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Preseason Rankings

//posted 7.3.2014

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Golden Nugget: CU a four-point pick over CSU …. Preseason magazines consensus: Oregon and UCLA to win divisions

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Colorado Daily – May

//posted 5.31.2013

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Emma Coburn goes out with another NCAA title … Kronshage: I didn’t tweet racial slur … Mac-2: “If there is no trust you won’t be able to turn it around”

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Pac-12 Notes – August, 2011

//posted 8.31.2011

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August 31st Texas A&M says “adios” to the Big 12 After weeks of partial denials and convoluted press releases, Texas A&M has made it official. The Aggies are looking for a new conference. Texas A&M has notified the Big 12 that it plans to apply for membership to a new conference, and if accepted, it will end its membership with the Big 12 on June 30, 2012. “I have determined it is in the best interest of Texas A&M to make application to join another athletic conference,” Loftin, who was …

Tags: APR, Brock Berglund, Cliff Harris, Conference realignment, Jon Wilner, Lache Seastrunk, Lane Kiffin, Larry Scott, Mark Emmert, Mountain West, Mountain West Conference, Preseason poll, Ted Miller, Texas A&M, USA Today
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Kansas – “Relentlessly Positive” and A New Routine

//posted 10.18.1997

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— October 18th – Boulder Colorado 42, Kansas 6 — For the first time in 1997, the Colorado Buffaloes played like the 1997 Buffaloes were predicted to play when the season started. After falling behind 3-0 early, the Buffs dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage, posting its first easy win of the season, taking out Kansas, 42-6. Leveling the season record at 3-3, the Buffs recorded their largest margin of victory since leveling Northeast Louisiana 66-14 early in 1995. A night game parent’s weekend crowd of 52,097 was treated …

Tags: Adam Bledsoe, Andy Mitchell, AP Poll, Associated Press poll, Javon Green, Jeremy Weisinger, John Hessler, Marcus Stiggers, Marcus Washington, Marlon Barnes, Nick Pietsch, USA Today
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No. 10 Oklahoma – Hessler’s record-setting debut

//posted 9.30.1995

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— Koy Detmer Under the Microscope — Everyone knew shortly after the Texas A&M game was over that quarterback Koy Detmer, whose efforts over the first three games of the season had merited a “Colorado’s Detmer throws his hat into ring” Heisman-watch headline from USA Today (9/18/95), was seriously injured. What happened? Detmer: “It was weird the way it happened. I went to spin out of the pocket and take off running, but my foot was hung up in the turf and when I pushed, my knee kind of dug way in …

Tags: Buffalo Sports News, Denver Post, Howard Schnellenberger, John Hessler, Koy Detmer, Lendon Henry, Neil Voskeritchian, Phil Savoy, Rick Neuheisel, Rocky Mountain News, USA Today
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No. 10 Illinois – Jeff George falls / A Farewell to Sal

//posted 9.16.1989

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— September 16th – Boulder No. 8 Colorado 38, No. 10 Illinois 7 — The University of Colorado served notice to the football world that the 1989 Buffs were for real, dominating No. 10 Illinois, 38-7. For the third straight game, the Buffs scored on their first possession. A 74-yard pass from Darian Hagan to wideout Jeff Campbell set up a one-yard scoring run by Eric Bieniemy to give Colorado the early lead, 7-0. After the Illini tied the score on a two-yard run by Howard Griffith, Colorado took the lead …

Tags: Alfred Williams, Bill McCartney, Darian Hagan, Dave McCloughan, David Gibbs, Eric Bieniemy, J.J. Flannigan, Jeff Campbell, Jeff George, M.J. Nelson, Ronnie Bradford, Sal Aunese, USA Today
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