Recruiting Game Articles

2010 Season

• Recruiting
• Spring Practice
• Buffs move to the Pac-12
• Preseason
• Sep 4 - Colorado State (Denver)
• Sep 11 - @ California
• Sep 18 - Hawaii
• Oct 2 - Georgia
• Oct 9 - @ Missouri *
• Oct 16 - Baylor *
• Oct 23 - Texas Tech *
• Oct 30 - @ Oklahoma *
• Nov 6 - @ Kansas *
• Nov 13 - Iowa State *
• Nov 20 - Kansas State *
• Nov 26 - @ Nebraska *
• Bowl Game – TBA
• Postseason

• 2010 Season

  • Recruiting
  • Spring Practice
  • Buffs move to the Pac-12
  • Preseason
  • Sep 4 - Colorado State (Denver)
  • Sep 11 - @ California
  • Sep 18 - Hawaii
  • Oct 2 - Georgia
  • Oct 9 - @ Missouri *
  • Oct 16 - Baylor *
  • Oct 23 - Texas Tech *
  • Oct 30 - @ Oklahoma *
  • Nov 6 - @ Kansas *
  • Nov 13 - Iowa State *
  • Nov 20 - Kansas State *
  • Nov 26 - @ Nebraska *
  • Bowl Game – TBA
  • Postseason
• 2009 Season

  • Recruiting
  • Spring Practice
  • Preseason
  • Sep 6 - Colorado State – We waited nine months for this?
  • Sep 11 - @ Toledo – Reflections from the Glass Bowl
  • Sep 19 - Wyoming – Throwbacks
  • Oct 1 - @ West Virginia – “Best Effort by Far”
  • Oct 10 - @ #2 Texas* – “The Buffs Shall Rise Again”
  • Oct 17 - #17 Kansas* – Returning the Favor
  • Oct 24 - @ Kansas State* – Road, Dreary Road
  • Oct 31 - Missouri* – One Last Record
  • Nov 7 - Texas A&M* – Colorado Sky Blue
  • Nov 14 - @ Iowa State* – Reality Check
  • Nov 19 - @ #12 Oklahoma State* – “If you are going to win only one game …”
  • Nov 27 - Nebraska* – Hot Turkey Sandwich
  • The Doldrums – 2009 – “Crisis of Faith”
• 2008 Season

  • Recruiting – A breakdown of the class by position / CU v. the Big 12
  • Spring Practice – What we were looking for; What we saw / 2008 NFL Draft
  • Preseason – 2008 – Fall Practice coverage; Roster battles; predictions
  • Aug 31 - Colorado State – Weathering the Storm
  • Sep 6 - Eastern Washington – Undefeated; Untied; and Unimproved
  • Sep 18 - #21 West Virginia – Rocky Mountain High
  • Sep 27 - Florida State
  • Oct 4 - #5 Texas – A Silk Purse from a Sow’s Ear
  • Oct 11 - #16 Kansas – Mid-Season Blues
  • Oct 18 - Kansas State – Tyler Hansen’s debut
  • Oct 25 - #16 Missouri – Shutout!
  • Nov 1 - Texas A&M – Six Plays decide a season
  • Nov 8 - Iowa State – “I Need a Beer”
  • Nov 15 - #13 Oklahoma State – The “Haves” and the “Have-Nots”
  • Nov 28 - Nebraska – Mind-numbing loss / Coach Hawk v. Coach Mac – the first three seasons
  • Doldrums, 2008 – “Ten wins; no excuses”; Early 2009 Commitments
  • Post Season
• 2007 Season

  • Preseason
  • Sep 1 - CSU – Desperate Times call for Desperate measures
  • Sep 8 - Arizona State – Still on Pace
  • Sep 15 - Florida State – Blackout
  • Sep 22 - Miami (Ohio) – “The Last Time…”
  • Sep 29 - #3 Oklahoma – 27-24! 27-24! 27-24!!
  • Oct 6 - Baylor – Undefeated in New England
  • Oct 13 - Kansas State – Not ready for Prime Time
  • Oct 20 - #15 Kansas – Land of Opportunity
  • Oct 27 - Texas Tech – Top Ten Lists
  • Nov 3 - #9 Missouri – Proving they’re for real
  • Nov 10 - Iowa State – Physically painful
  • Nov 23 - Nebraska – 65-51 sends the Buffs bowling
  • Dec 30 - Alabama – Independence Bowl
  • Post-Season – 2007 Review by position and by the numbers
• 2005 Season

