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CU SPORTS INDEX

Club Sports: ............. 3

Intramurals: ............ 6

Volleyball:............... 12

Soccer:................... 16

Men’s basketball:... 21

Women’s basketball:............................... 22

Football schedule:.. 28

Nick Kasa:.............. 29

Doug Rippy:............ 30

Darrell Scott: ......... 33

Andre Simmons:..... 36

Special teams: ....... 40

Ringo’s advice:....... 42

Academics:............. 46

Buffs roster:.......... 49

Oklahoma:.............. 54

Kansas State: ........ 57

Texas: ................... 59

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CLUB SPORTSOn the field

Kevin Litinsky, right, goalie for the University of Colorado’s club hockey team, makes a save during practice at the Recreation Center earlier thisyear. File photo Zak Wood

Feeding an athletic hungerMore than 1,000CU studentsparticipate in ClubSports each year

By Mark CollinsFor the Colorado Daily

S o you’re an athlete used totesting your skills againstothers since you were a

tyke.You’re headed to college to

focus on the classroom.But your mind keeps

wandering back toward theplaying field, ski slopes or runningtrack.

What do you do with yourcompetitive streak when you’renot a varsity athlete?

Some 1,500 students at theUniversity of Colorado each yearfeed their athletic hunger in theBoulder campus’ Club Sportsprogram.

CU sponsors teams in 35different sports. Unlike intramuralsports, where students formteams and play against other CUstudents, club teams competeagainst clubs from otheruniversities around the nation.

The CU Club Sports program isrecognized as one of the top clubprograms in the country. When aCU club team shows up to a

tournament, the competition takesnotice, said Kris Schoech, co-coordinator of CU club sports.

“We sent 21 teams out of 35 to

compete for a nationalchampionship last year,” Schoechsaid.

Among the most successful CUclub teams in years past are itscycling (12 national titles), men’shockey (two titles), men’s andwomen’s soccer (three titles),swimming (two titles) andtriathlon (11 titles) teams.

Some sports are popularenough that more than one clubteam is formed.

“We have two men’s hockeyteams,” Schoech said. “There’salways 90 guys trying out for 50spots.”

Soccer typically fields three

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Check it outOrganizational meetings formost University of ColoradoClub Sports teams takeplace the first week ofclasses. Call the ClubSports office at303-492-5274 or visit theprogram online atwww.colorado.edu/rec-center/clubsports fordetails.

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A player on the University of Colorado’s women’s club lacrosse team moves the ball up the field during apractice at Kittredge Field earlier this year. File photo Zak Wood

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women’s and two men’s teams.“Soccer is really big here

because the amount ofinternational students that are atCU,” Schoech said.

While hockey and soccerrequires students to make itthrough a round of tryouts to playon the team, some sports are opento everyone.

“Non-traditional sports that arepopular are the triathlon, cyclingand snowboarding,” said co-coordinator Patty McConnell.“Everyone can participate, itdoesn’t matter what level, if you’rebeginner or advanced.”

Club teams have part-timecoaches.

“Most clubs practice threetimes a week,” McConnell said.

Each team receives a smallamount of financial support fromthe club sports program, enough

to pay coaches and outfit theteams with equipment anduniforms. The biggest part of theteams’ budgets, though, goestoward travel.

Most of the CU teams travel tothree or four competitions eachyear.

“Our clubs probably raise closeto $500,000 a year,” Schoech said.“Ninety percent of that goestoward travel.”

Funds come from player dues,fundraising activities anddonations. The club sportsprogram has recently joined withthe CU Alumni Association todevelop a database of former CUclub athletes, as part of afundraising effort, Schoech said.

Several club teams hold annualalumni games, where formerathletes come back to CU andcompete.

While each club team has itsown coach and receives supportfrom the club sports office,

students run the teams, Schoechsaid.

“We really push studentdevelopment,” he said. “We wantthe students to run it, we wantthem to organize and setschedules. Coaches are strictlyhere to coach.”

With a few exceptions, such asthe snow sports, equestrian, crew,kayaking, fly fishing and baseball— the baseball team practices inSuperior — the teams usefacilities on the CU campus forworkouts. Each team has its ownWeb site, where team membersand fans can keep track ofupcoming competitions.

And competition is the drivingforce behind Club Sports,Schoech said.

“These students could probablyplay Division I or Division II, butthey come here for the(academics) and they still want tobe able to compete at a very highlevel,” Schoech said.

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Andru O’Farrill scores past the grab attempt of Nick Bailey during intramural flag football in the Universityof Colorado’s practice bubble earlier this year. File photo Cliff Grassmick

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Michelle Elvig, a junior at CU,plays several intramural sportswith her friends. In years past,she’s played volleyball, indoorand outdoor soccer.

“It’s a good excuse for us to

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She’s the intramuralscoordinator for the Alpha KaiOmega sorority at CU, as well.Playing with other members ofher sorority is a good way to get

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to know sisters she wouldn’totherwise become friends with,she added.

Elvig and her friends are inthe majority at CU. More thanhalf of the Boulder campus’students play intramurals.

“Typically, over the full schoolyear, we have 16,000 studentsparticipate,” said Annie Mulvany,intramural coordinator at CU.

The intramurals program atCU offers competition in 11different sports, plus threeadditional tournament sports.They range from traditionalsports such as basketball, flag

football, volleyball and soccer toinnertube water polo, broomballand dodgeball.

The dodgeball league hasboomed the past several years,especially in the wake of the2004 movie “Dodgeball: A TrueUnderdog Story.”

“It’s one of our most popularsports,” Mulvany said. “We fillthe league each session with 80teams.

“That movie really helped. Allthe teams dress up. They’ll wearthe sweatbands and headbands.But they’re very serious, too.”

Broomball is played on an icerink, but in gym shoes, insteadof skates. Players use a broom-

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like stick and a ball, and therules are similar to ice hockey.

There are outdoor and indoorsoccer leagues, and a three-on-three soccer tournament isscheduled, too.

“Soccer is huge here so we tryto do some variations to it,”Mulvany said. “We do aweeklong tournament and theycome out and play four or fivegames throughout the week.”

Students can participateindividually in the intramural100/1000 Mile Club. Thatprogram challenges participantsto log 100 miles during asemester, or reach the1,000-mile mark during thecourse of a year, in variousexercise routines, such asrunning, cycling, stationarybiking or on the ellipticalmachine.

“Once they complete it, theyget an intramural T-shirt,”Mulvany said. “It’s really justtrying to get people active.”

Though there is no limit onthe number of students who cansign up for the 100/1000 MileClub, other sports have limits.Most fill to their capacity, andregistration is taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

“The key is to get yourregistration in early,” Mulvanysaid.

Registration for mostintramural teams takes placefrom Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 in the CURecreation Center. Team feesrange from $20 (fortournaments) to $125, but mostare in the $40-$60 range.

If you want to play, but none ofyour friends do, you can find ateam as a free agent. One way tofind a team is to attend the BuffRoundUp, a meet-and-greet forfree agents and those looking toform or add players to theirteams. The Buff RoundUp isscheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday inthe Rec Center.

The intramural program hasalso started a Facebook groupfor students looking to join orform intramural teams. Find thatat the CU Intramurals FreeAgents page at Facebook.com.

Unlike club sports, wheresome teams require students totry out, there are no “cuts” inintramurals. And, unless yourteam is more ambitious thanmost, there are no practices.

“It’s not a big timecommitment,” Elvig said. “Youcan just show up once a weekand have fun.”

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In addition, registrationfor the four-on-four sandvolleyball tournament andthree-on-three soccertournament take placeSept. 8-10. Thosetournaments are scheduledfor the week of Sept. 15.

