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Colorado-Arizona State Notes
September 14, 2014 | Football
QUICKLY With ESPN sliding the kickoff back from its originally intended 8:06 p.m., the 8:11 kickoff was the second latest in Folsom Field history (ESPN also televised the latest: Sept. 15, 2007 vs. Florida State  8:15 p.m.) ... The end time of 11:36 was also the second latest ending in Boulder (the FSU game ended at 11:46) ... Colorado is 21-24-1 wearing all black uniforms (nine straight losses), but debuted a new "matte black" helmet tonight ... Teased over the course of the week and on ESPN Game Day this morning by Chris Fowler, Ralphie was officially introduced by South Park's Eric Cartman; the voice of Cartman, Trey Parker, and the show's animator, Eric Stough, are CU alumni (as is co-creator Matt Stone)... Three Buffs saw their first career action: WR Donovan Lee (who had a 45-yard run on a reverse); OT Jonathan Huckins also saw his first action, subbing for injured Jeromy Irwin at tackle ...
Colorado went "three-and-out" on its first three possessions, the same number it did in the first two games (26 drives) ... Arizona State gained 222 yards in the first quarter: 210 on first downs, 12 on second downs and 0 on third downs ... ASU ran just 10 plays in CU territory in the second half (after 18 in the first; CU ran 24 in plus territory in the second after just 13 in the first) ...
CU had 28 first downs  earned by 13 different players ... TB Michael Adkins suffered his first career fumble after 142 touches to open his career without one (125 rushes).
Arizona State now leads the all-time series, 6-0, though this marked the first game CU outgained ASU in total offense (545-426; that margin was 523-204 the last three quarters). ASU gained 253 of its 426 yards on seven of its 60 plays.
99 IS SO NICEÂ TB Christian Powell started it with a 42-yard burst and Sefo Liufau-to-Nelson Spruce ended it with a 31-yard touchdown pass for Colorado's seventh 99-yard scoring drive in its history, the first since 2001 (and in the third fewest plays and just the second time in Boulder):
99Â vs. Northwestern at Evanston, Sept. 29, 1951 (TD; 6 plays).
99Â vs. Miami, Fla., at Miami, Oct. 13, 1961 (TD; 21 plays).
99Â vs. Iowa State in Boulder, Oct. 29, 1988 (TD; 8 plays).
99Â vs. Oklahoma at Norman, Oct. 19, 1991 (TD; 8 plays).
99Â vs. Oklahoma at Norman, Oct. 19, 1991 (TD; 14 plays).
99Â vs. Oklahoma State at Stillwater, Oct. 27, 2001 (TD; 5 plays).
99Â vs. Arizona State in Boulder, Sept. 13, 2014 (TD; 7 plays)
WR NELSON SPRUCE (7-97, 2 TD) He just missed out on becoming the third player in CU history to record three straight 100-yard games (and the first since 1993 Charles E. Johnson). He has three straight 2-TD reception games, the first player in CU history to accomplish that feat, and his 6 TDs this year are already tied for the 13th most in a single-season. He now has 123 career catches (ninth) for 1,442 yards, as he moved into 10th place tonight in the latter, passing Monte Huber (1,436). He has 24 catches for 346 yards this season.
WR SHAY FIELDS (7-36, 1 TD) He set a school record for the most receptions for the first three games in a career with 21; that broke the old mark of 20 set by Scotty McKnight in 2007 (Fields and McKnight both hold the record of 14 for the first two games).
MR. PLATOONÂ Colorado has had its fair share of players through the years play on both offense and defense; FB George Frazier practiced this week at defensive end and played both positions in the game the first CU player to do so since DT John Guydon played 13 snaps on defense and three at offensive guard at Texas on Oct.15, 2005.
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
PK Will Oliver (1-1 FG, 3-3 PAT, 6 points)Â He has now made 70 consecutive extra points (adding to his school record), and now has 211 career points.
TB Christian Powell (11-118, 0 TD) had the second longest rush of his career (55 yards); his longest was a 64-yard touchdown jaunt against Sacramento State his freshman year. Tonight marked the fourth 100-yard game of his career (his first since his frosh season).
COLORADO INJURIES?OT Jeromy Irwin (concussion), day-to-day for Hawai'i; TB Tony Jones (chest contusion), probable.