2011 Colorado Buffaloes Additional Information

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2011 Colorado Buffaloes Additional Information​

Coaching Staff

Head Coach:
Official School Bio - Jon Embree

Assistant Coaches:
Official School Bios - Assistant Coaches
Eric Bieniemy - Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs
Greg Brown - Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Rip Scherer - Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks
J.D. Brookhart - Offensive Passing Game Coordinator/Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator
Brian Cabral - Run Game Coordinator/Linebackers
Bobby Kennedy- Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers
Steve Marshall - Assistant Coach/Offensive Line
Kanavis McGhee - Assistant Coach/Defensive Line
Mike Tuiasosopo - Assistant Coach/Defensive Line
Jeff Smart - Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach
Matt Thurin - Offensive Graduate Assistant Coach
Travis Smith - Offensive Technical Intern
Bert Watts - Defensive Technical Intern
Jashon Sykes - Director of Football Operations
Marcell Gash - Director of Football Administration
Darian Hagan - Director of Player Personnel
Kirk Jones - Director of High School Relations & Camps
Max Allen - Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Jean Onaga - Administrative Assistant/Assistant Coaches
Sheryl Voth - Administrative Assistant/Head Coach
Malcolm Blacken -Director of Speed, Strength & Conditioning​

Recruiting

2012 Verbal Commitments

Scout.com - #44 overall class - 11-3*, 3-2*, 1-N/R - 2.73* average
Rivals.com - Unranked (#11 in PAC) class - 11-3*, 2-2*, 2-N/R - 2.73* average

Terrence Crowder RB 5-10 210 Galena Park, TX - 3*/2*
Shane Dillon QB 6-5 185 El Cajon, CA - 3*/3*
Tyler Henington DT 6-4 265 Denver, CO - 3*/3*
Jeromy Irwin OT 6-4 275 Cypress, TX - 3*/3*
Sean Irwin TE 6-3 220 Cypress, TX - 3*/3*
Gerrad Kough OG 6-4 270 Pomona, CA - 2*/2*
Ma'Ne Manaea S 5-11 175 Lakewood, WA - 3*/3*
Clay Norgard DE 6-0 245 Highlands Ranch, CO - 3*/3*
Davien Payne RB 6-0 212 Perris, CA - 3*/3*
Justin Solis DT 6-3 300 Westlake Village, CA - 3*/3*
Gerald Thomas WR 5-10 170 The Colony, TX - 3*/3*
Jeffrey Thomas WR 6-3 175 Duncanville, TX - 3*/3*
Zaheer Webb DT 6-3 320 Lakewood, WA - 2*/N-A
Peyton Williams WR 6-1 192 Southlake, TX - 2*/3*
Erich Wilson CB 6-1 185 San Mateo, CA - N-A/N-A

2011 Recruiting Class

Scout.com - #62 overall class - 1-4*, 10-3*, 10-2*, 2-N/R - 2.52* average
Rivals.com - Unranked (#12 in PAC) class - 0-4*, 13-3*, 8-2*, 2-N/R - 2.57* average

Paulay Asiata OT 6-5 290 Honolulu, HI - 4*/3*
Brent Burnette QB 6-3.5 215 Yuma, AZ - 2*/3* - JUCO
Jermane Clark LB 6-2 200 Oak Ridge, NC - 2*/2*
Brad Cotner OL 6-4 290 Ventura, CA - N-A/N-A - JUCO
Malcolm Creer 5-11 200 Pacific Palisades, CA - 2*/3*
Brady Daigh LB 6-2 230 Denver, CO - 3*/3*
Stevie Dorman QB 6-4 210 Somerset, TX - 3*/3*
DD Goodson WR 5-8 165 Rosenberg, TX - N-A/N-A
Woodson Greer LB 6-2 215 Gardena, CA - 3*/3*
[strike]Rashad Hall RB 6-0 195 Oak Ridge, NC - 2*/2*[/strike]
Will Harlos LB 6-3 200 Somerset, TX - 3*/2*
Sharrard Harrington CB 6-1 170 Washington DC - 2*/3*
Greg Henderson CB 5-9 180 Norco, CA - 2*/2*
[strike]Alex Kelley C 6-3 295 Vista, CA - 3*/3*[/strike]
Tyler McCulloch WR 6-5 195 Albuquerque, NM - 2*/2*
Marc Mustoe OT 6-7 270 Arvada, CO - 3*/3*
Stephane Nembot OT 6-7 270 Van Nuys, CA - 3*/3*
Will Oliver K 5-10 190 North Hollywood, CA - 2*/2*
Juda Parker DE 6-2 230 Honolulu, HI - 3*/3*
Nelson Spruce WR 6-2 195 Westlake Village, CA - 3*/3*
KT Tu'umalo LB 6-2 210 Honolulu, HI - 2*/3*
Austin Vincent WR 6-1 165 DeSoto, TX - 3*/2*
Kyle Washington WR 6-1 200 Florenca, AZ - 2*/2*