Free agents can checkout the CU Intramurals FreeAgents page onFacebook.com to find ateam. Or, show up for theBuff RoundUp, aninformational meeting forthose interested in joiningor forming teams, at 5 p.m.Tuesday at the CURecreation Center.

For more details on CUintramurals, call303-492-2893 or visitwww.colorado.edu/rec-center/intramrualsports

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New University of Colorado volleyball coach Liz Kritza, left, and members of her team talk to the mediaearlier this month. For the Colorado Daily Cliff Grassmick

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extremely difficult circumstances.Four years ago, she became the

head coach at Tulane, her almamater, and then HurricaneKatrina devastated New Orleans.

The Green Wave finished 5-16in 2005, 15-11 in 2006, 28-6 in 2007and won its first conferencechampionship last season.

So how much rebuilding isthere to do at Colorado?

“We’re way ahead becausethere’s not a hurricane coming,”Kritza said during media day atthe Dal Ward Center.

Like Dan Hawkins three yearsago and Jeff Bzdelik two yearsago, Kritza didn’t inherit a lot ofdepth at CU. The 2009 roster only

includes 11 players right now,although the first-year coach saidadding a body or two before fallclasses begins is still a possibility.

That doesn’t mean some of thetalent in place is going to patientlywait for more help to arrive oncampus.

“We’re not waiting for yearthree. We’re doing this now,”insists junior middle blockerSchylur Edelman. “We’re ready toplay and turn this program into atop 10 program.”

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Kritza, a Colorado Springsnative, was pleased to hear one ofher leaders express theconfidence that appeared to belacking down the stretch lastseason. The Buffs inexplicablyfollowed up their upset victoryover then No. 2 and undefeatedNebraska with seven losses intheir final eight games.

The 13-16 finish cost Pi’i Aui hisjob, despite compiling a 199-154record during his 12 seasons onthe bench.

“That’s what we’re working onnow is taking the full potentialthat we have in our team andreally reaching that,” Edelmansaid. “The new coaches arepushing us harder than we’ve everbeen pushed before and we’restarting to realize, ‘Hey, we can dothis.’ ...

“It has definitely been an eyeopener.”

After being hired by athleticdirector Mike Bohn on Feb. 10,Kritza quickly established a moregrueling offseason conditioningprogram and put the Buffsthrough a difficult spring season.

“I think it’s great to have suchhigh expectations of our team,”sophomore Rosie Steinhaus said.“You go into practice knowing it’sgoing to be draining, bothmentally and physically, but in theend it’s all going to be worth it.”

Kritza said recruiting Coloradowill be a priority if CU is to climbthe ladder in the Big 12. SeniorKaitlyn Burkett went to the samehigh school (St. Mary’s) as hernew coach but is one of only threein-state players on the roster.

“We have a wonderful chanceto build the foundation of aprogram that will challenge for anational championship,” Kritzasaid. “It has to start somewhere.”

2009 rosterEdelman, Schylur, MB, 6-1, Jr.,

SterlingLindroth, Sofia, OH, 5-8, Jr.,

EdwardsSchroeder, Kerra, OH, 6-0, Fr.,

San Diego, Calif.Martell, Kristin, MB/RS, 6-1, So.,

The Woodlands, TexasKinzer, Nikki, MB, 6-2, Fr.,

Colorado SpringsSteinhaus, Rosie, OH, 6-1, RSo.,

Flagstaff, Ariz.Cyr, Megan, S, 6-0, RFr., St.

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Colorado SpringsRibar, Ellen, S, 5-10, Fr.,

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N ot many coaches getchoked up during theirmedia day press

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Hempen to answer questionsabout what Nikki Marshall hasmeant to the Colorado soccerprogram without gettingemotional.

Even when the Buffs’ star issitting right next to him happy,healthy and ready to play every

minute of her senior season forhim.

“Nikki is going to be one ofthose players that I will be tellingstories about for a long time,”Hempen said during media day atthe Dal Ward Center.

Marshall (76 career points)enters her final collegiate seasonranked third on CU’s all-timescoring list behind Fran Munnelly(84 points, 2002-05) and KatieGriffin (78 points, 2003-06).

Last season the Mead legendscored eight goals, including fourgame-winners, to help lead theBuffs back into the NCAATournament.

An otherwise impressive 14-5-4campaign ended in bitterdisappointment as the Buffs were

upset 1-0 by South Dakota in thefirst round. Marshall, who wasunable to be a part of CU’spostseason due to hercommitment to the U20 nationalteam, was as stunned to learn of

the result as the six outgoingseniors who experienced thepunch-to-the-gut defeat.

“I was at the (U20) World Cupand I remember we filled outsome brackets, just for fun, and I

put my team all the way throughto the championship game andsaid we were going to win,”Marshall said. “I truly believedwith my whole heart that we couldmake it that far, and it was prettydisappointing when I heard.

“I don’t know whether or not Icould have made a difference. Itjust killed me. I think it drove ushard in the offseason for sure.”

Practices for the 2009 seasonare already underway, whichmeans Hempen and his staff havestarted putting together a newpuzzle after losing MichelleWenino, Alex Cousins, NikkiKeller, Gianna DeSaverio, KirstinRadlinski and AmberBettenhausen to graduation.

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Sophomores Kelly Butler (13points) and Kate Russell (11points) return to the startinglineup, along with defenderCaroline Danneberg andgoaltender Kara Linder.

“Watching how disappointedthe seniors were last year afterlosing in the first round to SouthDakota and knowing that we weregoing to be seniors next yeardefinitely drove us,” Linder said.“We want to be leaders on theteam and strive for more.”

Marshall was one of only twomembers of America’s U20 WorldCup championship team to playevery minute of every game. Shewill be a marked woman this fall,but Hempen says that won’t slowCU’s best player down.

“We have some other playersthat a lot of other people don’tknow about. No one knew aboutNikki, so she was able to kind ofgo under the radar her freshmanyear and kind of blow people outof the water,” Hempen said. “Thegood news is I think there areother really good players on ourteam who will have opportunities.And she’s a senior and she won’tstop. I’ve seen her beat two andthree players.

“So if they want to put twodefenders on her, go ahead, she’llbeat them too.”

CU’s roster includes sevenfreshmen, including midfielderShayelyn Marshall. Yes, she’sNikki’s sister.

“I think it’s going to be anincredible experience,” Nikki

Marshall, who played withShayelyn for one season atSkyline High School, said of beingon the same team as her sisteragain. “Family is my backbone.”

Per usual, Hempen has loadedCU’s schedule with some of thebest programs in the country,including a brutal three-gamestretch against potential top 10teams in Florida, Stanford andSanta Clara.

And it’s already obvious thatsenior day on Oct. 20 is going toget emotional when NikkiMarshall plays at Prentup Fieldfor the final time.

“Nikki will leave here certainlyas one of the most decoratedplayers we’ve had, but you’d behard pressed to get her to talk

about that,” Hempen said. “Herlegacy here will live on. And I useit as often as I can in recruiting.”

2009 rosterLinder, Kara, GK, 5-9, Sr.,

Lincoln, Neb.Newlin, Kelci, D, 5-6, So., AuroraMenachof, Kelly, M, 5-4, Sr.,

Castle RocRoss, Kelly, D, 5-7, Sr., SuperiorLowry, Kym, D, 5-5, Jr.,

Vancouver, Wash.Johnson, Kellis, GK, 5-8, Sr., San

Anselmo, Calif.Fitzpatrick, Kassidy, M, 5-7, So.,

Pleasanton, Calif.Butler, Kelly, M, 5-7, So.,

Naperville, Ill.Russell, Kate, M, 5-7, So.,

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LongmontVitacca, Taryn, D, 5-8, Jr., 1L,

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It reads: “We’ve lost 11 games byan average of four points per game.What have you done today toimprove yourself and Coloradobasketball for tomorrow?”