  • Sep 3 - Colorado State
• 2004 Season

  • Preseason – National and Big 12 recap
  • Preseason – Chronology of a scandal
  • Sep 4 - Colorado State – “Win One for the Stripper”
  • Sep 11 - Washington State – Goal line stand preserves win in Seattle
  • Sep 18 - North Texas – “Time Spent in the Lead”
  • Oct 2 - Missouri – Un-Happy Birthday
  • Oct 9 - #22 Oklahoma State – The top five games of my first 25 years as a Buff fan
  • Oct 16 - Iowa State – Cyclone Ineptitude
  • Oct 23 - #17 Texas A&M – Modern Technology
  • Oct 30 - #8 Texas – Now what?
  • Nov 6 - Kansas – “Why Not Us?”
  • Nov 13 - Kansas State – Senior Day
  • Nov 26 - Nebraska – Cornhuskers finish 5-6; numerous records fall
  • Dec 4 - #2 Oklahoma – Big 12 Championship Game
  • Dec 29 - UTEP – Houston Bowl – Going back to Houston
• 2003 Season

  • Aug 30 - CSU – Joel Klatt sets records at Mile High
  • Oct 11 - Kansas
  • Oct 27 - CU 21, #22 Missouri 16 – Nov. 8, 2003
• 2002 Season

  • Sep 21 - #20 UCLA – Buffs take down Bruins in 99-degree heat
• 2001 Season

  • 2001 – An Introduction
  • Aug 26 - Fresno State – Jim Thorpe Classic
  • Sep 1 - #24 Colorado State (in Denver)
  • Sep 8 - San Jose State
  • Sep 15 - Washington State – Cancelled – remembering September 11th
  • Sep 22 - Kansas
  • Oct 6 - #12 Kansas State – Ethan McLean Geiger
  • Oct 13 - #25 Texas A&M – “This one’s for Fred Casotti”
  • Oct 20 - #9 Texas – Bobby Pesavento in for Craig Ochs
  • Oct 27 - Oklahoma State – 33-yard two-point conversion lifts Buffs
  • Nov 3 - Missouri
  • Nov 10 - Iowa State – Cortlen Johnson’s double/double – “Seems Like Old Times”
  • Nov 23 - #2 Nebraska – 62-36 (It’s worth saying twice: 62-36!)
  • Dec 1 - #3 Texas – 2001 Big 12 Title Game
  • Jan 1 - #2 Oregon – 2002 Fiesta Bowl – Duck Soup
• 1999 Season

  • Oct 9 - Missouri
  • Dec 31 - Boston College ‘99 – Insight.com Bowl blowout
• 1998 Season

  • Dec 25 - Aloha Bowl – CU outscores Oregon in Coach Rick’s last game
• 1997 Season

  • #16 Colorado 20, Wyoming 19 – 9/27/1997
• 1996 Season

  • Sep 28 - Texas A&M
• 1995 Season

  • Preseason – Neuheisal hired / CU Preview
  • Sep 2 - #21 Wisconsin – Baptism by Fire
  • Sep 9 - Colorado State – Walter Mitty and Me
  • Sep 16 - Northeast Louisiana
  • Sep 23 - #3 Texas A&M – “Fightin’ Words”
  • Sep 30 - #10 Oklahoma – John Hessler’s record-setting starting debut
  • Oct 7 - #24 Kansas
  • Oct 21 - Iowa State
  • Oct 28 - #2 Nebraska
  • Nov 4 - Oklahoma State
  • Nov 11 - Missouri
  • Nov 18 - #7 KSU – Hessler comes through
  • Jan 1 - #12 Oregon – The “Forgotten” Cotton Bowl
• 1994 Season

  • Pre-season: 1994 – Adios, Southwest Conference
  • Sep 3 - Northeastern Louisiana – Break out the record books
  • Sep 17 - #10 Wisconsin – Badger Mania at Folsom
  • Sep 24 - #4 Michigan – “The Catch”
  • Oct 1 - #16 Texas – On Oxygen
  • Oct 8 - Missouri
  • Oct 15 - #22 Oklahoma – An Evening in Paradise
  • Oct 22 - #19 Kansas State
  • Oct 29 - #3 Nebraska
  • Nov 5 - Oklahoma State
  • Nov 12 - Kansas
  • Nov 19 - CU/ISU (’94) – Salaam’s 2,055 overshadowed by Coach Mac
  • McCartney’s announcement – Neuheisal hired / Salaam; Hudson honored
  • Jan 2 - Notre Dame (1994 Fiesta Bowl) – McCartney, Stewart & Salaam go out winners
• 1993 Season

