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— Colorado v. UTEP – Houston Bowl – December 29, 2004 — Bowling For Dollars The Buffs reward for winning the Big 12 North in 2004 was a trip to Kansas City to face No. 2 Oklahoma, one of the most dominant teams in the country. The result? A 42-3 debacle. Still, Colorado was still 7-5 on the season, and was still the Big 12 North champions. The winning season merited an invitation to play in the EV1.Net Houston Bowl against the University of Texas, El-Paso (UTEP). It had appeared …
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— Duck Soup As the Buffs licked their wounds from another close loss to Nebraska to end the 1998 regular season, two questions remained unanswered: Where would the 7-4, 4-4 Buffs be going bowling?; and Who would be the opponent? As conference championship games were being contested, the 6-5 Washington Huskies seemed the most likely opponent for the Buffs. Among the title games being played in early December, though, was a make-up game between Miami and UCLA. The game, originally scheduled for September 26th, had been re-scheduled to December 5th …
READ MORE >>Tags: Ben Kelly, Cortlen Johnson, Damen Wheeler, Darrin Chiaverini, Dave Plati, Dwayne Cherrington, Gary Barnett, Gary Kubiak, Javon Green, Jeremy Aldrich, John Sanders, Marcus Stiggers, Marcus Washington, Mike Moschetti, Mitch Berger, Nick Pietsch, Rick Neuheisel
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— September 19th – Boulder No. 15 Colorado 25, Utah State 6 — If Colorado’s 29-21 win over Fresno State the week before was a “wake up call”, then the Buffs’ 25-6 victory over Utah State was an indication that the team had apparently hit the snooze button. Penalties and injuries marred an otherwise excellent defensive performance as the Buffs raised their season record to 3-0 with a 25-6 victory over Utah State. Mike Moschetti, slowed by torn cartilage in his rib cage suffered in the Fresno State game, …
READ MORE >>Tags: Ben Kelly, Ben Nichols, Brad Bedell, Byron "Whizzer" White, Cliff Branch, Darrin Chiaverini, Erin Huizingh, Jeremy Aldrich, Ken Culbertson, Mike McCoy, Mike Moschetti, Mitch Berger, Rashidi Barnes, Ron Johnson, Ryan Johanningmeier, Ty Gregorak, Victor Rogers, Walter Stanley
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— Adios, Southwest Conference — Quick – Name the last eight members of the Southwest Conference. Not so easy, is it? Entering the 1994 season, the long-anticipated demise of the SWC became official. The 1994 and 1995 campaigns would be the last for the storied conference. After 80 seasons, the Southwest Conference would fold up its tents; its teams left to a new future. Arkansas, the only Southwest member outside of the state of Texas, had defected to the Southeastern Conference in 1990. Now Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas …
READ MORE >>Tags: Andy Mitchell, Bill McCartney, Bobby Bowden, Brian Stoltenberg, Chad Hammond, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Chris Naeole, Christian Fauria, Dalton Simmons, Danny Weurffel, Darius Holland, Dennis Collier, Derek West, Donnell Leomiti, Dwayne Davis, Florida, Florida State, Heath Irwin, Kerry Hicks, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Matt Russell, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Neil Voskeritchian, Notre Dame, Pac-12, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Powlus, Ron Woolfork, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle, Southwest Conference, Ted Johnson, The Sporting News, Tony Berti
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— December 25th – Aloha Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii — No. 17 Colorado 41, No. 25 Fresno State 30 — While the Buffs found no snow on the ground on Christmas Day, 1993, they did find presents there. Colorado’s defense forced four Fresno State fumbles, converting all four turnovers into points as the Buffs ran away from the Bulldogs, 41-30, to win the 12th-annual Aloha Bowl. Sophomore tailback Rashaan Salaam rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Buffs’ offense, while the depleted Colorado secondary withstood 523 yards passing by Fresno …
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— November 20th – at Iowa State No. 18 Colorado 21, Iowa State 16 — Despite decent weather conditions for late November (41 degrees at kickoff, with no precipitation), only 23,797 bothered to show up in Ames to cheer for the hometown Cyclones (3-7) as they took on the 18th-ranked Buffaloes. That was too bad for Iowa State players, as the home team almost pulled off the upset. Only after defensive lineman Kerry Hicks and cornerback Chris Hudson teamed up to tackle running back Calvin Branch …
