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The Colorado Daily – May

//posted 5.24.2011

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May 30th

Sports Illustrated investigation digs deeper into Ohio State’s transgressions

Perhaps now we can understand the timing of Tressel’s resignation.

Sports Illustrated is coming out with an article in this week’s edition, outlining an eight-year pattern of NCAA violations under head coach Jim Tressel.

In the article, the authors report that at least 28 players have been alleged to have traded or sold memorabilia, “at least 20″ players swapped memorabilia for tattoos, and at least four players traded memorabilia for marijuana.

The history of Tressel’s “ignorance is bliss” started at Youngstown State, where he claimed not to know that his star quarterback had received a car and more than $10,000 from a school trustee – even though it was later revealed that it was Tressel who told the player to go and see the trustee.

In 2003, Buckeyes’ running back Maurice Clarett became a pariah after he was found to have received money and other benefits, but Tressel, who had said that he spent more time with Clarett than any other player, claimed he had no knowledge of Clarett’s violations.

In 2004, an investigation uncovered a $500 payment to quarterback Troy Smith. Again, Tressel said he had no …

Colorado 35, Texas A&M 34

//posted 11.7.2009

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November 7th – Boulder Colorado 35, Texas A&M 34

Colorado quarterback Tyler Hansen hit tight end Patrick Devenny from 22 yards out with 2:04 to play to put the Buffs up 35-34, with Texas A&M giving up two turnovers late as Colorado prevailed, 35-34. Hansen was sacked eight times for the second consecutive week, but did pass for 271 yards and a touchdown as the Buffs raised their record to 3-6, 2-3. Rodney Stewart had 118 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and Markques Simas finally showed some of the spark that endeared him during practices the past two seasons, catching seven passes for 135 yards (Simas had 122 yards receiving for the season coming into the game).

The game, as had become the pattern for Colorado in 2009, began ominously. The stat line for the Buffs’ first two drives: net one yard, punt; net three yards; punt. Meanwhile, Texas A&M’s first drive covered 58 yards in 11 plays. For a team which had been out-scored 64-27 in the first quarter of the first eight games of the season, these were not good numbers. Still, thanks to a goal line stand, the game remained scoreless. Texas A&M drove to the Colorado …

Missouri 36, Colorado 17

//posted 10.31.2009

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October 31st – Boulder Missouri 36, Colorado 17

Missouri sacked Colorado quarterback Tyler Hansen eight times and forced four turnovers, racing out to a 33-0 lead en route to a 36-17 victory. The Buffs out-scored the Tigers 14-0 in the third quarter to make it interesting, but four possessions with the score 33-17 netted two turnovers on downs, an interception, and a punt, as Colorado fell to 2-6, 1-3 on the season. A homecoming crowd of 45,634, the smallest crowd of the season, was on hand to witness a fourth straight win for Missouri in the series.

Missouri had out-scored Colorado 113-10 the past two seasons, and, in the first half of the 2009 game, it appeared as if the scores of 55-10 and 58-0 were mere preludes to the hurt the Tigers were going to put on the Buffs in 2009. The Tigers took the opening kickoff, and smartly marched 80 yards down the field. The Colorado defense did force two third downs – 3rd-and-two at the Missouri 28 yard line, and third-and-nine at the MU 47, giving Buff fans hope (after all, Colorado was ranked 19th in the nation in 3rd-down defense, at 32%; and was even better …

Kansas State – The Process of Elimination

//posted 10.29.2005

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October 29th – @ Kansas State Colorado 23, Kansas State 20

Mason Crosby kicked a 50-yard field goal with six seconds remaining to give Colorado a 23-20 win over Kansas State.

The victory was the second last minute win in a row over the Wildcats, as the Buffs had handed Kansas State a 38-31 setback in Boulder on a Joel Klatt to Ron Monteilh 64-yard touchdown with five seconds left in 2004. The Colorado win, combined with a loss to Kansas by Big 12 North co-leader Missouri, gave the Buffs sole possession of the Big 12 North lead with a 4-1 league record.

Leading the Buffs was Joel Klatt, whose 272 passing yards on the blustery afternoon gave the senior quarterback 6,579 career yards, surpassing Kordell Stewart’s record of 6,481 yards (1992-94). Klatt’s latest record was the 32nd in his career at Colorado.

The game started out well for the Buffs, with Colorado scoring in just five plays to open the contest. A 64-yard pass from Klatt to tight end Quinn Sypniewski set up the Buffs at the Wildcat one-yard line. On the next play, Lawrence Vickers did the honors, and the Buffs were up 7-0 less than 90 …

Kansas – Klatt & Klopfenstein set records in a “Special” win

//posted 10.22.2005

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October 22nd – Boulder Colorado 44, Kansas 13

Joel Klatt passed for four touchdowns, becoming the Colorado all-time touchdown pass leader, leading the Buffs to a 44-13 win over Kansas.