  • Sep 25 - CU vs. Miami
• 1992 Season

  • 1992 Preview – “Air Bill”
  • Sep 5 - Colorado State – Kordell Stewart’s first game
  • Sep 12 - Baylor
  • Sep 19 - Minnesota – Koy Detmer’s first game
  • Sep 26 - Iowa
  • Oct 8 - Missouri – Thursday night game – first game in Columbia since 5th down game
  • Oct 17 - Oklahoma – Koy Detmer’s first career start
  • Oct 24 - Kansas State
  • Oct 31 - #8 Nebraska – The Halloween Massacre
  • Nov 7 - Oklahoma State
  • Nov 14 - CU vs. Kansas
  • Nov 14 - #20 Kansas
  • Nov 21 - Iowa State – school records set by Stewart, Detmer, Westbrook, and Johnson
  • Jan 1 - #6 Syracuse – Fiesta Bowl – Lost luggage, lost jacket, lost holiday
• 1991 Season

  • Sep 1 - Preseason – Conferences realign / Scouting the Nation
  • Sep 7 - Wyoming – Buffs up all-time series record to 23-2-1
  • Sep 14 - #23 Baylor – Blocked kick leads to last minute loss to Bears
  • Sep 21 - Minnesota – Buffs roll up 612 yards of offense in rout
  • Nov 23 - Iowa State – “3-peat” clinched before crowd of 2,500
  • Dec 28 - CU vs. Alabama
• 1990 Season

  • Aug 1 - Preseason – “Great Expectations? I’d like you to meet the Schedule from Hell”
  • Aug 26 - #8 Tennessee – Buffs tie Volunteers in Pigskin Classic
  • Sep 6 - 1990 – Stanford – Bieniemy over the top gives Buffs last minute win
  • Sep 15 - #21 Illinois – Preseason top ten Buffs fall to 1-1-1
  • Sep 22 - #22 Texas – Bieniemy rallies the troops in Austin
  • Sep 29 - #12 Washington – Best seats in the house
  • Oct 6 - Missouri – The 5th down game
  • Oct 13 - Iowa State – Trying to get back to normal
  • Oct 20 - Kansas – Buffs become poll watchers
  • Oct 27 - #22 Oklahoma – The return of Great Expectations
  • Nov 3 - #3 Nebraska – Bieniemy goes for four scores in fourth quarter rally
  • Nov 10 - Oklahoma State – Preparing for a showdown with Notre Dame
  • Nov 17 - Kansas State – Passing the Torch
  • Dec 1 - Orange Bowl preview – Mixed emotions: Cheering for Notre Dame?
  • Jan 1 - #5 Notre Dame – Orange Bowl – National Champions!*
• 1989 Season

  • Preseason – Sal Aunese at Spring Practice
  • Sep 4 - Texas – Hagan goes for 75 yards on 2nd play of the season
  • Sep 9 - Colorado State – Bieniemy goes for three scores in comeback win
  • Sep 16 - #10 Illinois – Jeff George / Farewell to Sal
  • Sep 30 - #21 Washington – Road trip to Seattle – Buffs dominate
  • Oct 7 - Missouri – Taking Aim at No. 1
  • Oct 14 - Iowa State – Buffs roll to 662 yards of total offense
  • Oct 21 - Kansas – “Things Have Changed”
  • Oct 28 - Oklahoma – High Five in the Produce Aisle
  • Nov 4 - #3 Nebraska – “This is the greatest win I’ve been a part of”
  • Nov 11 - Oklahoma State – Buffs rally from 10-0 deficit to rout Cowboys
  • Nov 18 - Kansas State – Six weeks to History, the Buffs move up to No. 1
  • Jan 1 - #4 Notre Dame – Orange Bowl – “Opportunity Lost”
• 1988 Season

