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Colorado Daily – Oregon State
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October 8th
… CU in a few minutes …
Neill Woelk – CU goals are simplified: Go 1-0 this week
From CUBuffs.com … With a return to the Pac-12 championship game now a long, long shot — at best — the Colorado Buffaloes can reset their focus.
Win a Pac-12 game and turn the tide.
Nothing more needs be in their sights.
Don’t worry about a bowl game. Don’t worry about what possibilities might still exist as far as the Pac-12 title chase is concerned. Don’t worry about the math involved and the remaining schedule when it comes to becoming eligible for the postseason.
Concentrate on going to Oregon State next weekend and getting a win. Nothing else need be on the Buffs’ minds, because truth is, nothing else matters. Speculation and long-term guesswork need not be part of the equation.
The numbers now are quite simple: CU needs to go 1-0 next week.
… Continue reading story here …
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Phillip Lindsay continues to re-write the CU record book
From CUBuffs.com … Tailback Phillip Lindsay (41-281, three touchdowns rushing; 3-39, 1 touchdown receiving; 320 all-purpose yards)
He became CU’s all‐time leader in all‐purpose yards with 4,989, passing Rodney Stewart (4,669 from 2008‐11);
The 320 all‐purpose yards were the seventh most in school history;
Top five rushing games in CU history:
Yds (att-td) Player Opponent Date
342 (34-1) Charlie Davis OKLAHOMA STATE Nov. 13, 1971
317 (35-1) Rashaan Salaam at Texas Oct. 1, 1994
309 (25-2) Chris Brown at Kansas Oct. 12, 2002
281 (41-3) Phillip Lindsay ARIZONA Oct. 7, 2017
259 (29-2) Rashaan Salaam Iowa State Nov. 19, 1994
He now has 3,043 rushing yards, as he moved from sixth to fourth passing Charlie Davis (2,958, 1971‐73) and Bobby Purify (3,016, 2000‐04). He trails Eric Bieniemy (3,940, 1987‐90), Rodney Stewart (3,598, 2008‐11) and Rashaan Salaam (3,057, 1991‐93) as he is the fifth to eclipse 3,000 yards.
This was his ninth career 100‐yard game and second career 200‐yard effort;
His three touchdowns/18 points gave him 198 for his career, tying Rashaan Salaam for seventh all‐time (this was also his third career three-touchdown game, the others coming against Arizona and Arizona State last year);
He has scored at least one rushing TD in all six games, and became the fifth CU player to score 30 career rushing touchdowns;
He is closing in on 4,000 yards from scrimmage, with 3,912 total (3,043 rush, 869 receiving); a reminder he is also bidding to become CU’s first‐ever 1,000/1,000‐yard rusher/receiver;
17 first downs earned: tied the school mark for the most by a non‐quarterback (16 rush, 1 receiving; matched Rashaan Salaam at Texas, Oct. 1, 1994 (15, 2);
41 rushing attempts broke the 40‐year old school record (40‐170, James Mayberry vs.Kansas State in Boulder, Nov. 19, 1977).
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Stuart
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Colorado Daily – Oregon State
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October 8th
… CU in a few minutes …
Neill Woelk – CU goals are simplified: Go 1-0 this week
From CUBuffs.com … With a return to the Pac-12 championship game now a long, long shot — at best — the Colorado Buffaloes can reset their focus.
Win a Pac-12 game and turn the tide.
Nothing more needs be in their sights.
Don’t worry about a bowl game. Don’t worry about what possibilities might still exist as far as the Pac-12 title chase is concerned. Don’t worry about the math involved and the remaining schedule when it comes to becoming eligible for the postseason.
Concentrate on going to Oregon State next weekend and getting a win. Nothing else need be on the Buffs’ minds, because truth is, nothing else matters. Speculation and long-term guesswork need not be part of the equation.
The numbers now are quite simple: CU needs to go 1-0 next week.
… Continue reading story here …
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Phillip Lindsay continues to re-write the CU record book
From CUBuffs.com … Tailback Phillip Lindsay (41-281, three touchdowns rushing; 3-39, 1 touchdown receiving; 320 all-purpose yards)
He became CU’s all‐time leader in all‐purpose yards with 4,989, passing Rodney Stewart (4,669 from 2008‐11);
The 320 all‐purpose yards were the seventh most in school history;
Top five rushing games in CU history:
Yds (att-td) Player Opponent Date
342 (34-1) Charlie Davis OKLAHOMA STATE Nov. 13, 1971
317 (35-1) Rashaan Salaam at Texas Oct. 1, 1994
309 (25-2) Chris Brown at Kansas Oct. 12, 2002
281 (41-3) Phillip Lindsay ARIZONA Oct. 7, 2017
259 (29-2) Rashaan Salaam Iowa State Nov. 19, 1994
He now has 3,043 rushing yards, as he moved from sixth to fourth passing Charlie Davis (2,958, 1971‐73) and Bobby Purify (3,016, 2000‐04). He trails Eric Bieniemy (3,940, 1987‐90), Rodney Stewart (3,598, 2008‐11) and Rashaan Salaam (3,057, 1991‐93) as he is the fifth to eclipse 3,000 yards.
This was his ninth career 100‐yard game and second career 200‐yard effort;
His three touchdowns/18 points gave him 198 for his career, tying Rashaan Salaam for seventh all‐time (this was also his third career three-touchdown game, the others coming against Arizona and Arizona State last year);
He has scored at least one rushing TD in all six games, and became the fifth CU player to score 30 career rushing touchdowns;
He is closing in on 4,000 yards from scrimmage, with 3,912 total (3,043 rush, 869 receiving); a reminder he is also bidding to become CU’s first‐ever 1,000/1,000‐yard rusher/receiver;
17 first downs earned: tied the school mark for the most by a non‐quarterback (16 rush, 1 receiving; matched Rashaan Salaam at Texas, Oct. 1, 1994 (15, 2);
41 rushing attempts broke the 40‐year old school record (40‐170, James Mayberry vs.Kansas State in Boulder, Nov. 19, 1977).
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Stuart
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