READ MORE >>Tags: Aloha Bowl, Bill McCartney, Bryan Stoltenberg, Chad Hammond, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Christian Fauria, Dan McCarney, Dennis Collier, Dwayne Davis, Fresno State, Greg Lindsey, Jeff Brunner, Jim Walden, Kenny Wilkins, Kerry Hicks, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Woolfork, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle, Ted Johnson, Tony Berti, Trent Dilfer
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— November 13th – Boulder No. 21 Colorado 38, Kansas 14 — Despite their 4-6 record (2-3 in the Big Eight), the 1993 Kansas Jayhawks could not be overlooked. While the Buffs were putting the finishing touches on their 31-14 win over Oklahoma State, the Jayhawks were putting a major scare into the 4th-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers. With 52 seconds remaining, Kansas tailback June Henley scored from a yard out to bring the Jayhawks to within a point at 21-20. Rather than play for the tie, Kansas head coach Glen …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bill McCartney, Charles E. Johnson, Dennis Collier, James Hill, June Henley, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Mitch Berger, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Woolfork, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle
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— November 7th – at Oklahoma State No. 23 Colorado 31, Oklahoma State 14 — Overcoming a lackluster effort against Nebraska, quarterback Kordell Stewart responded with a record-setting performance as Colorado dominated Oklahoma State, 31-14. Stewart, who threw three interceptions against the Cornhuskers (after previously throwing only two all season), and who had finished with only eight completions against Nebraska, bombed the Cowboys for a season-high 328 yards and three touchdowns. In torching Oklahoma State, Stewart passed Steve Vogel (1981-84) as Colorado’s all-time passing leader. After spotting …
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— October 23rd – at Kansas State No. 16 Colorado 16, Kansas State 16 — The number 16 proved to be unlucky for the 16th-ranked Colorado Buffaloes as Kansas State kicker Tate Wright connected on a 35-yard field goal with only 21 seconds remaining in the game to enable underdog Kansas State to come away with a 16-16 tie in Manhattan. The improving Wildcats, 5-1 coming into the contest against the Buffs, snapped Colorado’s eight-game winning streak in the series in holding the vaunted Buff …
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— October 9th – Boulder No. 20 Colorado 30, Missouri 18 — The Missouri Tigers presented themselves to the Buffs as the perfect opponent to rebound from a two-game losing streak. Missouri was 1-2-1 on the 1993 season, including an embarrassing loss to Texas A & M (73-0) and a 10-10 tie to lowly SMU. Another bonus: the Buffs were coming off of a bye week, and had extra time to re-group and regain focus on the Big Eight conference schedule. After a sometimes impressive, …
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— September 25th – Boulder No. 3 Miami 35, No. 13 Colorado 29 — The Miami Hurricanes came into the 1993 game against Colorado in Boulder with a 2-0 record, having only surrendered nine points in their first two contests. Miami’s record and dominant defense were not surprises. Over the previous ten seasons, the Hurricanes had posted four national championships, three near-misses, a 107-14 (89%) record, and a Top Ten ranking for 122 consecutive polls. Still, the Hurricanes, like the Buffs, were replacing a number of defensive starters. If the …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bill Marolt, Bill McCartney, Brad, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Dalton Simmons, Dennis Collier, Dennis Erickson, Deren Tadlock, Heath Irwin, James Hill, Kordell Stewart, Lee, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Rashaan Salaam
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— Scouting the Nation — As the summer of 1993 wound down, (a great summer for me and my lady, thank you very much) the pre-season magazines appeared. There was little or no consensus as to which team would emerge from the upcoming season ranked No. 1 on January 1, 1994. Florida State received much of the ink, but Alabama was also getting support for a repeat of its 1992 National Championship. When the pre-season Associated Press poll came out, five different teams received first-place votes. Included with Florida State, …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bryan Stoltenberg, Chad Brown, Chad Hammond, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Christian Fauria, Deon Figures, Derek West, Greg Biekert, Heath Irwin, Kordell Stewart, Koy Detmer, Leonard Renfro, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Ron Woolfork, Ronnie Bradford, Ted Johnson, Tony Berti
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