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For the second week in a row, Colorado faced a fourth quarter deficit.
For the second week in a row, Colorado rose to the challenge.
Aided by two defensive touchdowns and yet another 200-yard receiving night from Paul Richardson, the Buffs were able to withstand a strong challenge from Central Arkansas, scoring 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to win its home opener, 38-24.
Connor Wood went 23-for-36 for 341 yards and three touchdowns, but also committed four turnovers (two interceptions and two fumbles) which led to 21 of the Bears’ 21 points. Paul Richardson had 11 catches for 209 yards and two touchdowns, giving him 21 catches for 417 yards and four touchdowns in the first two games (Nelson Spruce led the Buffs’ receivers in 2012, with 446 yards receiving in 12 games).
The Colorado defense, which had not posted an interception in over nine games, and only three in all of 2012, had three on the night against the Bears. Greg Henderson had a 46-yard pick six early in the second quarter, and Kenneth Crawley had a game-clinching interception in the end zone with two minutes to play … but it was Jered Bell’s interception and 79-yard return for a touchdown to tie the score in the fourth quarter which was the play of the game.
READ MORE >>Tags: Benjamin Burney, Charles E. Johnson, Chidobe Awuzie, Christian Powell, Connor Wood, D.D. Goodson, Darragh O'Neill, Derrick Webb, Greg Henderson, Jashon Sykes, Jered Bell, Jon Major, Kenneth Crawley, Mike MacIntyre, Nate Bonsu, Nelson Spruce, Paul Richardson, Ralphie, Rashidi Barnes, Ryan Iverson, Stephane Nembot, Tedric Thompson, Tony Jones, Tyler McCulloch, Will Oliver
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CU picks up junior college quarterback, Jordan Gehrke … “He just happened to be in the right place at the right time with CU looking for a quarterback”
READ MORE >>Tags: Central Arkansas, Chidera Uzo-Diribe, Chuck Fairbanks, College Football Playoff, David Bakhtiari, Doug Rippy, Ed O'Bannon, Jarrod Darden, Jon Embree, Jon Major, Kyle Washington, Mike MacIntyre, Nelson Fishback, Nick Hirschman, Nick Kasa, Ray Polk, Rocky Mountain Showdown
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Colorado completed its worst season in school history, and first season ever in Folsom without a victory, in a 42-35 season-ending loss to Utah.
With the loss, the Buffs fell to 1-11 for the 2012 season, the first 11-loss season in 123 years of college football at the University of Colorado. The Buffs finished 0-6 in games played in Boulder, the first winless season at home since 1920, and the first season with nothing but losses at home since the Buffs posted 0-2 home record in 1891.
A 23-point underdog, the Buffs stayed close to the Utes throughout, even taking the lead for much of the third quarter, before falling to a 22-point Utah fourth-quarter comeback. Colorado out-gained Utah on the afternoon, 418 yards to 336, and had more first downs that did the Utes (25-to-18). Five turnovers, though, including four interceptions thrown by starter Nick Hirschman, condemned the Buffs to an off-season of national ridicule.
READ MORE >>Tags: Alex Wood, Ben Kelly, Buffalo Heart Award, Chrisitan Powell, Darragh O'Neill, DaVaughn Thornton, Donta Abron, Doug Rippy, Gerald Thomas, Jon Embree, Jon Major, Jordan Webb, Kyle Slavin, Marques Mosley, Nelson Spruce, Nick Hirschman, Nick Kasa, Ray Polk, Tony Jones, Tyler McCulloch, Will Oliver, Will Pericak
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USC quarterback Matt Barkley threw for 298 yards and six touchdowns while establishing USC’s new career mark for touchdown passes, while Trojan wide receiver Robert Woods set a pair of school records himself in the Trojans’ 50-6 victory over Colorado. Woods set a single-game school record for touchdown catches, with four, and passed Dwayne Jarrett on USC’s career receptions list with his 217th career catch on his third scoring grab.
Colorado, meanwhile, couldn’t get out of its own way, turning the ball over six times, while the Buff defense presented only token opposition to the USC offense. In falling for the 16th time in 20 games under Jon Embree, Colorado endured its 11th blowout loss under the Embree regime.
READ MORE >>Tags: Alex Wood, Barry Kunkel, Christian Powell, Derrick Webb, Dustin Ebner, Jon Embree, Jon Major, Jordan Webb, Kenneth Crawley, Matt Barkley, Nelson Spruce, Nick Kasa, Parker Orms, Ray Polk, Robert Hodge, Robert Woods, Terrel Smith, Tony Jones, Tyler McCulloch, Vincent Hobbs, Will Oliver, Will Pericak, Zach Grossnickle
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Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb scored on a four-yard run with nine seconds to play, the last of three Colorado touchdowns in the final seven minutes, to stun Washington State 35-34 on Saturday in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams.