That question has permeated theCU team since they ended the2008-09 season with a 9-22 record,including a 1-16 mark against Big12 opponents.

If the Buffs had won seven of the11 contests they lost by an averageof two buckets, they would havehad a winning season.

“The bottom line was we weren’tdeep enough, strong enough ormature enough last year,” saidhead coach Jeff Bzdelik, going intohis third year at CU.

The Buffs were indeed young ayear ago. Six of the eight playerswho averaged double digits inminutes played were eitherfreshmen or sophomores.

That group includes guards CoryHiggins, who earned third-team all-conference honors despite theteam’s struggles, and Levi Knutson,point guard Nate Tomlinson andforwards Casey Crawford, AustinDufault and Trey Eckloff.

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A rebuilding summerMcConnell-Miller’sBuffs recommitthemselves toprogram


C oming in last place willcause a basketball team todo some soul searching.

The University of Coloradowomen’s basketball team wasushered from the Big 12Tournament after one game lastMarch. That came on the heels ofa 11-18 record and last-place finishin the conference.

Before the returning playersbegan offseason workouts thefollowing month, coach KathyMcConnell-Miller gathered themfor a talk.

“Coach made it clear that we allneeded to recommit ourselves tothis program,” said guard BiancaSmith, the lone senior on the2009-2010 team.

There’s evidence the coach’smessage got through. For the firsttime since Smith has been at CU,all the players — with a fewexcusable exceptions — stayed inBoulder for the entire summer toattend class, endure strength andconditioning workouts and playhoops.

“It’s a huge difference fromyears past,” Smith said.

One of the exceptions wasSmith. But her time away fromteam workouts this summershould pay dividends for theBuffs, nonetheless.

Smith was part of a USAInternational team that played for10 days in Austria and the CzechRepublic in May. It was an eye-opening experience for Smith.The CU guard was impressed athow the USA-I players put theirtalents to work for the team,rather than themselves.

“Everybody knew their role andnobody tried to do things outsidetheir game,” Smith said. “If I canbring back some of those qualitiesto this team, just make sureeverybody knows their role, isfocused and not trying to go one-on-one; if we can come togetheras a team and be selfless, it’llbenefit us in the long run.”

One thing for certain, the teamCU puts on the court will have adifferent feel than the first fourseasons McConnell-Millercoached in Boulder. For the firsttime in years, the Buffs will bewithout a marquee post player.

Last year, center KaraRichards, now graduated, earnedhonorable-mention all-conferencehonors after following centerJackie McFarlane, one of the bestplayers in CU history, whograduated the year before.

CU’s experience is now in thebackcourt.

“Our guards right now aremore experienced, as far asminutes played and pointproduction,” McConnell-Millersaid.

In addition to Smith, whoaveraged 9.2 points per game lastseason, the Buffs return juniorguards Britney Blythe (2.1 ppg)and Kelly Jo Mullaney (5.3 ppg),and sophomore guard AlyssaFressle (7.7 ppg).

The Buffs’ backcourt will bebolstered, too, by the return of 5-5sparkplug point guard WhitneyHouston, who sat out last seasonrehabbing from knee surgery.McConnell-Miller thinks Houstonwill benefit from a year sittingbeside the coaches, learning thegame’s intricacies from thatperspective.

“I think she’s learned how tolead a team,” McConnell-Millersaid. “That’s what we’ve discussedat length. She’s going to have theball in her hand and she’s got tolead the team.”

Also pushing for playing time inthe backcourt will be freshmanJaneesa “Chucky” Jeffery, a 5-10guard from Colorado Springs,thought to be the player from theincoming class most ready tomake an impact.

Smith thinks the talent andexperience at guard will help CU’stransition game.

“We’ll be able to run and gun,”she said.

That could allow the Buffs totake even more advantage ofBrittany Spears’ offensiveprowess. Spears is among the bestoffensive players in theconference and CU’s leadingreturning scorer (18.3 ppg). Thejunior forward was named second-team all-Big 12 last year, whenshe became the second-fastestBuff to reach 1,000 career points— she did it in 63 games — afterLisa Van Goor.

Courtney Dunn, the 6-4 junior,and 6-3 sophomore Julie Seabrookwill battle for the starting spot atcenter, where true freshmanMelissa McFarlane, a 6-7 playerfrom Omaha, will also figure in.Local twins Brenna and MeaganMalcom-Peck (Horizon HighSchool), and Kailah Bailey, ofOmaha, round out thenewcomers.

A roster filled with experienced

veterans and talented newcomersis one thing. Putting together ateam dedicated to climbing out ofthe Big 12 basement is another.McConnell-Miller thinks the factall the players worked together inBoulder during the summer willhelp move toward that objective.

“It’s going to pay dividendsfrom a chemistry standpoint,” shesaid. “They all know each othervery well on the floor.”

2009 scheduleNov. 15 UC-IRVINENov. 21 at Minnesota

TournamentNov. 22 at Minnesota

TournamentNov. 27 COORS CLASSIC in

Boulder: New Orleans vs.Harvard; CU vs. Ga. SouthernNov. 28 Coors Classic

Consolation and ChampionshipDec. 2 DENVERDec. 6 SETON HALLDec. 11 at Colorado St., 7:05 p.m.Dec. 19 SOUTHERN UTAHDec. 22 SAN JOSE ST.Dec. 30 GRAMBLING ST.Jan. 2 VIRGINIAJan. 4 YALEJan. 9 MISSOURIJan. 12 at Texas TechJan. 16 IOWA ST.Jan. 20 at Kansas St.Jan. 23 OKLAHOMA ST.Jan. 27 at KansasJan. 30 NEBRASKAFeb. 7 at BaylorFeb. 10 TEXASFeb. 13 at OklahomaFeb. 16 KANSASFeb. 20 at NebraskaFeb. 23 at MissouriFeb. 27 TEXAS A&MMar. 3 KANSAS ST.Mar. 6 at Iowa St.March 11-14 Big 12

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experience came at a high cost lastyear with an extremely young teamin that they didn’t know what toexpect,” Bzdelik said.

Now they know. Playing a Big 12schedule successfully requiresmore physical strength than theBuffs could muster last year. Entera new weight room at the CoorsEvents Center, and a summer’sworth of challenging voluntaryworkouts under strength andconditioning coach James Hardy.

“We’ve been working hard in theweight room,” said guard DwightThorne, the lone senior on thesquad.

The 6-8 Dufault, who played lastyear at 207 pounds, had added 15pounds of muscle to his frame bythe end of July, Bzdelik said.

Things have been spirited on thecourt, too.

“This summer the pick upgames were a lot more competitivethan they have been in the past,”Thorne said. “If I had to grade thissummer’s efforts for a team as awhole, I would say an A.”

That’s evidence Bzdelik’smission to change the cultureinside the men’s basketballprogram since he took the team’sreins in 2007 may be paying off.

Coaches aren’t allowed, byNCAA rules, to oversee a team’ssummer voluntary workouts orpickup games. But Bzdelik and hisstaff get consistent updates onwhat’s going on.

“I am very pleased with theinternal leadership and the fact thaton their own initiatives, theycollectively have utilized every dayto get better,” he said. “Last year,as we developed this culture here,the incoming freshmen had noclue. Now they do know what toexpect and they’re working hardbecause they understand what ittakes.”

That culture of consistent hardwork will have to rub off on fivenewcomers this fall, however, if theBuffs are to climb out the Big 12cellar.

