Colorado Buffaloes NCAA Football News

It'll be interesting to see what the Colorado Buffaloes try on offense in 2010. For the first time in Dan Hawkins' tenure, there's reason for encouragement.

Michael Sipili at a CU scrimmage in August. Cliff Grassmick University of Colorado linebacker Michael Sipili is due in court Tuesday on charges that he drove without a license and with expired license plates in August.

A year after a controversial Big 12 Conference tiebreaker cost the Longhorns a spot in the league title game and the opportunity to parlay that into a shot at the national championship, they're right where they want to be.

There were not many highlights for the University of Colorado football team this season, but senior Riar Geer did enough to make the Associated Press All Big 12 first team.

The run includes 483 yards against Central Florida, 479 against Texas A&M and 425 against Kansas A true winner: Has led UT to its first 12-0 regular-season record and, in combination with his 12-1 mark last season, became the first starting QB in the history of the program to register consecutive 12-victory seasons.

It should be noted that Colorado used its sixth starting combination on the offensive line in Friday's season-ending loss to Nebraska.

Senior quarterback Nathan Grimes threw for 178 yards and ran for 167 in Saturday's Class 5A semifinal victory over Fairview.

Zac Lee has to outplay the not-so-dynamic duo of Tyler Hansen and Cody Hawkins. You're busy with turkey, stuffing, yams and the blowout game on the TV in the background.

Aric Goodman had a slump last season where he missed eight straight field goals at one point.

For the fans of both Nebraska and Colorado who sat in the shadows of the Flatirons on Friday, the performance that played out at Folsom Field was maddeningly predictable.The Buffaloes played to their season-long form.

The turning point that began the Colorado Buffaloes' spiral came when Nebraska kicker Alex Henery just cleared the crossbar with a 57-yard field goal in Lincoln last year with the Cornhuskers trailing by a point in the closing minutes.

What does University of Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn have to say to doubters and detractors who contend he's sticking with football coach Dan Hawkins only because he couldn't come up with the $3.1 million buyout and the millions more it would take to replace him? Twelve seconds of silence.

If he had it to do over again, Colorado coach Dan Hawkins told reporters earlier this week he would have toned down his personal hyperbole when he predicted 10 wins this season.

The Nebraska-Colorado game in recent years has more often foretold the fate of soon-to-be-fired coaches than determined Big 12 North supremacy.

NU still unranked by AP 3:41 p.m. Four straight wins and a Big 12 North title aren't enough to get Nebraska back into the Associated Press Top 25 just yet.

That faint flicker of light representing Colorado's lone hope for a successful season turned out to be nothing more than another stoplight on the road here Saturday.

Colorado quarterback Tyler Hansen has returned after leaving the Buffaloes' game at No.

THURSDAY: College capsules including Colorado-Oklahoma State Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 17:56 THURSDAY: LAST WEEK: Colorado lost at Iowa State, 17-10. Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech, 24-17. SERIES HISTORY: Colorado leads, 26-17-1. LAST MEETING: Oklahoma State won, 30-17, last year.

When senior cornerback Cha'pelle Brown arrived at the University of Colorado in 2006, he said he had hopes of playing for a Big 12 Conference championship or, at the very least, winning a bowl game.

It could be said that the struggling Colorado football program has been consistent in at least one aspect of the game.