CU is 3-3 on 10/22 … 1981: No. 1 Nebraska plays like it, taking out CU, 69-19 … 1994: No. 2 CU sets up showdown with Nebraska with 35-21 win over No. 19 Kansas State … 2016: Buffs become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2007 with 10-5 road win at Stanford …

Finally! After 11 months, we get a chance to talk – really talk – about CU football … The Podcast is a unit-by-unit preview of the CU offense … Brendon Lewis not an option at QB? (But Sam Noyer is?) … Who will be the new star wide receiver? … Will CU (finally) use its tight ends? …

CU has a 2-3 record on 10/21 … 1989: Senior tailback J.J. Flannigan ran for 178 yards and three TD’s, leading No. 3 CU to a 49-17 rout of Kansas … 1995: No. 9 CU rallies to take out Iowa State, 50-28 … 2000: A 23-15 loss to Kansas – Gary Barnett: “We just didn’t have it in us” …

CU has a 1-5 record on 10/20 … 1984: Buffs lead No. 5 Nebraska 7-3 after three, but can’t hold lead (a portend of the ’86 game) … 1990: Buffs dominate Kansas, 41-10 … 2012: Matt Barkley throws for six touchdowns in USC’s 50-6 laugher over the Buffs …

CU is 5-1 on 10/19 … Buffs were undefeated on this date – until they were routed by Washington State last year … 1991: No. 22 CU uses two 99-yard drives to top No. 12 Oklahoma, 34-17 … 1996: No. 9 Buffs take out Kansas, 20-7 … 2002: No. 23 CU routs Baylor, 34-0 …

CU is 3-3 on 10/18 … 1986: 1-4 CU rolls 4-1 Iowa State, 31-3, setting up the epic 20-10 win over Nebraska a week later … 2008: Freshman QB Tyler Hansen tears off his red-shirt in late October to lead Buffs to a 14-13 win over Kansas State …

CU is 4-1-1 on 10/17 … 1981: A touchdown and two-point conversion in final seconds gives CU an unlikely 11-10 win over Oklahoma State … 1992: Koy Detmer sets school records in a 24-24 tie with Oklahoma … 2009: Tyler Hansen leads Buffs to upset win over No. 17 Kansas …

CU is 2-2-1 on 10/16 … 1982: Victor Scott posts two pick-sixes as CU ties Oklahoma State, 25-25 … 1993: No. 20 CU tops No. 9 Oklahoma, 27-10, as Lamont Warren and Charles E. Johnson team up for the National Play-of-the-Year … 2004: Iowa State (2-3, 0-2) v CU (3-2, 0-2) – for the Pac-12 North title …

CU is 3-3 on 10/15 … Two of the three wins were huge wins for the program … 1994: No. 4 CU takes routs No. 22 Oklahoma, 45-7, to make its pitch as the nation’s No. 1 team … 2016: Buffs make a statement to its fans and the Pac-12 with a 40-16 win over No. 24 ASU …

CU is 3-1 on 10/14 … 1989: The good ‘ol days – a 49-3 rout of Missouri … 2006: CU breaks a ten-game losing streak with a 30-6 win over Texas Tech … 2017: CU proves that is “Less Worse” than Oregon State with a 36-33 road win over the Beavers …

CU has a 3-2 record on 10/13 … 1984: A trick play in the final minute gives CU its only win of an awful season … 2001: Fred Casotti is honored the day after his death – and lends the Buffs a helping hand with a last-minute scoop-and-score to defeat No. 25 Texas A&M …