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CU Games of the Day – September 18th

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CU is 5-1 on 9/18 … 1982: Bill McCartney’s first win as CU’s coach a road win over Washington State … 1993: Controversial last-minute loss to No. 20 Stanford … 2008: A Thursday night national game a 17-14 overtime upset over No. 21 West Virginia …

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CU Games of the Day – September 17th

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A 4-1 record on 9/17 … 1983: A thumping (31-3) of Rams in first game v. CSU in 25 years … 1988: CU’s first road win (24-21 over No. 19 Iowa) over a ranked team in nine years … 1995: A 55-17 win over No. 10 Wisconsin … 2011: A 28-14 win over CSU … 2016: A tough loss to No. 4 Michigan …

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CU Games of the Day – September 16th

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Buffs 3-2 on 9/16 … 1989: Jeff George and Illinois routed (Farewell to Sal Aunese) … 1995 & 2017: Record-setting routs of NE Louisiana (66-14) and Northern Colorado (41-21) … 2000: Neuheisel returns (and wins) with No. 9 Washington … 2006: 21-3 loss to No. 22 Arizona State …

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CU Games of the Day – September 15th

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Significant games on this date … 1984: Oregon (The Ed Reinhardt game) … 1990: No. 21 Illinois (the only loss in title run) …. 2007: Florida State (first-ever “blackout” game) … 2012: Fresno State (“Five Stages of Grief”) … 2018: New Hampshire (finally, a victory!) …

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CU Games of the Day – September 14th

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Sept. 14th … Not a banner day: Three games in which ranked CU teams lost to ranked opponents … But, the one CU win on 9/14 was a game of which Bill McCartney said, “I think that could be a turning point for our program” (and he was right) … Check out CU v. Oregon, 1985 (with video of final play) …

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CU 30, Fresno State 13

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Buffs struggle at times, but slowly pull away for a 30-13 victory in Karl Dorrell’s home debut … Alex Fontenot (97 yards rushing; one TD) and K.D. Nixon (87 yards receiving; one TD) lead a balanced CU attack as the Buff defense holds the Bulldogs to 233 yards of total offense …

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CU Game(s) of the Day – Sept. 13th

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September 13th is a bad karma day … From my first-ever game as a Buff fan (a blowout loss to UCLA in 1980) to a 27-3 loss in 1997 on Brad’s wedding day to “happy to be close” 38-24 loss to No. 16 ASU in 2014, the Buffs have struggled on 9/13 …

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Pac-12 Notes

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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 …

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Colorado Daily

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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 …

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CU Games of the Day – Sept. 12th

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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 …

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CU Games of the Day – Sept. 11th

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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 …

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CU Games of the Day – Sept. 10th

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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 …

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