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Brooks (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Cole Mickelson (Graduate Assistant) COLORADO 2011 COLORADO BUFFALO Football GAME 4—OHIO STATE BUFFS RETURN TO THE “HORSESHOE” FOR FIRST VISIT IN 25 YEARS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 1:36 p.m. MDT Ohio Stadium (102,329), Columbus, Ohio RELEASE NUMBER 4 (September 20, 2011) ABC/ESPN2 (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) QUICKLY SPEAKING … The Colorado Buffaloes (1-2, 0-0 Pac-12) wrap up non-conference play this weekend with their first visit to the “Horseshoe” in a quarter century, traveling to Columbus to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes (2-1, 0-0 Big 10) in a 1:36 p.m. (MDT) kickoff at Ohio Stadium … The game will be televised nationally by ABC (Colorado and Ohio regions), as with a “reverse mirror” the game shown everywhere else on ESPN2 … This is a battle between two of the schools who have squared off against the most ranked teams dating back to 1989: Ohio State has faced 109, fourth-most, with CU right behind with 107 … CU-OSU is one of the premier BCS non-conference match-ups this week, along with Kansas State at Miami-Fla., Notre Dame at Pittsburgh and LSU at West Virginia … CU is coming off a 28-14 win over rival Colorado State, the verdict giving first-year head coach Jon Embree his first win as a head coach (on any level) … Ohio State lost at Miami-Florida, 24-6, the defeat costing the Buckeye’s the nation’s longest streak of consecutive weeks ranked at 103 as OSU dropped out of the Top 25 … This will be CU’s fourth game in the state of Ohio; CU won in Columbus in 1971, lost there in 1986 and lost to Toledo two years ago (54-38 in a Friday night affair) … CU’s last trip to a Big 10 school was just last November (at Nebraska); okay, okay, but technically that is correct. Otherwise, CU’s last visit to Big 10 territory came in 1997 at Michigan (a 27-3 loss), and its last game against a Big 10 team pre-conference expansion came against Wisconsin in the 2002 Alamo Bowl (a 31-28 overtime loss) … The Washington State game has been selected for TV by Fox College Sports-Pacific (national broadcast) … There are 6,000 tickets available for the WSU game, which is one of the main attractions of CU’s annual Family Weekend … 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-OSU TV: ABC/ESPN2 (National) / Mike Patrick (play-by-play) / Craig James (color analyst) / (no sideline reporter) / Scott Matthews (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Colorado is one of nine teams nationally that has committed just one turnover so far in 2011, along with Arizona, Cincinnati, Florida Atlantic, Kansas, Northwestern, Rutgers, Stanford and Wisconsin. The Buffs only miscue was an interception late in the Hawai'i game; CU has now gone eight-plus quarters (125:08 in game time) without one. This is the sixth time in CU history the Buffs have gone back-to-back games without turning the ball over, but no CU team has ever gone three straight games without a turnover (quarters-wise, the record is 10 on three occasions). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Last year, Colorado was outscored in the last two minutes of each half by a combined 60-26, almost all of the scoring at the end of the first half (50-26 for the opponents). That came on the heels of 2009, when the foe held a 58-37 edge (44-10 for the first half). Fast-forward to 2011, and through three games, CU now holds the early edge in late scoring, 17-14 (including 10-0 in the final two minutes). That includes a field goal to tie the California game to send it into overtime, and a touchdown against Colorado State that enabled the Buffs to take a 14-7 halftime lead. 2011 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-2, 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 1-2 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) 3-0 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 W 28-14 2-1 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 1:30p 2-1 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) FCS (P) 1:30p 2-1 4- 2-0 The two swapped road wins in ’03 (WSU in Boulder) and ’04 (CU in Seattle) Oct. 8 at Stanford TBA TBA 3-0 3- 3-0 Last trip to Palo Alto (’93) produced a barn-burning, 41-37 Stanford win Oct. 15 at Washington TBA TBA 2-1 5- 5-1 UW, with former CU coach Rick Neuheisel, swept H-and-H in ’99 and ’00 OCT. 22 OREGON (HC) TBA TBA 2-1 8- 7-0 Last meeting in ’02 Fiesta Bowl—when both felt snubbed for BCS title game Oct. 29 at Arizona State TBA TBA 2-1 0- 2-0 Schools, 600 miles apart, finally met for the 1st time in 2006-07: ASU won both NOV. 4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) ESPN2 7:00p 3-0 0- 5-0 First home Friday night game in CU history (three road/ two bowls, ’71 & ’88) NOV. 12 ARIZONA TBA TBA 1-2 12- 1-0 CU defensive assistants Brown (DC), Tuiasosopo (DL) on ’10 UA staff Nov. 19 at UCLA TBA TBA 1-2 2- 4-0 Embree to line up against former mentor (Neuheisel) and own son (Taylor) Nov. 25 at Utah FSN 1:30p 2-1 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).