Klatt ended the evening with 42 touchdown passes, two more than Koy Detmer (1992-96), but it was the Colorado defense and special teams which turned a close game into a rout.

Colorado scored on its second possession of the game, taking over on the Kansas 43-yard line after a failed attempt by the Jayhawks on a fourth down near midfield. Klatt hit tight end Quinn Sypniewski from 20 yards out for the score, giving the Buffs a 7-0 lead. Four plays later, the Buffs were up 9-0, after a fourth down snap sailed over the head of Kansas punter Kyle Tucker for a safety. It seemed, with 8:12 left to play in the first quarter, that the rout was on.

The Jayhawks, though, had other plans. Quarterback Jason Swanson came in for ineffective Brian Luke, and the Kansas offense began to see production. A 75-yard drive netted a field goal to cut the Colorado advantage to 9-3. After Klatt hit Joe Klopfenstein on a 40-yard score to start the …

No. 2 Texas – Back in the Polls: It was nice while it lasted

//posted 10.15.2005

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October 15th - @ Texas No. 2 Texas 42, No. 24 Colorado 17

Texas quarterback Vince Young led the 2nd-ranked Longhorns to five first half touchdowns, leading the way to a 42-17 rout of 24th-ranked Colorado.

Young, a Heisman Trophy front-runner, connected on 25-of-29 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns, rushing for another 58 yards and three more touchdowns, as the Longhorns scored touchdowns on their first five possessions to remove any doubts about a hangover after the win over Oklahoma the previous week.

After Colorado failed to secure a first down on its first possession of the game, Young led Texas on a methodical, 16-play, 90-yard drive, culminated on a one-yard run by Young to give the Longhorns a 7-0 lead. On the Longhorns’ second possession, Young scored on a 16-yard run to finish off a 67 yard drive. After Joel Klatt threw his first interception in two games, Young hit Brian Carter for a 62 yard gain to set up a five-yard touchdown run by Selvin Young, and the rout was on. A third touchdown run for Young, followed by a 35-yard touchdown pass to Limas Sweed, completed a near perfect first half for the Texas …

Oklahoma State – “Cautious Optimism” Returns

//posted 10.1.2005

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October 1st - @ Oklahoma State Colorado 34, Oklahoma State 0

Posting a shutout for the second time in three games, the Colorado defense led the way to a surprisingly easy 34-0 romp over Oklahoma State in Stillwater.

The Buffs held the Cowboys to only 208 yards in total offense, posting a second shutout in a season since the 1991 and 1992 Buffs accomplished the same feat.

The afternoon started out well for Colorado. On the Buffs’ first play from scrimmage, sophomore running back Hugh Charles raced past the OSU defense for 74 yards and a 7-0 Buff lead. The run came just 18 seconds into the contest, the second-fastest score from scrimmage in Colorado history. On the day, Charles would account for 132 yards and two touchdowns, both career bests.

Colorado would not score again until there were only two seconds remaining before halftime, with Mason Crosby hitting from 48 yards out to give the Buffs a 10-0 lead at the break. The lead could have been much greater, as the Colorado defense was stymying the Oklahoma State offense. However, a Byron Ellis fumble in Cowboy territory, together with a blocked 44-yard field goal attempt by Crosby, combined …

Preseason – Buffs look for fourth title in five years

//posted 8.15.2005

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Preseason – 2005

Despite winning the Big 12 North Division title three of the previous four years, and despite having 17 starters returning, the Colorado Buffaloes entered the 2005 season in search of national recognition. The titles of the past and the promise of the future were offset by a lack of overall success. After all, it was argued, the Buffs finished only 8-5 overall in 2004, played in a lackluster division, and had backed into the 2004 title with a 4-4 conference record when Iowa State failed to win its final game at home against Missouri. The record showed that Colorado had been trampled by Texas (31-7) and Oklahoma State (42-14) during the regular season, then embarrassed by the Oklahoma Sooners, 42-3, in the Big 12 title game.

Not exactly the stuff of legend.

In addition, the black cloud of scandal continued to hang over the Boulder campus.

Gary Barnett had returned from a spring suspension and had retained his job with wins on the field, but President Elizabeth Hoffman and Athletic Director Dick Tharp were no longer with the school.

Replacing Tharp was Mike Bohn, named as Colorado’s fifth permanent Athletic Director in April. Bohn grew up in …

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Posts Tagged ‘Joe Klopfenstein’

The Colorado Daily – May

Colorado 35, Texas A&M 34

Missouri 36, Colorado 17

Kansas State – The Process of Elimination

Kansas – Klatt & Klopfenstein set records in a “Special” win

No. 2 Texas – Back in the Polls: It was nice while it lasted

Oklahoma State – “Cautious Optimism” Returns

Preseason – Buffs look for fourth title in five years

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