2010 Recruiting Class

Scout.com - #70 overall class - 1-4*, 9-3*, 12-2*, 1-N/R- 2.48* average
Rivals.com - Unranked (#11 in PAC) class - 1-4*, 15-3*, 7-2*, 0-N/R - 2.74* average

Cordary Allen RB 6-2 195 Phenix City, AL - 2*/2*
Jered Bell CB 6-0 170 Ontario, CA - 3*/3*
Keenan Canty WR 5-9 148 New Orleans, LA - 2*/2*
Justin Castor K 6-4 175 Arvada, CO - 2*/2*
Kaiwi Crabb OL 6-3 263 Honolulu, HI - 3*/3*
[strike]Donnie Duncan WR 6-0 185 Los Angeles, CA - 2*/3*[/strike]
[strike]Justin Favors TE 6-3 228 Trotwood, OH - 2*/2*[/strike]
Henley Griffon TE 6-5 215 Apopka, FL - 2*/2*
Evan Harrington LB 6-1 225 Santa Clarita, CA - 2*/3* - JUCO
Nick Hirschman QB 6-4 215 Los Gatos, CA - 3*/3*
Tony Jones RB 5-7 185 Ramsey, NJ - 3*/3*
[strike]Trea Jones RB 5-9.5 185 Wake Forest, NC - 2*/3*[/strike]
Alex Lewis OT 6-4 255 Phoenix, AZ - 3*/3*
Harold Mobley TE 6-4 228 Corona, CA - 2*/3*
Daniel Munyer OG 6-3 265 Sherman Oaks, CA - 3*/3*
Kirk Poston DE 6-3 245 Houston, TX - 2*/3*
Paul Richardson WR 6-1 175 Gardena, CA - 4*/4*
Eric Richter OG 6-4 315 Mission Viejo, CA - 2*/3* - JUCO
Kyle Slavin TE 6-5 225 Littleton, CO - 3*/3*
Terrel Smith CB 5-10 185 Wayne, NJ - N-R/2*
[strike]Justin Torres LB 6-1 225 La Mirada, CA - 2*/2*[/strike]
Chidera Uzo-Diribe DE 6-4 227 Corona, CA - 3*/3*
Lowell Williams LB 6-1 205 Missouri City, TX - 3*/3*


2009 Recruiting Class

Scout.com - Ranking unavailable - 1-5*, 0-4*, 9-3*, 9-2*, 1-N/R - 2.60* average
Rivals.com - #48 overall class - 0-5*, 4-4*, 8-3*, 7-2*, 1-N/R - 2.80* average

