BOULDER GÇö The Pacific-12 Conference and its television partners
released arrangements for the first three weeks of the 2014 season
for all games covered by their contracts, and the University of
ColoradoGÇÖs two in-state games against Colorado State and Arizona
State both will receive maximum exposure.
The season opener against
Colorado State, also billed as the Rocky Mountain
Showdown, will be televised on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and will
kickoff shortly after 7 p.m. mountain time on Friday, Aug. 29, at
Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver. It will be the
14th time the two rivals will duel in ColoradoGÇÖs capital city, all
since 1998, and the 20th straight year one of the nationGÇÖs most
underrated rivalries will be televised on a national or regional
basis.
The Buffaloes will then travel to
Foxboro to take on the University of Massachusetts the following
Saturday (Sept. 6); the details for that game are not finalized yet
but are expected to be within a week or so.
CU returns home for its home
opener on Saturday, Sept. 13, which also will serve as the 2014
Pac-12 Conference opener when the Arizona State Sun Devils visit
Boulder. That game, the earliest conference game date-wise in
Colorado history, will be televised nationally on ESPNU and will
have a starting time of 8 p.m.
GÇ£We are pleased with these two
games being selected for broadcast on FS1 and ESPNU,GÇ¥ CU athletic
director Rick George said. GÇ£The 7 p.m.
kickoff time for the CSU game is perfect heading into Labor Day
weekend, many people leave work early that Friday and can head down
early to the stadium and tailgate or pop over to the Taste of
Colorado and then head over to the game. As for Arizona
State, we do understand that 8 p.m. is a little later than weGÇÖd
normally like for a home game, but that time of the year the
temperature in the evening averages in the low 60s, so it should be
perfect football weather for our home and conference opener.
Starting with games the fourth
weekend of the season, by contractual agreement with the
conferenceGÇÖs television partners (ESPN/ABC, FOX/FS 1 and the Pac-12
Networks), games will be selected on a 12-day notification
beginning Sept. 8 for games on Sept. 20; up to a maximum three
times a year, ESPN/ABC and FOX can delay those selections to six
days.
CU season and single game tickets
are now on sale; please visit CUBuffs.com/tickets for more
information.
2014
Colorado Schedule
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Aug.
|
29
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Colorado State (Denver; FS1)
|
7:00 p.m.
|
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Sept.
|
6
|
at Massachusetts
|
TBA
|
|
SEPT.
|
13
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* ARIZONA STATE (ESPNU)
|
8:00 p.m.
|
|
SEPT.
|
20
|
HAWAIGÇÖI
|
TBA
|
|
Sept.
|
27
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* at California
|
TBA
|
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OCT.
|
4
|
* OREGON STATE
(FW)
|
TBA
|
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Oct.
|
18
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* at Southern California
|
TBA
|
|
OCT.
|
25
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* UCLA (H)
|
TBA
|
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NOV.
|
1
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* WASHINGTON
|
TBA
|
|
Nov.
|
8
|
* at Arizona
|
TBA
|
|
Nov.
|
22
|
* at Oregon
|
TBA
|
|
NOV.
|
29
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* UTAH
|
TBA
|
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Dec.
|
5
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Pac-12 Championship Game (FOX)
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7:00 p.m.
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OPEN WEEKENDS: Oct. 11, Nov. 15. Home
team for CU-CSU: Colorado.
*GÇöPac-12 Conference game. (H)GÇöHomecoming;
(FW)GÇöFamily Weekend.
