39 4-1 0- 3-0 CU missed on early opportunities, FSU pulls away thanks to special teams OCT. 4 NR TEXAS (N; HC) 5 FSN L 14-38 6-0 7-10-0 Buffs sluggish on offense, late first half UT TD put ‘Horns up 21-0 Oct. 11 NR at Kansas 16 ESPN2 L 14-30 5-1 41-24-3 KU breaks open a 16-14 game with two fourth quarter scores OCT. 18 KANSAS STATE (FW) FSN 5:00 p.m. 4-2 43-19-1 Buffs play catch-up after falling behind early; Charles 171, 1 TD rushing Oct. 25 at Missouri FSN 4:30 p.m. 5-1 31-38-3 07: Tigers score last 48 pts to hand CU third-worst home loss in history Nov. 1 at Texas A & M TBA TBA 2-4 5- 2-0 Last trip to College Station was wild 29-26 OT loss to Aggies in 2004 NOV. 8 IOWA STATE TBA TBA 2-4 47-14-1 CU 17-3 vs. Iowa State in Boulder since 1967, including 11 of last 12 NOV. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE TBA TBA 6-0 26-17-1 Last meeting in ’05, a 34-0 CU win, LB Burton returns pick 99 yards for TD Nov. 28 at Nebraska ABC 1:30 p.m. 3-3 18-46-2 Teams play one of six games in ’07 where both teams scored 50-plus Dec. 6 Big 12 Championship Game ABC 6:00 p.m. (Kansas City, Mo.) Colorado is 1-3 in Big 12 title games, winning in 2001 (All times mountain. KEY: —Big 12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend.) 2007 Colorado Football: The Media Page 2 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. 2-15 (Monday)-23-30, Oct. 7-14-21-28, Nov. 4-11-24 (Monday), Dec. 2-TBA (bowl). NOTE that there is no organized press luncheon on Sept. 9 or Nov. 18 (bye weeks). 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 on the Big 12 Football Teleconference Call at 10:40 a.m. MT. All coaches participate; please call the Big 12 office (469-524-1007) for access (media only—you must register). A teleconference replay is available after 2 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 through www.CollegePressBox.tv. Highlights will be in files in Quicktime format, with all available for viewing prior to downloading. First-time visitors will need to register on-line for access; information: contact Ted Gangi at 214/909- 9314 or [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: Sundays) but are open to the media (exception: Thursdays). The 11th through 30th minute of practices (Sun-Tues-Wed) in-season are open for photography/video needs from the end zones and sidelines. All parameters listed in CU media policies. ¾ This year’s standard meeting/practice schedule (mountain time, pre-time change): Sunday (3:15-5:00, 5:15-6:15); Monday (off); Tuesday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:30), Wednesday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:30), Thursday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:00), Friday (3:00-4:00, evening meetings). ¾ Interviews with Colorado players are allowed post-practice on Sundays, pre- and post-practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and pre-practice Thursdays (the cutoff moves up to pre-Wednesday practice for Friday games). Phone interviews with out-of-town media are allowed all four days in all time slots. Interviews on Mondays are at the discretion of the player, as it being the standard player day off (no meetings/practice), CU can’t arrange due to NCAA rules.