David Bakhtiari OT 6-4 285 San Mateo, CA - 2*/2*
Nate Bonsu DT 6-2 265 Allen, TX - 2*/3*
Jarrod Darden WR 6-5 205 Keller, TX - 3*/3*
[strike]Clark Evans QB 6-3 221 Los Alamitos, CA - 3*/3*[/strike]
Zach Grossnickle K 6-3 185 Denver, CO - 3*/2*
Gus Handler OG 6-3 265 Barrington, IL - 2*/2*
Jack Harris OT 6-6.5 280 Parker, CO - 3*/4*
Will Jefferson WR 6-0 190 Moreno Valley, CA - N-R/N-R
Nick Kasa DE 6-7 265 Broomfield, CO - 5*/4*
Josh Moten QB 6-1 180 Harbor City, CA - 2*/3*
Liloa Nobriga LB 6-1 210 Las Vegas, NV - 2*/3*
[strike]Edward Nuckols DT 6-2 291 San Marcos, CA - 3*/4*[/strike]
Ayodeji Olatoye S 6-2 180 Dublin, OH - 3*/2*
Parker Orms S 5-11 185 Wheat Ridge, CO - 2*/3*
[strike]Andre Simmons WR 6-3 195 Independence, KS - 3*/4* - JUCO[/strike]
[strike]Shaun Simon C 6-2 310 Tulsa, OK - 2*/2*[/strike]
DeVaughn Thornton TE 6-5 200 Denver, CO - 2*/2*
[strike]Terdema Ussery WR 6-4.5 192 Dallas, TX - 3*/3*[/strike]
Derrick Webb LB 6-0 225 Memphis, TN - 3*/3*
[strike]J. Forrest West DE 6-2 225 Salisbury, CT - 2*/2*[/strike]

2008 Recruiting Class

Scout.com - #27 overall class - 2-5*, 3-4*, 10-3*, 5-2*, 1-N/R - 3.05* average
Rivals.com - #15 overall class - 1-5*, 7-4*, 9-3*, 4-2*, 0-N/R - 3.24* average

[strike]Chance Blackmon WR 6-2 175 Tatum, TX - 3*/3*[/strike]
Curtis Cunningham DT 6-1.5 264 Littleton, CO - 3*/3*
Ryan Dannewitz OT 6-6 265 San Jacinto, CA - 3*/3*
[strike]Jameson Davis K 5-11 190 Eagle, ID - N-R/2*[/strike]
Ryan Deehan TE 6-5 230 Poway, CA - 3*/4*
Vince Ewing S 6-2 200 Carlsbad, CA - 2*/2*
Bryce Givens OT 6-6 265 Denver, CO - 4*/4*
Tyler Hansen QB 6-1.5 195 Temecula, CA - 2*/3*
[strike]Steven Hicks S 6-1 185 Whitehouse, TX - 3*/3*[/strike]
[strike]Lynn Katoa LB 6-2 220 Salt Lake City, UT - 5*/4*[/strike]
Patrick Mahnke S 6-2 190 Highlands Ranch, CO - 2*/3*
Jon Major LB 6-4 225 Parker, CO - 4*/4*
[strike]Shaun Mohler LB 6-3 225 Costa Mesa, CA - 4*/4* - JUCO[/strike]
Will Pericak LB 6-4 240 Boulder, CO - 3*/3*
Ray Polk RB 6-1 190 Phoenix, AZ - 3*/4*
Doug Rippy LB 6-2 217 Trotwood, OH - 3*/3*
[strike]Darrell Scott RB 6-2 215 Ventura, CA - 5*/5*[/strike]
Rodney Stewart RB 5-8 175 Columbus, OH - 2*/2*
Max Tuioti-Mariner OG 6-3 290 Corona, CA - 3*/4*
Paul Vigo LB 6-2 200 New Brunswick, NJ - 2*/2*
[strike]Ryan Wallace TE 6-5 230 Bowling Green, KY - 3*/3*[/strike]

2007 Recruiting Class

Scout.com - #35 overall class - 1-5*, 3-4*, 13-3*, 10-2* - 2.81* average
Rivals.com - #32 overall class - 1-5*, 2-4*, 14-3*, 10-2* - 2.78* average

