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Game Day! … MIke MacIntyre: “Our goal is to play extremely hard and to get one more point that the opponent has” … Scouting Report: Five Cougars to Watch … Neill Woelk’s Friday’s Fast Five: Digging In …

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 11.9.2018

Buffs the only home underdog in the Pac-12 this week … Six Buffs listed as “day-to-day” on CU injury report … Israel Antwine sets freshman record for defensive linemen … WSU five wins short of what milestone? …

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“T.I.P.S.” for the Buffs v. Cougars … Which team has the advantage in playing an afternoon, nationally televised game? … Mike Leach 0-4 v. Colorado at Folsom Field … How does my prediction for the game square with yours? ….

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Arizona 42, Colorado 34

//posted 11.4.2018

A year after burning Colorado for 327 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, Arizona quarterback Kahlil Tate torched the Buff secondary for 350 yards and five touchdowns through the air, leading the Wildcats to a 42-34 win over the Buffs. Tate went 17-for-22 passing, needing to carry the ball only four times, relying on running back J.J. Taylor (40 carries for 192 yards) to carry the rushing load.

In all, the Arizona offense went for 566 yards of total offense, compared to 386 for Colorado. Quarterback Steven Montez went 27-for-42 passing, good for 343 yards and three touchdowns. Juwann Winfree had eight catches for 101 yards and a touchdown, but it was the Colorado rushing attack which failed to keep up with Arizona. While Arizona had 216 yards rushing, the Buffs were held to 40. Travon McMillian contributed 11 carries for 59 yards, but Steven Montez was sacked five times, setting the CU offense back time and time again.

“I thought our kids battled,” CU head coach Mike MacIntyre said. “We had opportunities to win the football game. They made some big plays. Khalil ran around and threw it up in the air and their guys came down with it on long, delayed plays. Those were tough to stop”.

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The above quote is attributed to Albert Einstein, though there is no evidence he actually said it.

Nonetheless, the “definition” is widely known, and, like many quotable quotes, can be applied to college football.

In the context of Colorado football, it applies to the Buffs’ attempt to pick up bowl eligibility. Seven times in the past 12 months, the Buffs have run onto the field with five wins, needing a win to secure bowl eligibility.

Seven times, the Buffs have walked off the field with a loss.

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Pac-12 Notes

//posted 11.3.2018

Washington State defeats Cal with last minute touchdown, 19-13 … Utah loses quarterback Tyler Huntley for the season in 38-20 loss to Arizona State … UCLA falls to 2-7 as Oregon defeats Bruins, 42-21, in Chip Kelly’s return to Autzen … Washington holds off Stanford, 27-23 …

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Colorado Daily – Arizona

//posted 11.2.2018

LB Drew Lewis: “I’m not going to be content with anything until we get a win” … Buff secondary key for Buffs: “They’re going to have those growing pains” … Pat Rooney: CU program at a crossroads … Neill Woelk’s Fast Five Keys …

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 11.2.2018

Buffs have an edge over the Wildcats, both historically and in 2018 stats … Kahlil Tate set one FBS record against the Buffs last season – what was the second NCAA record set in Boulder last fall? … What CU first occurred along the Buff offensive line last week? …

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CU at Arizona – A Preview

//posted 10.31.2018

Your “T.I.P.S.” for CU’s trip to the desert to face Arizona … Can the Buffs find a way to contain Kahlil Tate and J.J. Taylor? … Will the Buffs’ players-only meeting provide a spark? … Will the topsy-turvy Pac-12 finally spin CU’s way? …

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Pac-12 Power Rankings

//posted 10.28.2018

CU fans now see the Buffs as one of the worst teams in the Pac-12, but CU has the exact same record as Oregon and Cal … The reality? The conference standings remain very fluid …

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Colorado squandered a 31-3 third quarter lead, falling to Oregon State, 41-34, in overtime. A Travon McMillian 75-yard touchdown run on the first play of the third quarter raised a 24-3 halftime advantage to a four-touchdown lead. From there, however, the Beavers out-scored the Buffs 31-3, forcing overtime. Oregon State scored on its overtime possession, with the Buffs failing to answer as a Steven Montez pass fell incomplete on fourth-and-goal at the OSU seven yard line.

“I guess you’d call this a gut-wrencher,” Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said after his Buffaloes matched their biggest blown lead in program history. “We were rolling,” MacIntyre said, “and the wheels just rolled right off.”

The loss spoiled a career-day for Buff wide receiver K.D. Nixon, who set a single-game career-high in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns, finishing with 13 catches for 198 yards and two touchdowns. He also established a career-high in first downs with eight.

“My best game turned into my worst game,” Nixon said.

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Gut Punch

//posted 10.27.2018

At just past 5:00 p.m., sunshine was beating down on Folsom Field.

On an otherwise perfect 68-degree fall afternoon, the sun had come out earlier, just as the Oregon State offense caught fire. The Beavers had rallied from a 31-3 deficit to make it a 34-28 game late in the fourth quarter.

As the game neared its four hour mark, the sun hid behind a cloud, giving those of us on the east side of the stadium a bit of relief from the sun’s rays. It had been cloudy as the Buffs build a 28-point lead, so I was hoping that the return of the clouds would also mean the return of order for the Buffs … and somehow the Colorado defense would figure out a way to make a play against an Oregon State team which hadn’t beaten an FBS team in almost two full years.

My wish was not granted.

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