Category Archives: Colorado Buffaloes

Colorado Get’s Their Football Coach

Posted on by
Reply

Pac 12 Teams Colorado

Finally, our long winter, err late fall of Colorado’s discontent is over.  Or at least that is what the Buffalos are hoping for ever since they ‘fired’ Wayne Embree.  Out of the wilderness the Man to Lead Colorado is Mike MacIntyre.  Who? Yes that Mike MacIntyre from the runner-up team in the Football Power , the WAC.  A team who is on it’s way to the Mountain West Conference.

Colorado has hired State Mike MacIntyre as its , the school announced Monday.

MacIntyre replaces Jon Embree, who was fired two weeks ago. Embree went 4-21 in two seasons with the Buffaloes.

MacIntyre turned around the San Jose State program this year. The Spartans went 10-2 and are headed to the Military Bowl. They play Bowling Green on Dec. 27. It’s not clear whether MacIntyre will coach the Spartans in that game.

San Jose State went 5-1 in the Western Athletic Conference this year.

MacIntyre, 47, took over a 2-10 squad three years ago after serving as Duke’s defensive coordinator.

He has also been a secondary coach with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets and was an assistant at Mississippi for five years.

Colorado went 1-11 this season (1-8 in the Pac-12), the worst mark in the school’s 123-year history.

Embree had three years left on his contract.

Colorado AD Changes his Mind Fires Jon Embree

Posted on by
1

Pac 12 Football Teams Colorado Coaching Change

If you don’t win in the as a football team, it will not be long  before you are out of a job.  Just ask Cal Coach Ted Telford who was let go less than a week ago. Now you can ask Colorado, ask Colorado AD Mike Bonn and ask .  

Jon Embree is out at Colorado after , two sources told CBSSports.com Sunday afternoon. The Buffs went 4-21 in his two seasons at CU. This year Embree’s team went 1-11.

Less than 48 hours ago, Embree told reporters that Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn had assured him he will return in 2013. But on Sunday afternoon the coach was informed by the AD of the change.

The 47-year-old former CU tight end had replaced Dan Hawkins who spent five years at Colorado and went 19-39.

Reggie Dunn Breaks NCAA Football Record

Posted on by
Reply

Pac 12 Football Teams Reggie Dunn

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Reggie Dunn got his hands on the football just one time Friday, and that’s all he needed to send Utah past Colorado 42-35, sealing the worst season in the Buffaloes’ storied history.

“I can’t for the life of me figure out why they kicked to Reggie Dunn,” Kyle Whittingham said. “But we’re glad they did.”

Utah’s last two opponents, Washington and Arizona, used short kickoffs to keep the ball away from the NCAA record-holding returner, and the Buffs used booming touchbacks at altitude to do the same thing for most of the afternoon.

Yet, following Marques Mosley’s 100-yard kickoff return for a Colorado score, Buffaloes kicker Zach Grossnickle booted it right to Dunn, who responded with his own 100-yard TD return 13 seconds after Mosley’s to break a 35-35 tie.

Buffaloes coach Jon Embree didn’t say exactly why the Buffaloes kicked off to Dunn, but he did say there were some substitutes on the coverage team.

“We had some guys that were hurt, so we had to put some other guys in there,” he said. “They got hurt like two plays before, so there was a little bit of chaos.”

Dunn extended his NCAA record with his fifth career 100-yard kickoff return — and his fourth this season.

“That’s got to be the most memorable, man,” said Dunn, a senior. “The of my collegiate career and to end a game like that, unbelievable.”

Continue Reading Teams

Utah football: Utes make mark on Pac-12 All-Academic Team Walnut Creek, Calif. • The Pac-12 Conference office announced the 2012 Football All-Academic Team today and Utah led the first-team selections with five. The Utes also placed four players on the second team and another five earned honorable mention …

Recap: Colorado vs. Utah Jon White rushed 20 times for 168 yards and a touchdown as the Utah Utes closed out their season with a 42-35 win over the Colorado Buffaloes in aPac-12 Conference bout at Folsom Stadium. Travis Wilson completed 13-of-25 attempts for 128 yards and …

Utah 42, Colorado 35  Reggie Dunn responded to Marques Mosley’s 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with one of his own 13 seconds later, and Utah used five takeaways to outlast Colorado 42-35 on Friday. The Utes (5-7, 3-6 Pac-12) doubled their season total with …

Final — Utah Utes 42, Colorado Buffs 35 Buffs finish 1-11 overall and 1-8 in the Pac-12. Utah Utes 42 … And Utah’s Reggie Dunn answers with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to give the lead with 8:12 left. … Travis Wilson runs for a 9-yard touchdown to give Utah the …

UCLA Backs Into PAC-12 Football Championship Game

Posted on by
Reply

buy Nexium online rel=”attachment wp-att-1438″>Pac 12 Football Championship LogoPac 12 Football UCLA

UCLA should thank UTAH for their inept showing against Colorado in last Fridays Pac 12 Football game in Salt Lake City.  Or, UCLA should thank the Buffalo’s with their stunning upset of the UTES when Colorado deified the odds (Utah was by 20 points) to defeat Utah on their home field.

