December 29, 2004 Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas ® COLORADO BUFFALOES TEXAS-EL PASO MINERS DT Matt McChesney TB Bobby Purify Colorado Defensive MVP Colorado Team & Offensive MVP BUFFALO BITS Location: Boulder, Colo. President: Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman (Smith ’68) Athletic Media Relations Population: 101,547 Chancellor: Dr. Richard Byyny Director: David Plati Enrollment: 29,827 (Southern California ’60) Office Telephone: 303/492-5626 Founded: 1876 Faculty Representative (Provost): FAX: 303/492-3811 Colors: Silver, Gold & Black Dr. Phil DiStefano (Ohio State ’68) Press Box: 303/492-3209, 5626 Mascot: Ralphie IV (live buffalo) Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs): Ron Stump Mailing Address: 357 UCB, Stadium: Folsom Field Boulder, CO 80309-0357 (Northern Michigan ’69) Year Opened: 1924 (Nov. 1) E-mail: [email protected] Surface: Grass (SportGrass 1999) Athletic Director: Jack Lengyel (Akron ’57) Website: www.CUBuffs.com Capacity: 53,750 Head Coach: Gary Barnett (Missouri ’69) Assistant (Football): Elevation: 5,440 ft. Record at CU: 41-33 (six seasons) Patrick Gleason (303/859-1769) Games Played (115 seasons): 1,074 Career Record: 84-89-2 (15 seasons) University Telephone Numbers All-Time Record: 642-396-36 (.614) Office Phone: 303/492-5330 Switchboard: 303/492-1411 2004 Overall Record: 7-5 Best Time To Call: 10:00-11:00 M-T-W Athletic Department: 303/492-7931 Conference: Big 12 (1 title) 2:30- 3:15 T-W-Th Football Office: 303/492-5331 Year Joined: 1996 Administrative Assistant: Kathy Brent Sports Medicine: 303/492-3801 All-Time Record: 43-29 (nine seasons) Ticket Office: 303/492-8337 2004 Record: 4-4 (t-1st/North) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Coaches 2004 BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS Dave BORBELY (boar-bull-E) North Division (-12) conference——————— overall———————— Brian CABRAL (cuh-browl) School (AP/USAT-ESPN Rank) W L Pct. Pts Opp W L Pct. Pts Opp Mike HANKWITZ (hank-wits) COLORADO ............................................. 44.500 169 205 7 5 .583 271 304 John WRISTEN (wrist-N) Iowa State ................................................. 4 4 .500 148 188 6 5 .545 229 246 Nebraska ................................................... 3 5 .375 178 243 5 6 .455 275 298 Players Missouri ................................................... 3 5 .375 142 171 5 6 .455 256 215 Terrance BARREAU (buh-row) Kansas ....................................................... 2 6 .250 161 198 4 7 .364 262 235 Walter BOYE-DOE (boy-doe) Kansas State ............................................. 2 6 .250 238 259 4 7 .364 326 337 GERETT Burl (jair-it) Nick CLEMENT (cluh-ment) South Division (+12) conference——————— overall———————— Chad CUSWORTH (cuss-worth) School (AP/USAT-ESPN Rank) W L Pct. Pts Opp W L Pct. Pts Opp Brandon DABDOUB (dab-doob) Oklahoma (#2/#2).................................... 8 0 1.000 257 117 12 0 1.000 433 164 AKARIKA Dawn (ock-ah-reek-ah) Texas (#6/#5)............................................ 7 1 .875 263 145 10 1 .909 385 178 Texas A & M (#22/#25)........................... 5 3 .625 255 207 7 4 .636 334 254 Jordon DIZON (dye-zonn) Texas Tech (#23/#21).............................. 5 3 .625 268 208 7 4 .636 389 283 Mike DUREN (durr-N) Oklahoma State ....................................... 