“Friday” Fast Facts


2024 Season Archive

“Friday” Fast Facts

//posted 11.28.2024

Plenty of tickets still available for Shedeur’s and Travis’ final game at Folsom … CU v. OSU, historical … Which single season passing records will Shedeur break on Saturday? …

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The CU finale was supposed to be about Rashaan Salaam’s run to 2,000 yards and the Heisman, but on field heroics were over-shadowed by Coach Mac’s surprise announcement … AD Bill Marolt’s choice for successor was also a shock …

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OSU has gone from a seventh-year QB to a freshman making his second career start … Cowboys to miss a bowl for the first time in 18 years … Win one for DJ McKinney? …

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Kansas exploited CU’s run defense, and Oklahoma State has an All-Big 12 running back in Ollie Gordon … Will the Cowboys run over the Buffs? … Or will the Buffs come out and take care of business against an OSU team which is 0-8 in Big 12 play, with one of the worst defenses in the nation? … Let’s find out …

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Kansas running back Devin Neal ran for 207 yards and three touchdowns, caught four passes for 80 yards and another score, leading Kansas to a 37-21 victory over No. 16 Colorado. KU quarterback Jalon Daniels threw for 189 yards and a touchdown, and the Jayhawks scored on every offensive series but their last, amassing 520 yards of total offense.

CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders finished with 266 yards passing and three touchdowns, setting the Colorado single-season record with 30 touchdown passes (Sefo Liufau had 28 in 2014), while Travis Hunter finished with eight catches for 125 yards and two scores. But the two-way standout did little on defense — nor did anyone else wearing all-white uniforms — as the Jayhawks beat a ranked team for a school-record third straight week.

“You can’t win when a team rushes for 331 yards on you,” Coach Prime said. “That’s not indicative of who we’ve been and who we are. That is certainly not who we are and we could not stop the bleeding. Hats off to them. They were physical. They out-physicalled us, they outplayed us. They wanted it a lot more than we did.”

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It’s All Gravy From Here

//posted 11.24.2024

Welcome, Buff Nation, to Thanksgiving Week!

A week filled with traditions. A week filled with family, friends, food, and football … though not necessarily in that order.

While travel issues and family dynamics can take away from the celebration, most of us are fans of Thanksgiving – especially the food and the football.

I love a good Thanksgiving dinner. A few large slices of turkey, dressing, and mashed potatoes fill the plate (alongside a few “no thank you” helpings of whatever weird side dishes people bring over). Covering it all, of course, is a generous helping of gravy.

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Colorado Daily

//posted 11.23.2024

Game Day! … Daily Camera: Five Jayhawks to Watch … Neill Woelk’s Keys to the Kansas Game … DC Robert Livingston’s impact on CU defense “dramatic” … ESPN: Who does Julian Lewis compare to? …

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 11.22.2024

The last time the Buffs played the Jayhawks, CU’s coach got fired … Penalties: CU and KU are a study in contrasts … Fox announcers lucky for CU … Only three other teams have played CU more times than Kansas …

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Last chance!! (Deadline to enter is Friday noon!) … I’m giving away two 50-yard line tickets to the CU/Oklahoma State game … Your last chance to watch Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders in a regular season home game! …

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Kordell Stewart and Christian Fauria set all-time Big Eight records in CU’s regular season finale against Iowa State, but Stewart and Fauria were overshadowed by Rashaan Salaam’s run to 2,000 – and immortality (with video) …

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Big 12 Notes

//posted 11.20.2024

ESPN: SP+ Big 12 title odds: BYU (38.6%), Colorado (38.0%), Arizona State (11.7%) … Parity fine for the SEC, but is hurting the Big 12 … Big 12 Lines: CU opens as a 2.5-point road favorite over Kansas …

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Polls and Bowls

//posted 11.19.2024

CU at No. 16 in latest CFP rankings (BYU at No. 14; Boise State gets No. 4 seed) … CU up to No. 16 in latest AP poll; Arizona State/Iowa State join poll; Kansas State falls out of poll …

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