That’s about all you can say about the way the Pac-12 South football title chase ended over the weekend.

The first embarrassment was Utah’s 17-14 loss Friday afternoon to a Colorado team that was clearly the worst in the conference this year. They say anything can happen on a given Saturday, but the Utes clearly weren’t ready to play in an abysmal first-half performance when they were outgained 254-39 and had one measly first down.

The second came Friday night when an Arizona State team that had been ranked in the top 25 in the nation for much of the year, dropped its fourth straight game — the fourth straight game it was the favorite — a streak which kept the Sun Devils out of what seemed an almost sure berth in the Pac-12 title game.

The third embarrassment came Saturday night when UCLA, which had already backed into the thanks to Utah’s loss, was crushed by cross-town rival USC 50-0. Fifty to nothing!

>>Continue reading Pac 12 Football

” Oregon set to host UCLA in first Pac-12 championship” By Anne M. Peterson / The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — coach believes he deserves to keep his job. He also realizes that many fans won’t agree unless the Bruins manage an enormous upset victory in the Pac-12 title game …

College Football Rivalry Weekend’s Winners and Losers More than its humiliating 50-0 Saturday loss to USC, UCLA became the weekend’s punching bag for backing into the Pac-12 championship game because of USC’s postseason bowl and conference championship ban. Coach Rick Neuheisel could be out following what …

Pac-12 Championship Game 2011, UCLA Vs. Oregon – Rick Neuheisel: ‘Every Time … The UCLA Bruins and embattled head coach Rick Neuheisel will have their hands full Friday night in the inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship Game against the No. 4 Oregon Ducks. The Bruins are coming off a humiliating 50-0 defeat at the hands of the …

UCLA expected to fire Neuheisel (AP Photo/Jae Hong) (Jae Hong) UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel is expected to be fired following Friday’s Pacific-12 Conference Championship Game, according to reports published Sunday. The Orange County Register reported that Neuheisel is expected

Oregon Set to Roll Colorado

Posted on by
22

Pac 12 Football Oregon vs Colorado

Thousands of Colorado and Oregon will walk into on Saturday afternoon to watch the Buffs take on No. 9 Oregon with one question on their minds — How bad is it going to be?

It’s a depressing way for any fan on the wrong end of that question to start a fall Saturday, but it is the reality here in Boulder in 2011 with an already thin roster having been further depleted by injuries and suspensions.

Colorado just can’t compete with the elite teams in the Pac-12 Conference and Oregon certainly qualifies as that. After all, the Ducks are the defending and played in the national title game last season.

Barring a dumbfounding upset, CU (1-6, 0-3) will be eliminated from bowl contention today for the fourth consecutive season and will be assured of a losing autumn on the gridiron for the sixth straight year.

“This team hasn’t been beaten much, so I don’t know if there is a ‘blueprint’ out there,” CU coach Jon Embree said this week when asked for a recipe for that upset. “We feel good about our game plan and what we have set up is going to give us a chance. We’ll be huge underdogs, but that is all right. It is really a matter of us focusing on us.”

Oregon is the nation’s third highest scoring team. Colorado has surrendered a combined 100 points in the last two weeks in blowout losses at Stanford and Washington. Those facts are why CU fans will try not to cringe as they nestle into their seats and why Oregon fans are counting on a party in a stadium that has become much too accustomed of late to celebrations by the visitors.

CU is a 31-point underdog at home and that spread might not be enough. Oregon has won five straight since dropping its season opener on a neutral field in Dallas to LSU, the No. 1 team in the nation. The Ducks have won 15 straight .

>>Read More Pac 12 Football

Ducks minus DT, LaMike still 4 TD faves 6, 2010 file photo, Oregon running back LaMichael James smiles on the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Washington in Eugene, Ore. Big things are expected from the Ducks, who went 12-1 last season, captured their …

Series Classic: Buffs’ Last Stand Sinks Oregon Next up for the Buffs were the Oregon Ducks who stood between CU and their first 2-0 start since 1978. CU took an early 14-0 lead before Oregon scored 17 unanswered to take a 17-14 lead into the final quarter. Hatcher led an 87-yard drive that he …

College buy Metabo Extreme online football capsules: October 22, 2011 Oregon attempts to remain unbeaten in the Pac-12 North Division. The Ducks could be without quarterback Darron Thomas (left leg) and starting tailback LaMichael James (elbow). Oregon faces a Buffaloes defense that’s been devastated by injuries and …

Oregon-Colorado preview: Depleted Buffaloes should be no match for No. 9 Ducks … By Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian Oregon Ducks football: Previewing Ducks-Buffaloes with Aaron Fentress It’s likely to be a lopsided result in Boulder, Ducks beat reporter Aaron Fentress says, and perhaps more intriguing than the game itself