Ethan Adkins OG 6-4 265 Castle Rock, CO - 3*/3*
Tyler Ahles LB 6-2 235 San Bernardino, CA - 2*/2*
Matt Bahr OT 6-4.5 270 Mission Viejo, CA - 2*/3*
[strike]Matt Ballenger QB 6-3.5 200 Nampa, ID - 3*/3*[/strike]
Blake Behrens OG 6-4 280 Phoenix, AZ - 3*/3*
[strike]Kendrick Celestine WR 6-0 185 Mamou, LA - 3*/3*[/strike]
Shawn Daniels OG 6-3 260 Denver, CO - 3*/3*
[strike]Patrick Gates RB 5-11 195 Mission Viejo, CA - 4*/4* - JUCO[/strike]
Eugene Goree DT 6-4 280 Murfreesboro, TN - 2*/2*
Josh Hartigan LB 6-2 216 Oakland Park, FL - 2*/2*
[strike]Drew Hudgins DE 6-5 240 Highland, KS - 4*/3* - JUCO[/strike]
Mike Iltis OG 6-3 288 Riverview, FL - 2*/2*
[strike]Devan Johnson FB 6-2 220 Pittsburgh, PA - 3*/2*[/strike]
Brian Lockridge RB 5-7.5 175 Mission Viejo, CA - 2*/2*
[strike]Kai Maiava C 6-1 288 Wailuku, HI - 2*/2*[/strike]
Ryan Miller OT 6-8 280 Littleton, CO - 5*/5*
[strike]Nick Nelson QB 6-2 230 Mission Viejo, CA - 3*/2* - JUCO[/strike]
Conrad Obi DE 6-4 245 Loganville, GA - 3*/3*
Anthony Perkins CB 5-11 180 Northglenn, CO - 3*/3*
[strike]Chris Perri DE 6-3 235 Oakland, CA - 2*/2* - JUCO[/strike]
[strike]Lagrone Shields DE 6-2 238 Memphis, TN - 2*/3*[/strike]
[strike]Markques Simas WR 6-2 200 San Diego, CA - 4*/4*[/strike]
[strike]Josh Smith WR 6-1.5 183 Moorpark, CA - 3*/3*[/strike]
[strike]Lamont Smith CB 5-9 163 Pittsburgh, PA - 2*/2*[/strike]
Sione Tau OT 6-6 307 Honolulu, HI - 3*/3*
[strike]Nate Vioumounga S 6-0 200 Corona, CA - 3*/3*[/strike]
[strike]Anthony Wright S 6-1 185 Compton, CA - 3*/3*[/strike]

Name Pos Ht Wt Hometown Scout/Rivals Rating
Unranked players given 2* for averaging purposes
Bold indicates starter
[strike]No longer on team [/strike]
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Behind the Numbers

There is little to say at this point. Not just because there have been only 3 games, but because the performances of the past 2 weeks have been so forgettable. There is little point in using numbers to try to analyze what's happening, because numbers don't tell this story. This team is not performing up to their ability. That's all that needs to be said.

The quality of the opponent is irrelevant. The inability of the opponent to stop a running quarterback matters little if the offense around the quarterback cannot execute. This Buckeye team is their own worst enemy.

For this reason we will choose just one number on each side of the ball to illustrate that the team isn't playing at the level they are capable of and leave it at that. The Silver Bullets are impersonating Bronze BBs by missing tackles in record numbers, so their number is 27... for the tackles they missed against Miami. The offense however is by far the biggest problem in the early going of the 2011 season. Against Toledo and Miami, they managed only 46% as many yards as those teams' other Div. IA opponents gained; or if you prefer, the Buckeyes' Differential Total Offense (DTO) is 0.460.

To put that in perspective, consider this. New Mexico State's horrific team in 2009 had the worst offense of the past 10 years. The Aggies posted a DTO of 0.538 that year.

This is not just a rough start we are seeing for the Buckeyes. This is not growing pains. This is worse offense than Division IA has seen in more than a decade.

OK, OK... Perhaps it is true that other teams have had worse two game stretches; but no team with Ohio State's athletes should be putting up these numbers, not even for a quarter. The Buckeyes will improve. These are fine young men who have pride in the scarlet and grey and they will do what it takes to become the best team they can be.

