Pac-12 Notes

Report: Big Ten to vote Sunday on returning to play … Washington State cuts 10 full-time jobs; furloughs set … Washington athletics eliminates 16 positions ($8 million in cuts) … USC’s Clay Helton: “It hurts your soul” to watch other Power Five conferences playing …

Switch to wishbone changes CU’s fortunes in 1985 (with a 12-minute highlight video review of the 1985 season) … Football delay could actually help Dorrell’s staffA total of 19 Buffs are on NFL payrolls; 13 on active rosters …

1981: “Wal-ter! Wal-ter! Wal-ter!” … 1992: Buffs exact revenge against Baylor for ’91 upset … 1998: Goal-line stand nets win over Fresno State (quote from WR Darrin Chiaverini … 2015: Buffs break nine-game (yes, nine-game) losing streak with rout of UMass …

1993: Buffs rout No. 24 Baylor, 45-21 … 1999: Gary Barnett picks up his first win as CU’s head coach with a 63-35 thumping of San Jose State … 2004: In a makeup game for canceled 2001 game, the Buffs post a goal line stand in the final minute to defeat Washington State, 20-12 …

September 10th has been pretty kind to CU … 1988: A 45-3 rout of Fresno State … 2005: A 39-0 rout of New Mexico State led by former walk-on Joel Klatt … 2016: A 56-7 rout of Idaho State gets CU votes in AP poll; sets the stage for Pac-12 North title run …

Two games … 1989: Underdog Rams race out to 14-7 lead, but No. 9 Buffs roar back to post a 45-20 victory … 1995: CSU comes to Boulder riding high (first-ever WAC title in 1994: No. 16 final ranking), but No. 10 Buffs put Rams in their place with 42-14 rout …

CU is 2-3 on games played on 9/8 … 1984: Ed Reinhardt sets a school record with ten catches v. Michigan State … 2012: A 30-28 loss to Sacramento State inspires one of my most popular essays: “Shirt of Shame” … 2018: Laviska Shenault last minute score shocks Nebraska in Lincoln, 33-28 …

1989: Hagan runs over Texas … 1997; ’98 & 2001: Buffs take down ranked CSU teams in Denver … 2004: “Win One for the Stripper” – The Marcus Houston game comes down to the final play … 2005: Crosby kick at the gun sinks Rams …