Bzdelik pointed out one of theteam’s weaknesses last season wasa lack of depth. Some from theinflux of new talent will need tocontribute sooner rather than later.

Thorne likes what he’s seenfrom the new players duringsummer workouts.

“I think all of the new guys willmake an impact because they willbring us depth at every position,”Thorne said.

Most ready may be MarcusRelphorde, a 6-7, 220-poundforward who transferred from Hills

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Community College in Iowa. Heaveraged 12 points and fiverebounds per game at Hills, a teamthat went 30-3 last season.

Freshman Shannon Sharpe, a6-footer from Corona, Calif., willpush Tomlinson for playing time atpoint guard. And at 6-11, ShaneHarris-Tunk, a freshman fromSydney, Australia, becomes thebiggest player on CU’s team.

The entire squad will get anearly test when they travel to theMaui Invitational Nov. 23-25. TheBuffs will likely play perennial Top25 program Gonzaga in the firstround of a bracket that alsoincludes Arizona and Wisconsin.

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Dec. 22 CAL ST.NORTHRIDGE, TBDDec. 29 YALE, TBDJan. 2 at Tulsa 1 p.m.

Jan. 5 MIAMI (OHIO), TBDJan. 9 at Texas, 11:30 a.m., Big

12Jan. 12 BAYLOR, TBDJan. 16 KANSAS ST., 2 p.m., Big

12Jan. 20 at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.,

ESPNUJan. 23 at Texas A&M 2 p.m.,

Big 12Jan. 27 NEBRASKA, TBDJan. 30 at Iowa St., TBDFeb. 3 KANSAS, 7 p.m,. ESPN2Feb. 6 MISSOURI, 2 p.m,. Big 12Feb. 13 at Kansas St,. 4 p.m., Big

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Officials from both schoolsmoved next fall’s opener will beplayed Sunday, Sept. 6, at 5 p.m.at Folsom Field. The game wasoriginally scheduled for Sept. 5.

The switch means that theBuffs and Rams will have thenational airwaves virtually tothemselves, as there are just twoother college games on tap thatSunday. Grambling plays SouthCarolina State at noon and OleMiss plays at Memphis at 1:30p.m.

The NFL regular season doesnot begin until Sept. 13.

It will be just the secondSunday game at Folsom Field inrecent memory. The Buffs lastplayed on a Sunday at Folsom in2001, when CU opened theseason with a 24-22 loss toFresno State in the Jim ThorpeClassic.

Colorado leads the CSUseries by a 59-19-2 count and haswon five of the last seven,including last year’s 38-17 win atInvesco Field at Mile High. That21-point margin almost matched

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R omeo Bandison remembersexactly where he was whenhe found out that Nick Kasa

was coming to Colorado after all.CU’s defensive line coach was

driving on Stemmons Freeway inDallas during a recruiting tripwhen head coach Dan Hawkinscalled him last January with newsthat Kasa was reneging on hisverbal commitment to Florida toplay for the Buffs.

“We felt like we had a goodrelationship with Nick and hisparents and his coach. After hemade his decision (to attendFlorida), we respected that andwe thought it ended on goodterms and it was too bad we didn’tget him,” Bandison said. “But I’mglad he came around. He’s a goodplayer, a local guy, a good kid, asmart kid ...

“He’s the kind of kid we likearound here.”

Kasa — like Jon Major (2008)and Ryan Miller (2007) beforehim — was the state’s top-rankedprospect. Despite the Gators’victory over Oklahoma in the BCS

national title game, the LegacyHigh School product felt likehome was where his heart was.

“Once I made the decision thatthis was right for me, I haven’tthought about it at all since,” Kasasaid after his first officialcollegiate practice. “I love it uphere.”

Had Kasa gone to Florida, thepreseason No. 1 in the USA TodayCoaches poll, he would havealmost certainly redshirted andperhaps been asked to playoffensive line.

At CU, there is a good chanceKasa will be in the rotation atdefensive end this season. Overthe summer he added 20 poundsto his 6-7 frame while working outwith the rest of the Buffs.

“He impacted the team in theoffseason just by his ability,”Bandison said. “He came in andhe was able to compete right awayin the conditioning stuff. He wasrunning with Nate Solder, whomakes every lineman look badbecause he’s so talented. Solder

always wins all of the drills, he’salways the fastest and the mostathletic. And now Nick’scompeting with him. I think thathelps them both.

“And now the other D-linemenknow they have to step up. He’skind of raised the bar with theabilities that he has.”

Defensive line is obviously anarea of concern for CU with theloss of mainstays GeorgeHypolite, Brandon Nicolas andMaurice Lucas. SophomoresConrad Obi and Lagrone Shieldshave a head start in thecompetition to start at defensiveend opposite Marquez Herrod.

However, Kasa — who has runthe 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds —has the talent to catch them.

“Right now I don’t have anyexpectations. I just want to be asgood as I can be and hopefully getsome playing time,” Kasa said. “Ithink I can get some playing time.That’s up to me I think.”

To the untrained eye, Kasalooks like an impact player.Although the Buffs are only threepractices into fall camp, thefreshman has also made animpression on those responsiblefor blocking him on the practicefields.

“I have high hopes for him,”said Solder, CU’s 6-9, 305-poundleft tackle. “He’s going to be reallygood.”

Hawk talkCheck out video ofColorado coach DanHawkins at the Buffs’ mediaday earlier this month atwww.coloradodaily.com


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recruit “Speedy” to Boulder.While Stewart was stealing the

spotlight from Darrell Scott atrunning back, Rippy was quietlygetting bigger, faster and strongerbehind the scenes, wisely servingas an understudy to Brad Jones.

Now the redshirt finally hasbeen taken off, and Rippy is hittingthe practice fields at full speed.

“It was tough to redshirt, but itwas a positive thing,” Rippy saidafter collapsing the pocket acouple of times against CU’s first-team offensive line during a recentmorning practice. “It was a

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During the 2008 season, Jonesled the Buffs with seven sacks and14 quarterback pressures. He wasthe only CU player selected inApril’s draft, taken by the GreenBay Packers in the seventh round.

Rippy is expected to help fill thevoid at outside linebacker alongwith B.J. Beatty. Both players willlikely be on the field during passsituations.

“The last several years we really

haven’t had the affordability toredshirt guys,” CU associate headcoach Brian Cabral said. “To beable to redshirt (Rippy) last year isgoing to pay big dividends. ...

“He has the ability, just likeBrad had the ability. He’s young,he’s immature, he doesn’t knowand understand yet, but once hedoes he can be a good player.”

Rippy has shown a knack forbeating offensive tackles inpractice and also has the speednecessary to drop back and covertight ends.

“He can be everything we’relooking for on defense,” bragsStewart, who still rooms with hiscousin. “He’s been really quiet

lately studying his playbook andworking on his stuff. I’d like to seehim do some good things thisyear. He’s already more focusedand ready for the season.”

With an impressive list of insidelinebackers — Marcus Burton,Michael Sipili, Jeff Smart, ShaunMohler, Jon Major, and so on —coupled with the development ofRippy and Beatty, the Buffs shouldbe able to use both the 4-3 and 3-4schemes with confidence in 2009.

“Last year we were 5-7 and itwas tough seeing that,” Rippy said.“This year we’re going to come outwith a better attitude.”


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FOOTBALLUniversity ofColorado tailbackDarrell Scott talksto reporters atmedia day. For theColorado Daily CliffGrassmick

Buffs ’09

Scott bulks upfor sophomoreseasonTailback still talksto uncle Josh Smithevery night

By Kyle RingoBuffzone.com

D arrell Scott and Josh Smithare still talking every nightjust as they did in high

school, just as they did two yearsago when Scott was a prep starand Smith was a freshman at CU,and just as they did last year asteammates in Boulder.

