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//posted 11.10.2017

The stat which could be a game-changer for the Buffs … Shout outs to Ronnie Bradford and Darian Hagan

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“T.I.P.S.” for CU’s bid for first-ever win over USC … Can CU’s Senior Day have a happy ending?

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Arizona State scored 24 fourth quarter points, erasing a ten-point deficit to defeat Colorado, 41-30. The Sun Devils went for 583 yards of offense, including 381 yards on the ground. ASU quarterback Manny Wilkins passed for 202 yards, rushed for 95 more, while running back Demario Richard had 25 carries for 189 yards and a touchdown.

The Buffs had leads of 10-0, 17-7 and 27-17, but squandered multiple opportunities to put away the Sun Devils. Steven Montez completed 23-of-40 passes for 345 yards, while Phillip Lindsay had 140 yards of total offense (80 yards rushing; 60 yards passing). It made little difference, though, as the Arizona State had seven second half possessions, scoring on five of them.

The loss left Colorado with a 5-5 overall record, 2-5 in Pac-12 play … and in last place in the Pac-12 South.

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Gold Games

//posted 11.5.2017

In the CU meeting room, the schedule for the season is posted.

At the outset of the 2016 campaign, head coach Mike MacIntyre highlighted the games the Buffs were to play in November, labeling them “Gold Games”.

Now, it’s an old football cliche that “the games they remember are played in November”.

In 2016, however, the Buffs were coming off of ten straight losing seasons. In recent memory there had been little for Buff players (or their fans) to get excited about when the calendar turned to November.

Indeed, from 2012-15 – Mike MacIntyre’s first three years at Colorado – the Buffs were 1-13 in November games.

Not much shine to CU’s November “Gold Games”.

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 11.3.2017

Buffs looking for first-ever road win over Sun Devils … CU/ASU by the numbers … Phillip Lindsay file

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Drew Litton … “Never Stop Rising: Episode 4” … Neill Woelk’s Five Keys … History of Ralphie IV

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“T.I.P.S.” for CU/ASU – Have the Buffs woken up for their final four “Gold games”? …

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Colorado 44, California 28

//posted 10.29.2017

On an afternoon when Rashaan Salaam’s No. 19 was retired by the school, the Colorado offense put forth an effort CU’s Heisman trophy winner would have been proud to witness. Steven Montez threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns as the Buffs posted 553 yards of total offense in a 44-28 Colorado victory over California.

A week after being benched in the second half against Washington State, Montez went 20-for-26, also rushing for a seven-yard touchdown. Phillip Lindsay posted “Salaam-worthy” 33 carries for 161 yards, while Shay Fields led the receiving corps with four catches for 101 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown.

“I was really happy with the way Steven [Montez] played,” said Mike MacIntyre. “That’s the way I expect him to play all the time, because he can do all those types of things. The offensive line did a good job and helped him. [Phillip] Lindsay does what Lindsay does. He’s pretty special always.”

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Buffs overcome sluggish first half to top Colorado Mines, 78-52, in exhibition … Boyle: “A little ugly out there”

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Any Given Saturday

//posted 10.29.2017

It has been a frustrating year for Colorado fans.

At times the Buffs have played well, but at other times – too many other times – the Buffs have looked out-of-sync, unprepared, even indifferent.

Colorado entered the game against California with a 4-4 record … a record which would have been heaven on earth for the Buff Nation a few years ago, but, after a 10-4 campaign in 2016, a real disappointment.

“We still have a lot left to accomplish,” said Phillip Lindsay in the Tuesday press conference leading up to the 44-28 win over the Bears. “For a lot of us, it is the last four or five games left in our college careers, so the sense of urgency is we’ll never play another down in black and gold after these five games. We want to go out with a bang. We want to leave everything out there.”

All well and good, but the Buffs had been promising improvement for weeks, with little to show for it in Pac-12 play.

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 10.27.2017

Cal has five (?) national titles? … CU set 37 school records v. Cal in 2014 … Lindsay No. 7 in rushing

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Colorado Daily – Cal

//posted 10.27.2017

Drew Litton: “Excellence is attainable” … Lindsay: Buffs to play with a “sense of urgency” … Plati-tudes No. 105

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