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 7—WASHINGTON BUFFS LOOKING AT THIRD TIME BEING THE CHARM FOR FIRST PAC-12 WIN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011 1:35 p.m. MDT Husky Stadium (72,500), Seattle, Wash. RELEASE NUMBER 7 (October 10, 2011) ROOT Sports/FCS-Atlantic (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (1-5, 0-2 Pac-12) remain on the Pac-12 Conference road this Saturday, traveling to the Pacific Northwest to face the Washington Huskies (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) in a 1:30 p.m. MDT kickoff at Husky Stadium in Seattle … The game will be televised regionally by ROOT Sports (Rocky Mountain and Northwest), which will feed a national broadcast on FCS-Atlantic (which is a change from FCS-Pacific, originally slated to air the game) … Colorado and Washington have met 10 times in their histories, but not since 2000 in Boulder when the Huskies escaped with a 17-14 win … This game will showcase two of the nation’s top senior running backs, who are separated by just three yards in their careers: CU’s Rodney Stewart (3,175) and UW’s Chris Polk (3,172) … The Buffs have lost 20 straight road games, 21 outside the state of Colorado (last win: 31-26 at Texas Tech in 2007) … CU is coming off a 48-7 loss at No. 7 Stanford; the Buffs hung in for a while (they had the ball five minutes into the second quarter trailing 13-7), but a depleted CU secondary versus the likely No. 1 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft (Cardinal QB Andrew Luck) at some point figured to go Stanford’s way … Washington was idle last Saturday, and the Huskies are out to win their third straight game after opening with back-to-back league wins over California (31-23) and at Utah (31-14) … UW is the second of three opponents this month who have open weeks prior to playing CU: Washington State was idle on Sept. 24 and Arizona State is off next Saturday … ESPN Classic will replay the ’99 Colorado at Washington game (a 31-24 UW win in Seattle) on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 11:00 a.m. MDT … Colorado has sold just under 1,500 tickets for the Washington game … Less than 3,000 tickets remain for CU’s Oct. 22 game against Oregon in Boulder; it’s CU’s annual Homecoming affair (note: CU selects it’s Homecoming weekend based on a mid-October date, not who the opponent is) … Visit CUBuffs.com/gameday as your one stop for everything, including our on-line media guide and live stats. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 52; ROSTER ON PAGES 53-54 CU-UW TV: ROOT, FCS-Atlantic (National) / Tom Glasgow (play-by-play) / Jason Stiles (color analyst) / Jen Mueller, Alanna Rizzo (sidelines) / Jon Bradford (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Field position can be blamed as much as anything for CU’s 1-5 start. Opponents are averaging their 36-yard line to begin their 69 drives, 15 of which have started in CU territory (compared to the Buffs starting at their 28, and just five times in enemy territory). Minus two long scores, the opponent has run at least one play in Buff territory 45 of 67 drives (67.2 percent), gaining almost half their yards on the CU side of the 50 (1,032 of 2,300), and have scored 74 points (9 TD/4 FG) on those 15 possessions begun in plus territory. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Nearing the midway point of the season (which is technically Tuesday at midnight), 30 players have seen their first action as Buffaloes this season; that tied the 2008 team for the most players getting their first taste of ball as a Buffalo over the last 28 seasons (dating back to 1984). Within that number are 23 freshmen (13 true/10 redshirt); the 13 true frosh are tied for the eighth most in the nation in 2011, and the most who have played for CU in a single season dating back to at least 1984. In only three other years since then has Colorado played double digit prep rookies: 11 in 2002 and 10 each in 1984 and 2000. 2011 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-5, 0-2 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 3-2 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) 3-2 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 W 28-14 3-2 61-20-2 Hansen accounts for 4 TDs (2 rush/2 pass); CSU: 163 yards after opening drive Sept. 24 NR at Ohio State NR ABC/ESPN2 L 17-37 3-3 1- 4-0 Field position dictated game: CU (its 18), OSU (the CU 47) made it a tough go OCT. 1 NR WASHINGTON STATE (FW) NR FCS (P) L 27-31 3-2 4- 3-0 Cougars score two TDs down stretch (2:35, 1:10 left) to spoil CU’s Pac-12 debut Oct. 8 NR at Stanford 7 Versus L 7-48 5-0 3- 4-0 Likely NFL #1 draft pick Andrew Luck (370 yds/3 TDs) too much for Buffs Oct. 15 NR at Washington NR Root/FCS(P) 1:35p 4-1 5- 5-1 UW, with former CU coach Rick Neuheisel, swept H-and-H in ’99 and ’00 OCT. 22 OREGON (HC) FSN 1:30p 4-1 8- 7-0 Last meeting in ’02 Fiesta Bowl—when both felt snubbed for BCS title game Oct. 29 at Arizona State TBA TBA 5-1 0- 2-0 Schools, 600 miles apart, finally met for the 1st time in 2006-07: ASU won both NOV. 4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) ESPN 7:00p 4-1 0- 5-0 First home Friday night game in CU history (three road/ two bowls, ’71 & ’88) NOV. 12 ARIZONA TBA TBA 1-5 12- 1-0 CU defensive assistants Brown (DC), Tuiasosopo (DL) on ’10 UA staff Nov. 19 at UCLA TBA TBA 3-3 2- 4-0 Embree to line up against former mentor (Neuheisel) and own son (Taylor) Nov. 25 at Utah FSN 1:30p 2-3 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).