The difference now is Smithhas taken his game to UCLA andScott is hoping to help the Buffsfinally turn the corner in hissophomore season. After the firstpractice of fall camp, Scott finallyaddressed his uncle’s transferearlier this summer.

Scott kept it brief, saying he hasmoved on.

“He had to do what he had todo and I respect that,” he said.

Scott was the most highlyrecruited member of the 2008 CUfreshman class, but he struggledthrough an injury-riddled firstseason last fall. It began when hereported to camp out of shape andapproaching 230 pounds.

Scott trimmed down to 200pounds for spring ball and hassince put on weight again. Hestarted camp Friday atapproximately 220 pounds. Hehopes to play this season between210 and 215 pounds. He believes alittle extra weight will helpachieve his goals.

“I feel like I’m moreexperienced,” Scott said. “I likethis weight I have on and I’mgoing to use it to my advantage.

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it. I can run people over and it willhelp me with my durability.”

Scott played in 11 games as atrue freshman, carrying the balljust 87 times for 343 yards andone touchdown. He also caughtnine passes for 105 yards. CoachDan Hawkins said Scott is muchbetter prepared to succeed at thecollege level now than he was ayear ago when he was operatingon nothing but a reputation builtin high school.

“He’s miles ahead of where hewas last year,” Hawkins said.

Scott doesn’t have personalstatistics in mind when askedwhat goals he hopes to achievethis season. He said he wants theteam to win 10 games.

Scott faces stiff competition forthe starting tailback job fromsophomores Rodney Stewart andBrian Lockridge and juniorDemetrius Sumler. Scott said it’s afriendly group and they all jokewith each other about who willultimately earn the first carryagainst Colorado State Sept. 6.

“We’re all out for one goal andthat’s 10 wins and that’s it,” Scottsaid. “We’re all going to worktogether to get to that goal.”

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Son’s future motivatesCU receiver SimmonsPlayer pursuesdream as 4-year-oldgrows up in S.C.


T he sweetest cheers for theColorado football team thisfall will come from the tender

heart of a 4-year-old boy in SouthCarolina sitting on grandma’s laprooting for daddy.

Omarion Simmons used tobelieve his father was playing inany football game that appearedon the television, even when dadwas sitting right there beside himon the couch.

Over the past few months, hehas learned his father’s new teamhas a buffalo on the side of itshelmets and the colors are blackand gold.

Now he wants a youth-sized No.1 Colorado jersey of his ownbecause he always has to look likedad, even down to the dreadlocks.

Andre Simmons is a talentedand badly needed wide receiverfrom Southeastern Conferencecountry whose road to Boulderand the Big 12 has been anythingbut easy.

His journey included anupbringing in which he was theman of the house from an earlyage, becoming a father toOmarion before his junior year ofhigh school and already spendingthe better part of two years awayfrom his little boy at junior collegein order to eventually provide hima better life.

“Since Day One when he wasborn, he’s always been motivatingme,” Simmons said. “I feel likeevery time I step on the field I doit for him.”

Changing diapersSimmons grew up in Blackville,

S.C., a tiny town with onestoplight and a population of lessthan 3,000 about 45 milesnortheast of Augusta, Ga. Itsgreatest claim to fame might bethat it already produced onefamous wide receiver in former

New England Patriot Troy Brown.Simmons made a name for

himself as an athlete throughoutchildhood. His trophies andplaques and a most valuableplayer award are on displaythroughout various rooms of hischildhood home. He wore No. 10and is known as “Flo” back home.

“They also call him ‘GoGetter,’ ” said his mother,Thomasann Elmore. “Because ifyou throw a ball straight, crookedor slanted, he’s going to get it.”

Simmons has four siblings,including two older sisters andone younger sister with whom heshared his mother’s house as a

boy. He also has a younger half-brother on his dad’s side.

His mother sometimesstruggled to provide for her kidsbut always found a way workinghard as many hours as she couldtake on the concrete floors of anearby vending machineassembly line. It became evenmore difficult when Omarionarrived.

He was born premature andweighed just two pounds. Heremained in the hospital for thefirst month of his life and Andrehad to learn CPR and other life-

SEE RECEIVER, PAGE 37

University of Colorado wide reciever Andre Simmons watches his teamrun drills at the first practice of the season earlier this month. For theColorado Daily Mara Auster


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saving measures in order to bringhim home. Omarion required aheart monitor and constantsupervision the first nine monthsof his life. He also neededmonthly shots to bolster hisimmune system.

Andre was just a kid himself atthe time, but he developed awisdom beyond his years.

“Andre has been a wonderfuldad,” Elmore said. “Whenever Ihad to go, he would stay home.He’s a child who never hung outlate. Him being a young guy, hetook the opportunity out to spenda lot of time with his child.

“He changed pampers, didbottles. He did excellent.”

Some young men who findthemselves in the position ofbecoming fathers at an early agerun away from the responsibility.Older men do, too. Simmonsembraced it. He said he grew up

SEE RECEIVER, PAGE 38 Colorado’s Andrew Simmons checks out drills earlier this month. For the Colorado Daily Cliff Grassmick


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knowing he wanted to have a sonone day.

“I didn’t want my son to growup and say, ‘My dad’s a footballplayer, but I never knew him,’ ”Simmons said.

Elmore agreed to help raise hergrandson four years ago so thatAndre and Omarion’s mothercould continue their education.Elmore manages with help fromher daughters and Omarion’smother, who lives nearby inBlackville, when Andre is away atschool despite being on disabilityafter too many hours on the lineled to problems with her legs.

Long journeyElmore does it with a better

future in mind.“First of all, and most

importantly, I want him to get aneducation. I want him to get hisdegree,” Elmore says of her son.“I want him to go and play profootball, but I want him to havesomething to fall back on. It willbe a big help to him in raising hisson.”

Simmons shares those goals.He is focused on making themhappen. His determination is whatallowed him to find his way toBoulder, so far from home.

Despite helping lead his highschool team to a 56-4 record overfour years, including anundefeated campaign in his juniorseason when they went 15-0 andwon the state championship, hewas not recruited. Simmonsbelieves he was overlookedbecause he played for a Class 1Aschool.

He found his way to

Independence CommunityCollege in Kansas with help froma friend and spent the past twoyears there where he attractedattention from numerous schoolsand offers from CU, Arkansas,South Florida, Kansas and KansasState. He was named first teamAll-KJCCC as a freshman in 2007.

Landing at CUSimmons developed a

chemistry with CU offensivecoordinator Eric Kiesau, who wasthen wide receivers coach, andwhen he visited Boulder and metthe players in the program lastfall, he knew he had found theplace he wanted to be.

“I always dreamed of playingcollege football,” Simmons said.“It didn’t matter where I played. Itwas just a big dream for me andthis is a dream come true.”

Kiesau said he knew almostimmediately he had found a gemof a receiver when he evaluatedSimmons. He is 6-foot-3 and 210pounds with consistent 4.5 secondspeed in the 40-yard dash, goodhands and vision that allows himto also return punts and kickoffs.

What Kiesau didn’t immediatelyknow is whether Simmons’personal life would be too much ofa distraction to allow him tosucceed academically andathletically at the Big 12 level.

“We addressed that right fromthe beginning because that is ahard situation to do,” Kiesau said.“He actually has a good situationwith his mom taking care of hisson. We felt good that the babywas in a good, safe environmentand he would be able toconcentrate on his school andfootball and not have to worry

about what the baby is doing ortry to take care of the baby here.”

Trying timesThe past eight months have

been one of the most challengingexperiences of Simmons’ life as hetook the final steps to making hisdream a reality.