  • Sep 1 - 1988 Preseason – New season; New goals
  • Sep 10 - Fresno State – Where is Everybody?
  • Sep 17 - #19 Iowa – Buffs post first road win over a ranked team in seven years
  • Sep 24 - Oregon State – Bieniemy goes for 211 yards as Buffs go to 3-0
  • Oct 1 - Colorado State – Cardiac Kids win in Ft. Collins
  • Oct 8 - #13 Oklahoma State – Watching Barry Sanders
  • Oct 15 - Kansas – Jayhawks a welcome tonic for Buffs
  • Oct 22 - #8 Oklahoma – First night game in Colorado history
  • Oct 29 - Iowa State – Buffs bounce back against Cyclones
  • Nov 5 - Missouri – “Buffs crack Top 20″ – First ranking since 1978
  • Nov 12 - #7 Nebraska – Tough 7-0 loss last shutout of the 20th century
  • Nov 19 - Kansas State – Freedom Bowl bound!
  • Dec 1 - Disneyland – Here I come!
  • Dec 28 - BYU – Freedom Bowl Blues
  • Dec 31 - Scalped in San Diego / Happy Endings
• 1987 Season

  • Aug 25 - 1987 Preseason – “Breaking Away” – Buffs hope to build on successful 1986
  • Sep 12 - Oregon – Just when it was getting good …
  • Sep 19 - Stanford – Bieniemy’s 1st 100-yard game – Fun with initials
  • Sep 26 - Washington State – Sal Aunese makes an impression
  • Oct 3 - Colorado State – Buffs take down the Rams in Ft. Collins
  • Oct 10 - #19 Oklahoma State – Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders double-team Buffs
  • Oct 17 - Kansas – Buffs pile up 546 yards on Jayhawks
  • Oct 24 - #1 Oklahoma – Buffs garner national respect
  • Oct 31 - Iowa State – Aunese accounts for four scores in rout
  • Nov 7 - Missouri – Small victories: Buffs claim fourth in the Big Eight
  • Nov 21 - Kansas State – Buffs dominate Wildcats, but schedule changes doom bowl hopes
  • Nov 28 - #5 Nebraska – Brad incites Cornhusker fans with rendition of “Boomer Sooner”
• 1986 Season

  • 1986 – An Introduction – “Great Expectations”
  • Sep 6 - Colorado State – Off to a bad start
  • Sep 13 - Oregon – Words cannot describe …
  • Sep 20 - Ohio State – Golfing, but listening …
  • Sep 27 - #10 Arizona – No wins … No hope?
  • Oct 11 - Missouri – John Nairn saves the day
  • Oct 18 - Iowa State – 1-4 Buffs roll over 4-1 Cyclones
  • Oct 25 - #3 Nebraska – 20-10 – The Mother of all Games
  • Nov 1 - Oklahoma State – Buffs rally from 14-3 halftime deficit to rout Cowboys
  • Nov 8 - Kansas – Colorado defense preserves early 17-0 lead
  • Nov 15 - #4 Oklahoma – Goaaalllposts … Goaaalllposts!
  • Nov 22 - Kansas State – “A win and you’re in!”
  • Dec 31 - Baylor – Bluebonnet Bowl – “On the Road Again”
• 1985 Season

  • Aug 28 - Preseason 1985: Wishbone = Wishful Thinking
  • Sep 7 - Colorado State – Off on the right foot
  • Sep 14 - Oregon – Pruitt takes down Miller – “I think that could be a turning point for our program”
  • Sep 21 - #7 Ohio State – “We’re going to recover, I can tell you that”
  • Sep 28 - Arizona – Colorado back amongst “Others receiving votes”
  • Oct 12 - Missouri – Finally, payback for coach McCartney
  • Oct 19 - Iowa State – Buffs make it look easy
  • Oct 26 - #5 Nebraska – Road trip – Lincoln; Denver/Kansas City; ‘85 World Series
  • Nov 2 - #12 Oklahoma State – Defense gives Buffs a chance
  • Nov 9 - Kansas – “CU on Independence Bowl list” – McMillen sets two all-time records
  • Nov 16 - #7 Oklahoma – Buffs run into nation’s #1 defense
  • Nov 23 - Kansas State – Buffs “Bowled over” – just a week later than expected
  • Dec 30 - Washington – Freedom Bowl – Fake punt!
• 1984 Season