When that will happen is anyone's guess.​

The Lighter Side

The contributor to The Lighter Side started drinking heavily on Saturday evening. If he ever stops, he may be able to regain his sense of humor.
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Traditions & Opponent Perspective

Colorado has one of the most unique and well-known mascots in all of intercollegiate athletics, a real buffalo named Ralphie. The live buffalo mascot leads the football team out on the field both at the start of the game and second half. It is truly one of the special sights that exist anywhere in college or professional sports, especially for opposing teams, who often stop in their tracks watching the massive buffalo round the end zone and head directly at their sideline. The buffalo first appeared in 1934, three weeks after a contest to select an official school nickname by the Silver & Gold newspaper had come to an end and 'Buffaloes' was the winning entry. For the final game of the '34 season, a group of students paid $25 to rent a buffalo calf along with a real cowboy as his keeper.

The calf was the son of Killer, a famed bison at Trails End Ranch in Fort Collins. It took the cowboy and four students to keep the calf under control on the sidelines, a 7-0 win at the University of Denver on Thanksgiving Day. Prior to 1934, CU athletic teams usually were referred to as the 'Silver and Gold,' but other nicknames teams were sometimes called included Silver Helmets, Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Arapahoes, Big Horns, Grizzlies and Frontiersmen. The student newspaper decided to sponsor a national contest in the summer of 1934, with a $5 prize to go to the author of the winning selection. Entries, over 1,000 in all, arrived from almost every state in the union. 10 days later, the newspaper declared Boulder resident Andrew Dickson the winner, after a follow-up revealed his submission of 'Buffaloes' had actually arrived several days before those of the original winners. Through the years, synonyms which quickly came into use included 'Bisons,' 'Buffs,' 'Thundering Herd,' 'Stampeding Herd,' 'Golden Avalanche,' and 'Golden Buffaloes.'

Live buffaloes made appearances at CU games on and off through the years, usually in a pen on the field or sometimes driven around in a cage; in the 1940s, the school kept a baby buffalo in a special pen at the University Riding Academy. The first named buffalo was 'Mr. Chips,' who appeared for the first time at the 1957 CU Days kickoff rally, as supporter Mahlon White donated him to the school, and it was cared for by a men's honorary. A few years passed between a live mascot on the sideline and the tradition Colorado fans have come to know so well. In 1966, John Lowery, the father of a CU freshman from Lubbock, Texas, donated to the school a six-month old buffalo calf from Sedgewick, Colo. For a while, she was billed as 'Rraalph,' but the origin of the name is in some doubt. Some say it was given by the student body after sounds she allegedly made while running and snorting; others say it was named for Ralph Jay Wallace, the junior class president at the time; and the original handlers will tell a third version. Regardless, an astute fan soon discovered that the buffalo was in fact a female, thus the name alteration to Ralphie.

The initial tradition was for CU's five sophomore class officers to run the buffalo around the stadium in a full loop. They would pick her up from caretaker C.D. 'Buddy' Hays, who kept her at the Green Mountain Riding Stables during the season at Hidden Valley Ranch in the off season. The officers would run her for two hours in the morning to tire her a bit to keep her under control by the time the game started. At the conclusion of the run, the fans would break into the 'Buffalo Stomp,' which would literally shake the stadium in deafening fashion as the team took the field. But CU officials soon had the tradition stopped because of the actual physical damage it was causing. Around that same time, head coach Eddie Crowder was approached with the idea the charging buffalo running out on the field before the game with the team behind right her. Crowder thought it was a great idea, and the debut of this great tradition took place on Oct. 28, 1967, CU's homecoming game against Oklahoma State. Though OSU won the game, 10-7, the tradition was here to stay, though those who had some training in such an endeavor as working with a wild animal eventually replaced the sophomores. The five sophomores appointed themselves as the board of directors of a fundraising effort to bring Ralphie to the '67 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, raising the necessary money through selling stock.

