On November 30, 2019, the Buffs walked off the field of Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, their season coming to a close with a 45-15 loss to No. 6 Utah.

We had no idea at the time that it would almost a full year – the longest off-season in Colorado football history – before the Buffs would be back on the field again. Saturday night’s 48-42 win over UCLA didn’t represent perfect CU football, but game nonetheless represented the return of CU football.

And it was a win!

No. 20 USC stuns Arizona State with late two-touchdown comeback … One UCLA football player tests positive; game still on … Arizona/Utah game canceled at Utah’s request … Duck Dive: CU a 3-3 team in Pac-12 play … Washington at Cal canceled due to positive tests at Cal …

Daily Camera Keys to CU v. UCLA … Sneak Peak at Folsom: Advertising banners for CU sponsors … Neill Woelk’s Five Keys to the UCLA game … **Video: Karl Dorrell’s final press conference before the game: “I am locked in”** …

Karl Dorrell’s stats while a star WR at UCLA … Captains for opener named … Why it’s so important the Buffs score first … Which two Buffs will be wearing “0” on Saturday … Dorrell: “If I am a betting man, I am saying we’re going to play really well” …

CU will have a first-time starting QB, a first-time starting RB, and a true freshman starting at CB to go with their “hasn’t coached a game in 13 years” head coach – so what could go wrong? … Can CU defy the oddsmakers and the pundits and pull off the upset? … It says here that they can …

For my written “T.I.P.S.”, you’ll have to wait until the usual Wednesday-before-the-game posting, but if you want a head start on Week One, this podcast previews the Pac-12 Division races before giving you a detailed preview of CU v. UCLA (Sat., 5:00 p.m., MT, ESPN2) …