  • Sep 1 - 1984 Recap / One L
  • Sep 1 - Preseason – Cautious Optimism / Recruiting Watch
  • Sep 8 - Michigan State – “Home Games”
  • Sep 15 - Oregon – Ed Reinhardt
  • Sep 22 - Notre Dame – Golden Dome rout
  • Sep 29 - UCLA – “Coach Whitehair” gets re-acquainted with Coach Bill
  • Oct 6 - Missouri – Alma mater makes it 3-0 v. McCartney
  • Oct 13 - Iowa State – Buffs draw Cyclones offsides on fourth-and-one
  • Oct 20 - #5 Nebraska – “You tell ‘em, Bill!”
  • Oct 27 - #10 Oklahoma State – Denver Post: “Close, but …”
  • Nov 3 - Kansas – Keenan passes for 349 yards
  • Nov 10 - #9 Oklahoma – Brian Bosworth comes to Boulder
  • Nov 17 - Kansas State – Coach Mac contract extension: “Belief without evidence”
• 1983 Season

  • Sep 1 - 1983 Recap / Salesman Bill
  • Sep 2 - 1983 Preseason Outlook
  • Sep 10 - Michigan State – Coach Mac returns to his home state
  • Sep 17 - Colorado State – Rivalry? What Rivalry?
  • Sep 24 - Oregon State – “Here we go CU, Here we go!”
  • Oct 1 - Notre Dame – Taking the LSAT
  • Oct 8 - Missouri – “I thought we’d bounce back …”
  • Oct 15 - Iowa State – Third straight loss to the Cyclones
  • Oct 22 - #1 Nebraska – A record quarter dooms Buffs’ upset bid
  • Oct 29 - Oklahoma State – Vogel: 0-for-7; three interceptions
  • Nov 5 - Kansas – Marshall and McLemore lead Buffs to victory
  • Nov 12 - Oklahoma – Buffs 28-7 rally not enough
  • Nov 19 - Kansas State – Victor Scott and the “Survivors” go out winners
• 1982 Season

  • Jun 9 - The Hiring of Bill McCartney – The Unlikely Choice
  • Sep 11 - California – Bill McCartney / Joe Kapp make their debuts as head coaches
  • Sep 18 - Washington State – “Did you hear?” – Coach Mac’s first win
  • Sep 25 - Wyoming – Second loss ever to the Cowboys
  • Oct 2 - #9 UCLA – “Hey – Don’t I know you from somewhere?”
  • Oct 9 - #7 Nebraska – In Search of a Rival – Meeting CU head coach Bill McCartney
  • Oct 16 - Oklahoma State – It Must have been the Tie
  • Oct 23 - Iowa State – Zero conversions on third down …
  • Oct 30 - #17 Oklahoma – Progress in small doses
  • Nov 6 - Missouri – Homecoming for Coach Mac not pretty
  • Nov 13 - Kansas – The goalposts come down at Folsom
  • Nov 20 - Kansas State – Wildcats earn first-ever bowl bid
• 1981 Season

  • Sep 5 - Nowhere to go but up / Blue and gold uniforms
  • Sep 12 - Texas Tech – Hope Springs Eternal
  • Sep 19 - Washington State – “You’ve got to be kidding”
  • Sep 26 - #11 BYU – Pick your poison – McMahon replaced by Young
  • Oct 3 - #16 UCLA – Bruins stuff Buffs
  • Oct 10 - Nebraska – Turner Gill makes his debut
  • Oct 17 - Oklahoma State – Steve Vogel leads improbable comeback
  • Oct 24 - #14 Iowa State – Buffs face a ranked Cyclone team
  • Oct 31 - #19 Oklahoma – Buffs hold Sooners under 50!
  • Nov 7 - Missouri – Essington back as starter … not a good move
  • Nov 14 - Kansas – “A sorry state”
  • Nov 21 - Kansas State – Fairbanks goes out a winner
  • May 31 - Buffs lose a coach in May – “The End of an Error”
• 1980 Season

  • 1980’s Fanaticism – 1970’s overview – Chuck Fairbanks
  • Sep 1 - CU at the Game – An Introduction
  • Sep 13 - UCLA – 0-56 – at halftime!
  • Sep 20 - LSU
  • Sep 27 - Indiana – First home game / Sports Illustrated & Chuck Fairbanks’ desk
  • Oct 4 - #12 Oklahoma – 82-42 – Open up the record books
  • Oct 11 - Drake – Beneath Nadir – “Who the Hell is Drake?”
  • Oct 18 - #16 Missouri
  • Oct 25 - #9 Nebraska – What are our school colors, anyway?
  • Nov 1 - Iowa State – First win; only win
  • Nov 8 - Oklahoma State
  • Nov 15 - Kansas – “We’re just a very poor football team right now”
  • Nov 21 - Kansas State