4 4 .500 252 220 7 4 .636 380 268 James GAREE (gary) Baylor ........................................................ 1 7 .125 149 319 3 8 .273 224 396 Dan GOETTSCH (getch) John GUYDON (guy-dunn) 2004 WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS Brian IWUH (E-woo) conference——————— overall———————— Joe KLOPFENSTEIN (Klof-N-stein) School (AP/USAT-ESPN Rank) W L Pct. Pts Opp W L Pct. Pts Opp Alex LIGON (lee-gone) Boise State (#10/#10) .............................. 8 0 1.000 401 196 11 0 1.000 547 264 VAKA MANUPUNA (vah-kuh UTEP ......................................................... 62.750 315 227 8 3 .727 401 268 man-ah-poon-ah) Fresno State.............................................. 5 3 .625 338 165 8 3 .727 445 219 Matt McCHESNEY (muh-chez-knee) Louisiana Tech ......................................... 5 3 .625 260 220 6 6 .500 308 382 Ron MONTEILH (mon-tay) Hawai’i....................................................... 4 4 .500 238 324 7 5 .583 367 421 Tyler POLUMBUS (as in Columbus) Nevada ...................................................... 3 5 .375 236 318 5 7 .417 356 413 Bobby PURIFY (pure-if-eye) Tulsa .......................................................... 3 5 .375 272 303 4 8 .333 345 398 STEPHONE Robinson (steff-on) SMU............................................................ 3 5 .375 182 290 3 8 .273 202 420 Brendan SCHAUB (shawb) Rice............................................................ 2 6 .250 243 321 3 8 .273 279 377 Quinn SYPNIEWSKI (sip-new-ski) San Jose State........................................... 1 7 .125 256 377 2 9 .182 312 469 David VEIKUNE (vay-koo-nay) Sam WILDER (wild-er) Colorado Results (7-5, 4-4 Big 12) Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result Record Series UTEP (8-3, 6-2 WAC) S4NR COLORADO STATE NR FSN W 27-24 4-7 56-18-2 Date CU* Opponent Opp* Result S 11 NR Washington State (at Seattle)NR ABC W 20-12 5-6 4- 2-0 S2NR at Arizona State NR L 9-41 S18NR NORTH TEXAS NR PPV W 52-21 7-5 1- 0-0 S 11 NR WEBER STATE NR W 32- 0 ✜ O2NR at Missouri NR ABC L 9-17 5-6 30-36-3 S18NR ✜BOISE STATE 23 L 31-47 O 9 NR ✜OKLAHOMA STATE (H)21ABC L 14-42 7-4 25-17-1 O2NR NEW MEXICO STATE NR W 45- 0 O16NR ✜IOWA STATE (FW)NRFSN W 19-14 6-5 46-12-1 O 9 NR ✜at Fresno State NR W 24-21 O23NR ✜at Texas A & M 17 none L 26-29 OT 7-4 4- 2-0 O16 NR ✜HAWAI’I (H)NRW51-20 O 30 NR ✜TEXAS 8 ABC L 7-31 10-1 7- 7-0 ✜ N 6 NR ✜at Kansas NR none W 30-21 4-7 40-21-3 O23 NR at Louisiana Tech NR W 44-27 ✜ N13NR ✜KANSAS STATE NR none W 38-31 4-7 42-17-1 O 30 NR at San Jose State NR W 38-20 N26NR ✜at Nebraska NR ABC W 26-20 5-6 17-43-2 N 13 23 ✜RICE (2 OT) NR W 35-28 D4NR ❖Oklahoma 2 ABC L 3-42 12-0 16-38-2 N20 24 ✜SMU NR W 57-27 D29NR UTEP (Houston Bowl) NR ESPN 2:37p MST 8-3 0- 0-0 N27 24 ✜at Tulsa NR L 35-37 *—AP rank at game time; ✜—Big 12 Conference game; H—Homecoming; D29NR Colorado (Houston Bowl) NR 2:37p MST FW—Family Weekend; ❖—Big 12 Championship game at Kansas City) *—AP rank at game time; ✜—Western Athletic Conference game. 1 HOUSTON BOWL SCHEDULE Colorado’s EV1.Net Houston Bowl practices TEAM HEADQUARTERS will be closed, except for invited guests. Hyatt Regency Houston, 1200 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002 (713/654-1234) Photographers will be permitted to shoot PRACTICE SITE: University of Houston (3100 Cullen Road, Houston, 713/743-9370) the first 20 minutes of each practice ses- sion, but the remainders