Ralphie attended every CU home football game for 13 years (including all bowls), and retired at the end of the 1978 season. CU's first Ralphie achieved nationally celebrity status, and was even kidnapped in 1970 by some Air Force Academy students as well as being named the school's 1971 Homecoming Queen at the height of the anti-establishment era. In 1976, The Bank of Boulder and its president Steve Bosley, proposed to Crowder they would do a fundraiser to send Ralphie I to the Orange Bowl Game with Ohio State. When a reporter asked Bosley how Ralphie would travel to Miami, he explained that the information was top secret since CU was concerned that Ohio State students would try to kidnap (or 'buffalo-nap') Ralphie. The story of the potential 'buffalo-napping' made newspapers nationwide, featuring a picture of Ralphie in full charge with her handlers. The story stimulated over $25,000 in donations. Ralphie's trip to the Orange Bowl cost $2,500, and the balance was put into a fund for Ralphie's future care.

In 1978, when Ralphie became ill, Bosley organized a search headed by Buddy Hays, who discovered a calf named Moon, short for Moonshine, which was owned by Boulder native Lyn Russell Holt. Holt grew up raising mainly domestic animals, but was an accomplished bull rider in area rodeos who loved buffalo. Bosley, The Bank of Boulder, and bank director Robert Confer bought Moonshine from Holt and donated her to CU. But the name Ralphie had become so popular that former athletic director Eddie Crowder made it permanent. Ralphie II made her first appearance at CU's final home game of the 1978 season. At age 12, after serving the Buffs for 10 years, she passed away on Sept. 19, 1987, following a 31-17 CU win over Stanford. Ralphie III, donated by the C-Club, was pressed into action earlier than anticipated, as she had been in training for the 1988 season. Originally named 'Tequila,' she made her debut on Nov. 7, 1987, when the Buffs beat Missouri, 27-10. After over 10 years of service, she passed away in January 1998, at the age of 13. Ralphie IV was donated to the university by media and sports entrepreneur Ted Turner in 1998. Born in April 1997 on the Flying D Ranch in Gallatin Gateway, Montana, which is a part of Turner Ranches, she was named 'Rowdy' by ranch hands. She was separated from her mother when she was about a month old and was literally found in the jaws of a coyote with bite marks around her neck. She survived the attack and was bottle-fed by the hands for four months. She was released back to the herd but wouldn't bond with them, so the ranch hands took her back in and fed her grasses and grain. It was then that she was donated to CU as a yearling early in the spring of 1998. John Parker, who trained and housed both Ralphie II and III and supervised the early training of Ralphie IV, retired after 12 years of service as caretaker in May 2000. His assistant, Ted Davis, assumed the program duties for the next year, while long-time CU supporters Dale and Lynn Johnson housed Ralphie for the following season.

In the summer of 2001, two former Ralphie Handlers and CU graduates, Ben Frei and Kevin Priola, took over as volunteer directors of the program. Together they coordinate the selection and managing of up to 14 student handlers along with all aspects of training. The program has been managed since 1994 by Gail Pederson, CU Athletic Department Chief of Staff. Ralphie IV made her debut against Colorado State at Mile High Stadium in Denver on September 5, 1998. She has appeared in six bowl games and four Big 12 Championship games. In November 2007, "Ralphie's Salute To A New Era" was held and Ralphie IV was
semi-retired and Ralphie V was officially introduced to the public. Ralphie IV still makes occasional appearances but retired after leading CU on to the field one last time, at the 2008 season opener at Invesco Field in Denver.

Ralphie V, also donated from a Ted Turner Ranch, the Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico, was given to the university in January 2007 as a 325-pound, four-month old calf. She made her debut on April 19, 2008 at CU's annual spring game (which drew a record 17,800 spectators) and her regular season debut five months later on Sept. 6 at Folsom Field. She now weighs in right around 1,200 pounds, and as with all buffalo, can reach speeds up to 25 miles per hour.
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Historical Data

The University of Colorado (Boulder) Founded in 1876, when Colorado became a state (established in 1861)