He had to pass nine classesbetween January and the end ofJuly to earn his associate’sdegree, be cleared by the NCAAclearinghouse and admitted toCU. The final step in that processshould be completed today whenofficial transcripts arrive and he isallowed to practice as a Buff forthe first time.

To this point in camp, Simmonshas been standing on theperiphery trying to learn all hecan from watching drills andlistening to coaches. He is excitedto get in the action and showeveryone what he can do.

CU needs him even more nowwith the recent news thatsophomore receiver MarkquesSimas has been suspended for thefirst two games of the year.

At night after practice andmeetings are complete, Simmonspicks up the phone and spends afew minutes talking with his momand Omarion. His son asks wherehe is and when he’s cominghome. It can be heart-wrenchingat times.

“It’s very difficult, but he is sosmart,” Simmons said. “If he seescollege football come on the TV,he’s like, ‘Daddy, that’s you.’ It’shard, but, in a way it’s OKbecause I know my mom is goingto take care of him and my familyis going to do everything they canto support him.”

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CU specialteams unitstill a RiddleBy Kyle RingoBuffzone.com

O ne of the featured items onthe to-do list for theColorado football team in fall

camp is finding a replacement forpunt and kickoff return man JoshSmith.

There is a healthy list ofcandidates for both jobs, but itmight be hard to find anyone withthe speed and vision that allowed

Smith to rack up more than 1,500return yards last season and finish10th in the nation in all-purposeyardage. Smith chose to transfer toUCLA in the offseason.

The top contenders for puntreturn are Jason Espinoza, ScottyMcKnight, Rodney Stewart andAndre Simmons.

Espinoza is the most

SEE RIDDLE, PAGE 41 Colorado’s Jason Espinoza is one of the top contenders for punt returner. File photo Mark Leffingwell


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experienced in that group, at leastat the major college level. Coacheslove his sure hands and decisionmaking.

Special teams coach Kent Riddlesaid with teams using directionalkicking schemes and even askingtheir punters to roll out and kick onthe run rugby style, havingEspinoza return is ideal.

“Against most teams, you want aguy who is going to get back thereand make smart decisions, field theball and not let it roll all over theplace,” Riddle said.

The leading candidates forkickoff return are Darrell Scott,Stewart, Demetrius Sumler andSimmons. All have experiencereturning kickoffs in the past. Itremains to be seen if any of themcan lift fans out of their seats likeSmith when the ball lands in theirhands.

Filling the return jobs actuallycould be one of the easier tasks forRiddle.

If the Buffs are going to achievea winning season, they will have toperform much better across theboard in the kicking game. Theyfigure to be in some dogfights onthe field this season and mightneed to win a few weeks in thekicking game. That means Riddlemust coax improvement andconsistency out of place-kicker AricGoodman or find a replacement alltogether. Ditto for punter MattDiLallo.

But the men doing the kickingare just part of the equation.

The Buffs finished 114th in thenation in kickoff coverage lastseason, allowing two kickoffs to bereturned for touchdowns and agaudy 26.74 yards per return. Thegood old days of former kickerMason Crosby booting the ball outof the back of the end zoneregardless of where the game wasbeing played are long gone. CUhad only 15 touchbacks in 2008.

Riddle and coach Dan Hawkinsbelieve the Buffs can make majorimprovement in covering kicks andin every area of special teams thisseason because there are manymore players with experience onthe roster competing for specialteams time.

“One of the things we’re talking

about is speed down the field,”Riddle said. “Be fast and go makethe play. Don’t wait for somebodyelse to do it, and really working onone-on-one battles. Most of specialteams comes down to that. It’s meagainst you, and I’ve got to win thatbattle.”

CU fans remember well theBuffs’ struggles to make a field goalin 2008.

Goodman and Jameson Daviscombined to make only five of 17attempts and missed eight in a rowat one point.

Both players return this year,with Goodman penciled in as thestarter after he found moreconsistency in spring adopting atwo-step approach. Davis is comingoff knee surgery and still isn’tallowed to participate fully inpractice, but he will likely handlekickoff duties once again.

Riddle believes both will benefitfrom tough times in 2008 andrebound this fall.

True freshman Zach Grossnicklemight be able to earn opportunitiesif his older teammates falter.

Grossnickle will also be thebackup punter, unless he pulls amajor surprise and outkicksDiLallo, whom Riddle is high onafter a stellar offseason.

DiLallo was benched late lastyear in favor of former walk-onTom Suazo. DiLallo’s net averagewas just 34 yards per punt a yearago and he had one punt blocked.

“You can ask anyone,” Riddlesaid. “There has been no one workas hard as Matt does to havesuccess. You can’t guaranteesuccess, but you can work hardenough to say, ‘Shoot, I deserve it.’I think he does.”

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C olorado is in the midst of itsfourth camp under footballcoach Dan Hawkins,

following an eventful offseasonthat included coaching changes,player additions and departuresand no significant off-field trouble.

The program, like all others atthis time of year, faces numerousquestions, and the answers will goa long way toward defining howthe 2009 campaign unfolds.

Most fans are in tune with theposition battles and the playersinvolved before camp evenstarted. There are always a fewsurprises but it’s not difficult topredict who will be on the fieldmuch of the time this fall.

So we’ll take a look at threeissues the Buffs must handle wellin order to produce the firstwinning season in Hawkins tenureand reach the postseason.

1. Oddball scheduleHawkins always prefers to play

the games on grass on Saturdaysat 1:30 in the afternoon. He’s atraditional guy.

But this year, the Buffs will playonly two-thirds of their games onSaturdays, let alone the perfectconditions of grass and timeHawkins desires.

With television money in mind,athletic director Mike Bohn puttogether a challenging schedulethat includes two trips east of theMississippi River, three weekdaygames and a Sunday night affairthat will lead to some short weeksof preparation.

CU starts the season on Sundaynight Sept. 6 in Folsom Fieldagainst Colorado State. The Buffsplay just five days later on Friday,Sept. 11, at Toledo. They play atWest Virginia on Thursday nightOct. 1 and travel to OklahomaState on Thursday, Nov. 19, afterplaying on the road the previousweek at Iowa State.

Hawkins has some experiencedealing with short weeks, having

run into similar situations whilecoaching at Boise State. If theschedule bothers him, he’s notsaying so.

“It’s really what your attitude istowards it,” he said. “You can fightit whether it’s an early game, lategame, Sunday game. It is what itis and you need to get ready to go.I think that is the most importantthing.”

2. Staying healthy

There is no control over whogets hurt and who doesn’t, buthandling the aftermath of injuriesis big for every football team.

The Buffs didn’t do well in thisregard last season for a variety ofreasons.

CU lost 121 player games toinjury in 2008 with all but 11 ofthose games to players whofigured prominently in the two-deep depth chart or special teamsunits. Thirty players saw their firstaction in the program. Problemsarose because of the overall ageand experience level of the team.

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Many of the players who werehurt were fairly inexperienced,but their replacements were evenmore green much of the time.This year the Buffs could actuallybenefit from last season’s horrorshow in the training room. Thereare many more experiencedplayers on the roster now.

“We really feel like we’re goingto have a decent crew that haveplayed and got some snaps andknows what it’s about and cancompete and be ready to go,”Hawkins said. “One of the thingsthat hurt us last year was you

would lose a guy and we weren’tbringing in a redshirt junior. Wewere bringing in a redshirtfreshman.”

3. Home-field advantage

Folsom Field used to be atough place to play for anyopponent no matter their place inthe standings or the nationalrankings. Between 1989 and 1999,the Buffs lost just 10 home games,an average of one per season.