of the Sunday and CU MEDIA CONTACTS: David Plati (Assistant AD), Patrick Gleason (Graduate Monday sessions are closed. Coach Gary Assistant SID), Erich Schubert (Student Assistant SID); Associate SID Colleen Barnett will be available for interviews after Reilly Krueger will be on trip but in a secondary working capacity. each practice session. Player and assistant coach interviews will be handled on a CREDENTIALS per-request basis after practice daily. Credential requests can be done on-line through the Houston Bowl media website, Interviews at the hotel are at the discretion www.houstonbowl.net/media.php. All credentials can be picked up at either the of the coach or player. media hotel (Hotel Derek, 8-10 a.m. Dec. 27), the J.W. Marriott Hotel (prior to the Dec. 28 luncheon) or at Reliant Stadium (West VIP entrance, 2-5 p.m. Dec. 28 and 12 BOULDER SCHEDULE p.m. through halftime on Dec. 29). Thurs., Dec. 16— Meetings/Practice Fri., Dec. 17— Meetings/Practice MEDIA HEADQUARTERS/HOTEL INFO (Bowl Media Day) Houston Hotel Derek (2525 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027; 866/292-4100 Sat., Dec. 18— Meetings/Practice or 713/961-3000) Mon., Dec. 20— Meetings/Practice BOWL MEDIA CONTACTS: Suzanne Watson and Nina Jackson (832/667-2695; Tues., Dec. 21— Meetings/Practice 667-1694) HOUSTON SCHEDULE December 25 Saturday December 28 Tuesday 2:40 (p.m.) Team Buses Depart Coors 11:00-12:00 Head Coaches Press Conference Events/Conference Center (J.W. Marriott) 4:30 (MST) CU team charter (Champion Air 727) GARY BARNETT departs Denver (DIA) 12:00- 1:30 Chalk Talk Luncheon with Lee Corso 7:35 (CST) CU team charter arrives Houston (J.W. Marriott) (Hobby) 2:30- 3:30 Walkthrough (Reliant Stadium) 7:55 Bus to Hotel Open to all, also called “Walk & Galk” 9:30 Team Meeting (PLAYER INTERVIEW CUTOFF / 12:00 Team Curfew Last Chance Quick Interviews; December 26 Sunday ESPN excepted) 7:30- 8:30 Position meetings 4:30- 5:00 Special Teams Meetings 9:00-11:00 Practice (University of Houston) 5:00- 5:45 Team Dinner (private) FIRST 20 MINUTES OPEN TO MEDIA 5:30- 9:00 Media Party (Champps) 11:00-11:20 Media Interviews 5:45- 8:00 Offense, Defense, Full Squad Meetings GARY BARNETT/Requested Players 8:00- 9:00 KOA-RADIO/Gary Barnett Show 12:00- 2:00 Team Barbecue Lunch (site TBA) (Hyatt Regency; airs 7 p.m. mountain) 7:00- 9:00 EV1.Net Houston Bowl Welcome Party 9:00-10:00 ESPN Interviews (Hyatt Regency; room TBA) (Dave & Buster’s) BARNETT/HANKWITZ/WATSON/ 7:30 VIP Rockets Game: Houston vs. Los Select Players Angeles Clippers (Toyota Center) 10:45 Lights Out 12:00 Team Curfew December 29 Wednesday December 27 Monday 7:00 Wake-up 9:15-10:30 Position meetings 9:30 Hospital Visit (Memorial Hermann Children’s) 7:30-11:00 Taping Select Coaches & Players 11:30-12:00 Pregame Meal 2:00- 4:00 Practice (University of Houston) 12:40- 1:00 Meetings FIRST 20 MINUTES OPEN TO MEDIA 1:00 Depart for Reliant Stadium (arrive at 1:30) 4:00- 4:20 Media Interviews 3:37 KICKOFF / EV1.Net Houston Bowl GARY BARNETT/Requested Players 8:10 Depart for Houston Airport (Hobby) LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR EXTENSIVE 9:30 (CST) CU team charter departs Houston INTERVIEWS 11:00 (MST) CU charter arrives Denver (DIA) 7:00- 9:00 Grand Celebration Dinner 12:30 Arrive Boulder (Coors Events/ Center) (Hyatt Regency/Imperial Ballroom) 12:00 Team Curfew 2 ADMINISTRATION DR.