Webb threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more for Colorado, which had been outscored by an average of 40-19 coming into the game, and entered the game in Pullman as twenty-point underdogs.
The start of the game was eerily similar to what had befallen the Buffs in a 69-14 defeat at Fresno State the week before. Washington State took the opening kickoff and barely broke a sweat in taking the ball down the field for a score. It took the Cougars only six plays to cover 75 yards, with quarterback Connor Halliday hitting Gabe Marks for a 32-yard touchdown less than two minutes into the game.
Then, something different happened … Colorado did not immediately fold.
READ MORE >>Tags: Christian Powell, Darragh O'Neill, DaVaughn Thornton, Jeffrey Hall, Jered Bell, Jon Embree, Jon Major, Jordan Webb, Josh Ford, Mike Leach, Nelson Spruce, Nick Hirschman, Nick Kasa, Parker Orms, Paul Vigo, Terrel Smith, Tony Jones, Tyler McCulloch, Will Oliver, Will Pericak
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Walk-on Sacramento State kicker Edgar Castenda was awarded a scholarship in the post-game locker room after his third field goal of the day, a 30-yarder as time expired, gave the Hornets a 30-28 victory over Colorado. With the loss, the Buffs, who had never played an FCS team (formerly 1-AA) in school history prior to 2006, fell to 1-2 against Big Sky Conference teams.
Sacramento State posted 466 yards of total offense against a Buff defense which had played well in the season opening loss to Colorado State. The Buff offense, led by Christian Powell’s 147 yards rushing and three touchdowns, had four scoring drives of 65 yards or longer, but was otherwise unproductive against a Hornet defense which surrendered 49 points to New Mexico State a week earlier.
READ MORE >>Tags: Alex Wood, Billy Waddy, Brad Cotner, Chidera Uzo-Diribe, Christian Powell, Connor Wood, Donta Abron, Doug Rippy, Gerald Thomas, Gus Handler, Jeffrey Hall, John Stuart, Jon Embree, Jon Major, Jordan Webb, Josh Ford, Josh Topou, Justin Solis, Kyle Slavin, Nelson Spruce, Nick Kasa, Richard Yates, Samson Kafovalu, Vincent Hobbs, Yuri Wright
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CSU ticket sales for RMS: 17,423 of an allotted 33,750 … A full transcript of Jon Embree’s press conference
READ MORE >>Tags: Alex Wood, Derek McCartney, Doug Rippy, Dustin Ebner, Eric Richter, Gerrard Kough, Jeffrey Thomas, Jon Major, Jordan Webb, Josh Ford, Kisima Jagne, Nelson Spruce, Nick Kasa, Paul Richardson, Peyton Williams, Ray Polk, Ryan Dannewitz, Scott Fernandez, T.C. McCartney, Will Pericak
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CU gives $16M to athletic department; only looking for $10M back … Folsom Field scoreboard work underway
READ MORE >>Tags: Alex Ligon, Alfred Williams, Bobby Anderson, Byron White, Dick Anderson, Gus Handler, Joe Romig, John Wooten, Jon Major, Mark Fenton, Mike Bohn, Ray Polk, Ryan Miller, Toney Clemons
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CU with a moose in Alaska … Jon Embree interview on recruiting:”We’ve got a couple of (silent commits)”
READ MORE >>Tags: Anthony Perkins, Blake Behrens, Buffalo Heart Award, Darragh O'Neill, Dave Jones Award, Greg Henderson, John Mack Award, Jon Major, Josh Hartigan, Lee Williard, Rodney Stewart, Ryan Miller, Toney Clemons, Travis Sansdersfeld, Tyler Hansen, Will Pericak, Zach Jordan Award
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Colorado used an almost perfect first half to take the lead, and then played just well enough in the second half to hold the lead, taking the first “Rumble in the Rockies” against Utah, 17-14.
Utah junior kicker Coleman Petersen, the Pac-12 Player-of-the-Week for his three-for-three performance in a 30-27 overtime victory over Washington State, had a chance to tie the game with a 48-yard kick, but the effort went wide and short, giving Colorado the hard-earned victory.
The road win, as every Buff fan could recite in his sleep, was the first for Colorado since 2007. The school-record streak of 23 road losses (24 counting the 2007 Independence Bowl) finally came to an end before a crowd of 45,026 in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
READ MORE >>Tags: "Rumble in the Rockies", Bryan Stoltenberg, Coleman Petersen, Curtis Cunningham, Darragh O'Neill, DaVaughn Thornton, David Goldberg, Ethan Adkins, Evan Harrington, Joe Garten, John White, Jon Embree, Jon Major, Jordon Dizon, Josh Hartigan, Logan Gray, Nick Kasa, Parker Orms, Paul Richardson, Ray Polk, Rodney Stewart, Ryan Deehan, Ryan Miller, Toney Clemons, Tony Jones, Travis Sandersfeld, Tyler Hansen, Will Oliver
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