2005 Colorado Football: Game 12 -- Texas
The Colorado Buffaloes (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) are making their fourth appearance in the Big 12 Championship game, all in the last five years, and will take on the No. 2 Texas Longhorns (11-0, 8-0 Big 12) in an 11:10 a.m. MST kickoff at HoustonGÇÖs Reliant Stadium... Colorado is the designated home team for the game, and will wear its home black jerseys and gold pants... Schools from the same division have never reeled off two straight wins in the Big 12 title game (Oklahoma won in 2004)... ABC will televise the game nationally, with Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bob Griese (analyst) and Lynn Swann (sideline reporter) to call the action; Sports Radio USA will broadcast it nationally on radio, with Larry Kahn (play-by-play), John Robinson (color) and Troy West (sidelines) behind the mikes... The game kicks off an ABC tripleheader, which will be followed by USC-UCLA and the Atlantic Coast Conference title game between Florida State and Virginia Tech... Colorado is still in BCS contention, as a win earns the Buffs by rule the right to play in the Fiesta Bowl... Colorado and Texas met in the 2001 Big 12 title game, with the Buffs prevailing, 39-37; this is UTGÇÖs first trip back to the game since then but itGÇÖs the third return visit for CU... This will be the third time the Buffs and Longhorns will meet on GÇ£neutralGÇ¥ turf?the irony being all three times in the state of Texas (this will be the second time in Houston to go with once in Dallas)... This is the second time in its history that the Buffaloes will play the No. 2 ranked team three times in a 12-month span, having done so in 2001-02 (Nebraska, Oregon, Oklahoma); the time around, it will line up Oklahoma-Texas-Texas. CUGÇÖs website, www.CUBuffs.com features game day updates and live stats for all games.
For the Colorado release, player notes and statistics, as well as those for Texas, please click on the links below