The Buffs have shown signs ofre-establishing that edge at homein recent years, the 2007 victoryover then-No. 3 Oklahoma is oneexample, but the program has

also folded badly at home as well,including a 55-10 loss the last timeMissouri came to town.

The Buffs have what arepresumed to be their threetoughest Big 12 North Divisionopponents at home this season inKansas, Missouri and Nebraska.Winning those games wouldprobably lead to the Buffs vyingfor the division title and getting tothe postseason.

But the Buffs also need to beatTexas A&M at home in revengefor a game they could have wonlast year in College Station, Texas.And they absolutely must beatCSU and Wyoming. This teamcan’t afford any letdowns againstteams it should be favored to beat.

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CU quarterback Cody Hawkins, right, speaks with Adam Williamson about the national “Got Tuition?”campaign, which is promoting affordable college tuition, last fall on campus. File photo Zak Wood

Players taking studies seriouslyHawkins’ squadnotched 2.637 GPAin spring


A nyone can have a goodsemester in the classroom.So can any team.

But when a football program ofmore than 100 players sets a recordfor combined grade point averagein consecutive semesters,something good is going on.

The Colorado football programstruggled on the field last fall to a5-7 record, but it improved in theclassroom, finishing the semesterwith a 2.545 GPA, the best sincethe department began trackingteam GPA in 1996.

The program’s improvementcontributed to a record-settingsemester for the entire athleticdepartment with more than 300student-athletes combining toregister a 2.805 GPA.

Coach Dan Hawkins’ teamfollowed up with a 2.637 team GPA

this spring. It might have been theproudest moment for Hawkinsduring his three years in Boulder.It has been a staple of his summerspeeches to booster clubs andalumni groups.

Unlike some in his profession,Hawkins has backed up glowingtalk of the importance of educationwith harsh punishment for playerswho fall short.

There are more than a fewplayers on the roster who havemissed practice time in the past

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because they were not meeting thestandard Hawkins sets for theirclasses. Their experiences havehelped others avoid the sameproblems.

“Part of that is just the growthand expectation and culture of,‘This is what we do. This is how wedo it. This is why we do it and youdon’t fight it,’ ” Hawkins said.“There is older guys going, ‘Heyguess what? If you miss a tutor,you’re going to pay for it. If youmiss a class, you’re going to pay forit. If you’re not taking care ofschool, they’re going to take youout of football.’ ”

Kris Livingston serves as thedirector of academics in the athleticdepartment. She is tasked withhelping to keep the student-athleteson track toward their degreesthroughout the year. Livingstonand others in academics areworking with student-athletes forall but five weeks of the year, andmuch of the five weeks studentsaren’t on campus is spent preparingfor them to come back to school.

She doesn’t face pressure fromcoaches or others in thedepartment to bend the rules forcertain athletes because she issupervised by the provost.

Livingston said the kind ofresults Hawkins’ football team andother programs are producing atCU can only happen because thecoaches in those programs arecommitted to excellence in theclassroom every bit as much asthey care about winning and losinggames and races.

“We have a lot of responsibilityput on us but no control,”Livingston said. “I can’t control ifsomebody goes to class, and I have

no way to discipline that student-athlete. It comes back to thecoaches. ... I rely heavily on thecoaches. So in that sense, thecoaches have to make academics apriority.”

Hawkins’ hiring in December2005 coincided with plenty of staffchanges in academics. It has takena few years for the department toget issues addressed that have ledto better academic performance.

Livingston and several veteranstudent-athletes said it used to bemuch easier to blow off study halls,tutors and even meetings withadvisors. For instance, a student-athlete used to find it easy to walkinto the study hall on the secondfloor of the Dal Ward Center, signin and leave to go lift weights or eatdinner without ever opening abook. No one would say anything.

“That was the culture,”Livingston said. “It was goodstudents. It was bad students. Youcould get away with it.”

The department has invested inimprovements in technology andmanpower, and now there arerepercussions. CU purchasedsoftware called “Grades First,”which has automated much of thestudent-athlete’s life.

Livingston said student-athletesnow do almost everything oncampus with their BuffOne cards,which they swipe like a credit cardto check into study halls, eat mealsand check out equipment. Studyhalls are also monitored muchmore often now.

“I think the coaches andacademic advisors are workingtogether more and are just more onthe same page,” senior defensivelineman Taj Kaynor said.

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N ORMAN, Okla. — When hediscovered that word hadleaked out about his

struggle to complete a conditioningdrill in his freshman year, all SamBradford could do was grimace.

With his strength coach tellinghim he was too slow and should getout of the way, Bradford insisted onfinishing.

Even as tight end JermaineGresham described the scene, hewas telling a tale of theperseverance and dedication thathelped his quarterback win theHeisman Trophy a year ago.

“That was not one of my finermoments,” Bradford recalled. “Ithink I was just trying to show myteammates that I wasn’t going togive up on them, I wasn’t going togive up on myself. It would havebeen easy for me, when he told meto leave, just to walk out and notfinish.

“To me, that was the last thing Iwanted to do. I wanted to finish andI wanted to finish with myteammates.”

Now, Bradford and histeammates have some otherunfinished business at hand:making amends for the 24-14 lossto Florida in last season’s BCSchampionship game.

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Chris Brown, the Sooners’leading rusher last season with1,220 yards, said he hasn’t seen areplay of the BCS loss and doesn’thave any interest in seeing one.

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The Sooners have won anunprecedented three straight Big12 titles and have three straightBCS bowl defeats to show for it,with back-to-back Fiesta Bowllosses to Boise State and WestVirginia preceding the Gators’triumph in Miami.

“It just makes you want it somuch more. You wouldn’t believe,”Brown said. “Before mysophomore year and before weeven made it to the nationalchampionship, it really wasn’t onmy mind until we made it. But afterwe lost it, it really ... hurt.”

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season, Oklahoma has lost its lastfive BCS bowl game appearances— finishing remarkable seasons inthe worst possible way.

“The fact is we haven’t won yet,”said defensive tackle GeraldMcCoy, a second-team All-Americapick last season. “That’s what wewant to do this year is finish.”

Offensive coordinator KevinWilson blamed the Florida loss ona lack of execution by the offensethat set an NCAA record by scoring716 points. He documented anuncharacteristic start with a sackand a holding penalty killing theSooners’ first two drives and twoempty first-half possessions insidethe 10-yard line.

“We just went back saying asgreat as Florida was — theanointed ones — as great as theywere, look at how many times itwas us,” Wilson said. “Nodisrespect to them.”

Bradford said the championshipgame was a lesson that “in big

games, if you want to win, you haveto execute every time, not everyother time.”

Bradford will be depending on alargely new supporting cast as theSooners, who were ranked No. 3 inthe coaches’ poll that came outFriday, seek redemption. Fourstarting linemen, and threereceivers who combined for 21touchdown catches, are gone,although Bradford will still havetwo 1,000-yard backs and a second-team All-America pick at tight endat his disposal.

As for his game, the Heismanwinner trusts his skills more thanever and is focused on becoming abetter leader for the inexperiencedplayers who will be in his huddle.

“After playing two years, I feellike I’m fairly comfortable with ouroffense now. This last year, I wasstill trying to figure out some thingsas far as protections and some ofthe more complicated things thatwe didn’t get to my freshman year,”Bradford said. “At this point, I feelcomfortable with everything wedo.”

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was a star tight end at KansasState who went on to a standoutprofessional career with theGreen Bay Packers.

Older brother Chase was an All-Big 12 tight end who played a keyrole in Missouri’s winning two BigEight North titles and is now withthe Cincinnati Bengals.

And there’s more. Youngerbrother Cameron, as a junior, isthe starting quarterback for hishigh school team and alreadydrawing attention from collegecoaches.

