#12 Oklahoma State – “If you are going to win only one game …”

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#12 Oklahoma State 31, Colorado 28

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November 19th – @ Oklahoma State          #12 Oklahoma State 31, Colorado 28

For the second time in 2009, Colorado held a 14-10 halftime lead, on the road, against a ranked conference opponent. As with the Texas game in October, however, the Buffs could not hold the lead, falling 31-28 to #12 Oklahoma State. The Buffs turned four Cowboy turnovers and the poor play of backup quarterbacks into a 21-10 lead, but were unable to come away with their first road victory since 2007.

Four 15-yard penalties, missed opportunities, and a complete lack of a running game dropped the Buffs to a 3-8 season record. Oklahoma State did not complete a pass in the first half, as backup quarterback Alan Cote, substituting for the injured Zac Robinson, started 0-for-9 with an interception. Turning to third-string quarterback Brandon Weeden, the Cowboys found the spark they were looking for. Weeden went 10-for-15 for 168 yards and two touchdowns in leading the second half comeback. Colorado also played two quarterbacks, with starter Tyler Hansen missing much of the second quarter with a hand injury. Cody Hawkins was mostly effective in relief, going 7-for-11 for 69 yards, including a five-yard touchdown pass to Riar Geer just…

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If you are going to win only one game …

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If you are going to win only one game …

Bill McCartney and I have at least one thing in common.

Both of us came to Boulder in the early 1980′s wondering, “Who is Colorado’s rival?”.

McCartney came to Colorado from Michigan, where the Wolverines had multiple rivals, including Michigan State, Notre Dame, and, of course, Ohio State. The Buffs, when McCartney came to Boulder in 1982, were lacking in that department. Colorado had not played Colorado State since 1958, and was still a year removed from the state legislature mandated renewal of the rivalry. Colorado had beaten Nebraska only once in 20 years, and was on a 14-game losing streak to the Cornhuskers (with exactly zero of those games being within two scores at the final gun). The Buffs final game of the season was usually against hapless Kansas State. Colorado had a successful college football history – but no rival.

I was in a similar quandry when I arrived in Boulder. Growing up in Bozeman, Montana, home of Montana State, there was no question who was the rival – Montana. The Bobcat/Grizzly game was always a war, and for the better part of my formative years, the Bobcats were on the winning…

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“T.I.P.S.” for Oklahoma State

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This season was supposed to be the Cowboys’ year. The stars were aligned in Stillwater for Oklahoma State to break the stranglehold of Texas and Oklahoma in the Big 12 South and be a serious contender for the national championship. Oklahoma State had a great quarterback in Zac Robinson, a great runing back in Kendall Hunter, and a great wide receiver in Dez Bryant. The season opened with Oklahoma State ranked 9th in the nation – the highest pre-season ranking ever for the Cowboys – and, after a 24-10 opening day victory over Georgia, the sky was the limit.

Then, a week later, reality crept back onto the Oklahoma State campus. The Cowboys were upset by Houston, 45-35, to recede back into the backwater of the nation’s consciousness. A five game winning streak brought back new hope, but a 41-14 home loss to Texas ended any national title aspirations, along with the hopes for the the first football championship in Stillwater since the 1976 team finished in a three-way tie with Colorado and Oklahoma atop the Big Eight (Colorado earned the Orange Bowl berth. Oklahoma State went to the Tangerine Bowl – since Oklahoma State joined the Big Seven to form…

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This Day in History – Nov. 19th

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 This Day in History – November 19th

 

Colorado record on November 19th – 8-3

- 1892 – Denver Athletic Club – L 42-6;

- 1921 – Colorado State – W 10-0;

- 1927 – Colorado State – L 39-7;

- 1949 – Nebraska – L 25-14;

- 1955 – Iowa State – W 40-0;

- 1960 – Oklahoma State – W 13-6;

- 1966 – Air Force – W 10-9;

- 1977 – Kansas State – W 23-0;

- 1983 – Kansas State – W 38-21;

- 1988 – Kansas State – W 56-14;

- 1994 – Iowa State – W 41-20.

 

November 19th – Colorado – best game on this date

 #7 Colorado v Iowa State -          November 19, 1994

 A game between a 9-1 team and an 0-9-1 to finish off the regular season would normally not merit much attention nationally.  The 41-20 final score, after the 7th-ranked Buffs nursed a 20-13 lead into the fourth quarter, would not have merited much notice on ESPN.  For local writers, though, the game presented a year’s worth of headlines.  “Christian Fauria snares six catches; becomes Big Eight all-time tight end reception leader” would have been apropos.  As…

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The Colorado Daily

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November 18th

It’s not like we don’t feel bad enough, dept. …

Tim Griffin, the ESPN blogger for the Big 12, did a piece on Tuesday on the upcoming Nebraska/Kansas State game. As the survivors of the Big 12 North race, the two teams will face off this weekend in Lincoln to decide which team will have the honor of being molested by Texas in the Big 12 title game. The fact that Colorado would still be in the race - had the Buffs even been within shouting distance of mediocre in 2009 – makes watching the title chase all the more maddening.

Then there was this in the Griffin article:  “If there’s such a thing as North Division bluebloods, it would be these two teams,” wrote Griffin. “So it’s somehow fitting that that both will be involved in an old-school winner-take-all battle for the division championship Saturday night in Lincoln”.

So there you have it, Buff fans. Colorado, with its fourth straight losing season erasing the memory of the four Big 12 North titles earlier this decade, is out of the mix when discussing the “bluebloods” of the Big 12 North. Kansas State, with no Big 12 North championships…

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