Football 1st Season: 1890
Stadium: Folsom Field
Constructed: 1924
Seating Capacity: 53,613, elevation: 5,334 feet
Playing Surface: Sportgrass (natural grass)
Conference: Pacific 12 (first year)
Colors: Silver, Gold, and Black
Mascot: Ralphie the Buffalo
College Classification: NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly D-IA) or equivalent since 1937
Conference Championships: 9 Rocky Mountain, 4 Mountain States, 5 Big Eight, 1 Big XII in 2002
Consensus All-Americans: 28, including 2-time selection Barry Helton, and 6 unamimous All-Americans: Eric Bieniemy, Joe Garten, Alfred Williams, Jay Leeuwenburg, Rashaan Salaam, and Daniel Graham
College Hall-of-Famers: 5 - Byron 'Whizzer' White, Joe Romig, Dick 'Andy' Anderson. Bobby Anderson, and Alfred Williams
Pro Hall-of-Famers: 0
Award Winners: 1 Heisman, 1 Walter Camp, 1 Doak Walker, 2 Butkus, 2 Jim Thorpe, 1 Ray Guy, 1 John Mackey
National Championships: 1990 (AP)
Number of final rankings: 18 times in AP, 18 times in Coaches
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Records

All Time: 674-444-36 (.600)
Bowl Games: 12-16-0 (.429) most recently a 24-30 loss to Alabama in the 2007 Independence Bowl
All Time vs the B1G: 35-63-3 (.361), including 18-49-2 (.275) vs Nebraska
All Time vs the Ohio State Buckeyes: 1-3-0 (.250), most recently a 13-10 loss to OSU in 1986. The only bowl matchup was a 27-10 Buckeye win in the Orange Bowl following the 1976 season.
Coach's Record: Jon Embree, 2011, 1-2 (.333)

2010 Season: 5-7 (.417)
Sep 04 - W vs Colorado St (in Denver), 24-3
Sep 11 - L at California, 7-52
Sep 18 - W vs Hawaii, 31-13
Oct 02 - W vs Georgia, 29-27
Oct 09 - L at Missouri, 0-26
Oct 16 - L vs Baylor, 25-31
Oct 23 - L vs Texas Tech, 24-27
Oct 30 - L at Oklahoma, 10-43
Nov 06 - L at Kansas, 45-52
Nov 13 - W vs Iowa State, 34-14
Nov 20 - W vs Kansas State, 44-36
Nov 26 - L at Nebraska, 17-45

2011 Schedule (all times ET)
Sep 03 - L at Hawaii, 17-34
Sep 10 - L vs California, 33-36, OT
Sep 17 - W vs Colorado St (in Denver), 28-14
Sep 24 - at Ohio State, 2:30 p.m.
Oct 01 - Washington State, TBA
Oct 08 - at Stanford, TBA
Oct 15 - at Washington, TBA
Oct 22 - Oregon, TBA
Oct 29 - at Arizona State, TBA
Nov 04 - Southern Cal, 9:00 p.m.
Nov 12 - Arizona, TBA
Nov 19 - at UCLA, TBA
Nov 25 - at Utah, 3:30 p.m.​

Links

Official Sites:
Official School Site - The University of Colorado - Boulder
Student Newspaper - The CU Independent
Official Athletic Site - CUBuffs.com
Official Conference Site - The PAC-12 Conference

Message Boards & Team Pages:
Message Board - NetBuffs (Independent)
Message Board - BuffStampede (Rivals)
Message Board - AllBuffs (Independent)
Message Board - Buffalo Sports News (Scout)
Team Page - ESPN
Team Page - USA Today
Team Page - Fox Sports
Team Page - Sporting News
Team Page - CBS Sportsline
Team Page - CNN/SI
Team Page - Yahoo Sports
Team Page - Covers

Local News Sources:
Denver Rocky Mountain News - Local News
Denver Post - Local News
Boulder News - Local News
Boulder Weekly - Local News
KMGH - ABC Denver
KCNC - CBS Denver
KDVR - Fox Denver
KUSA - NBC Denver
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Note: Statistical data was complied using a variety of sources, including:
Stassen (Chris Stassen) - Data
College Football Data Warehouse - Data
American College Football-RSFC (Dave Wilson) - Data
D1A Football (Formerly WALJ 10 College Football) - Data
National Champs.net - Data

Link to 2011 Colorado Buffaloes Game Preview​