Much to his disappointment,high school was the last time

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Coffman would seem to havethe inside track for the simplereason he’s been at Kansas Statehis entire career. But Gregory,6-foot-1, 210 pounds, may be alittle quicker than the 6-3,

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“One’s taller than the other.One’s a little quicker than theother,” Snyder said during KansasState’s annual media day. “Carsonwould be ahead as far asunderstanding the system. Grant’sonly had two days in it.”

Always patient and exacting,Snyder will make no hastydecisions. He likes to seecompetition at all positions, andeven mentions longshots CollinKlein and Joseph Kassanavoid asother quarterback candidates.

“We’ll do whatever our playerscan do,” he said. “We’re a broad-based offense and we’ll get it all inhere after about practice No. 8.We’ll just pick and choose thatthat fits the personnel we have.Whoever ends up being No. 1 atthat position, we’ll try to moldwhat we do around thatindividual.”

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A USTIN, Texas — Texasreported to training campSaturday with a message

from coach Mack Brown: Forgetthe system.

Forget the Bowl ChampionshipSeries formula. Forget the Big 12tiebreaker that used the BCSratings to send Oklahoma to theconference title game last season.

And forget how that systemultimately sent the Sooners, ateam Texas beat on the field, toplay for a national championshipinstead of the Longhorns.

Quarterback Colt McCoy saidthe Longhorns have alreadypushed all that out of their minds.He added there’s no talk ofpreseason rankings or pursuing anational title. Not among theplayers, anyway.

For the average fan? It’s allanyone is talking about.

Texas fans always demand a lotfrom Brown and the Longhorns,but there hasn’t been this kind ofbuzz around Austin since 2005,when Vince Young and theLonghorns won the school’s firstundisputed national title since1969.

“You walk in the locker room,nobody’s talking ‘Let’s win thenational championship,’ ” McCoysaid. “All (the players) are talkingabout is winning the first game.”

And if the Longhorns win alltheir games, they know they’ll gettheir shot, just as they did in 2005.

That didn’t happen last year.

A last-second loss at TexasTech unraveled a 12-1 season thatsaw the Longhorns rocket to No.1 by midseason. That loss createda three-way tie in the Big 12 Southbefore the league tiebreaker sentthe Sooners to the conference titlegame.

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“As long as you win all yourgames, you don’t have to embracethe system, it will embrace you,”senior offensive lineman ChrisHall said.

Seventeen returning startersand McCoy’s runner-up finish forthe Heisman Trophy last seasonhave expectations running at aboil. Texas is ranked No. 2 in thecoaches’ preseason poll, rightbehind reigning BCS championFlorida.

Part two of Brown’s message:Embrace the expectations, butthen live up to them.

That’s what happened in 2005,when the Longhorns started theseason No. 2. They stayed thereall year before beating SouthernCalifornia in an epic Rose Bowl forthe BCS title.

McCoy saw how that season

unfolded. He was a redshirtfreshman running the scout teamin practice and carried a clipboardto chart plays for Young duringthe games.

Although the Longhorns arestill looking for a dominantrunning game and must shore upgaping holes in the defensive line,it will be McCoy shouldering mostof Texas’ expectations for theseason.

Now a fifth-year senior, healready owns the Texas recordsfor most wins by a quarterback(32), most passing yards (9,732),most touchdowns (85) and set anNCAA season record in 2008 witha 76.7 percent completion rate.

Another banner season putshim in back in the hunt for theHeisman along with the last twowinners, Florida quarterback TimTebow and Oklahoma QB SamBradford.

“There’s nothing that guy can’thandle. He’s comfortable witheverything, everyone and everysituation,” Hall said.

Perhaps McCoy and theLonghorns are already eyeingTebow and the Gators. Tebowwas sporting a full beard atFlorida practices and the Texasseniors have made a pact not toshave during their training camp.The first practice is this morning.The first game is Sept. 5 againstLouisiana-Monroe.

“We’ll see who can grow thenastiest facial hair,” McCoy said.

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S TILLWATER, Okla. —Weeks after signing a seven-year contract worth $15.7

million, Oklahoma State coachMike Gundy says he isn’tinterested in ever coachinganywhere else.

A former quarterback for theCowboys, Gundy has said in thepast that he considered his post his“New York Yankees job,” one thathe desires more than any other.

“I have still said publicly that I’llalways coach at Oklahoma State,unless somebody doesn’t want meto coach at Oklahoma State,”Gundy said at media day. “I don’thave any interest in goinganywhere else, and I think to acertain degree that’s helpedOklahoma State a little bit, becauseplayers want to go to a schoolwhere they know their coachingstaff’s going to be in tact.

“Now we may lose a guy to be ahead coach or a coordinator, or wemay have to make a change. It’s notlike that’s never going to happen,but for the most part thecontinuity’s going to stay in tact.”

Gundy is 27-23 in four years asOklahoma State’s head coach. Heled OSU to a 9-4 record last season,including a loss to Oregon in theHoliday Bowl. The team’s other

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He agreed to the new contract inDecember, doubling his salaryfrom $1.05 million to an average ofmore than $2.2 million. He wouldhave to pay $3 million if he were totake a job elsewhere.

“I can’t afford the buyout,”Gundy said while answering aquestion about whether he wouldstill be coaching the Cowboys infive to 10 years. “That went in placebecause I felt very committed toOklahoma State because of theoffer that they made me. We jokedabout it, and I joked about it withthe wrong guy, and he said, ‘OK,then we’ll put that in there.’

“Essentially, I have limitedmyself from doing that, but I wasn’tgoing to do that anyway.”

After going 4-7 in his first seasonat the helm, Gundy has ledOklahoma State to three straightbowl games. The Cowboys willbegin this season ranked No. 11 inthe coaches poll.

“We always had a plan, and wehoped it was the right one. But Ididn’t think it would happen thisfast,” Gundy said. “Now we’ve hadto adjust it a little bit to make surethat we can stay here and continueto recruit and bring good peopleinto the program.

“I’m not going to sit here and saythat I thought we were going tomake that much of a jump thatfast.”

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L INCOLN, Neb. — TheNebraska football teamreturned to practice earlier

this month for the first time thisfall after signing autographs forroughly 7,500 fans.

The players and fans bothsounded confident about theseason, but questions remainbecause this fall Nebraska mustreplace starting quarterback JoeGanz and the team’s top tworeceivers.

Second-year coach Bo Pelinihas said the team must improveduring the upcoming season tobuild on the momentum it gained

at the end of last season when theHuskers won six of their lastseven to finish 9-4.

“I think they are excited andready to go,” Pelini said. “I sensethat they feel like they havesomething to prove. I think theydo have something to prove.”

The team practiced outside for21 ⁄2 hours in helmets and shortsas temperatures neared 100degrees. Pelini said the heatdidn’t appear to bother the team,showing the players are in goodshape.

The team’s annual “Fan Day”event inside Memorial Stadiumpreceded the Cornhuskers’ firstpreseason practice of the year. Atone point, the line of peoplewaiting for Pelini’s autographgrew to be 275-yards-long.

“I think it’s just good for the

fans to meet the players and seethat they’re real people andthey’re just out here doing a job,”said Gary Capazo of Lincoln.

Tom Burney of Norfolk said hedrove to Lincoln on Friday tomake sure he would be at fan dayearly enough to get theautographs he wanted.

Several coaches and playersremained on the field for a fewminutes after the 90-minute eventended to sign a few moreautographs.

In between fan day andpractice, several players said theywere feeling good about the team.

New starting quarterback ZacLee said he thinks he has goodchemistry with his receivers, whoall had productive summers.

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