2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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2008 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference Big 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Record5–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorRon Collins (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3 Cover 2
Home stadium Folsom Field
Uniform
Big12-Uniform-CU-2007-2008.png
Seasons
←  2007
2009  →
2008 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 19 Missouri xy  5 –3   10 –4  
Nebraska x  5 –3   9 –4  
Kansas  4 –4   8 –5  
Colorado  2 –6   5 –7  
Kansas State  2 –6   5 –7  
Iowa State  0 –8   2 –10  
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$  7 –1   12 –2  
No. 4 Texas x%  7 –1   12 –1  
No. 12 Texas Tech x  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 16 Oklahoma State  5 –3   9 –4  
Baylor  2 –6   4 –8  
Texas A&M  2 –6   4 –8  
Championship: Oklahoma 62, Missouri 21
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Hawkins and played their home games in Folsom Field.

Contents

Preseason

Riar Geer was suspended "from everything football-related" after being arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault and harassment on March 15, 2008. [1] This was less than 24 hours after Lynn Katoa was arrested March 14, 2008 on suspicion for assault at a party on February 16, 2008. [1] This now makes four football players that have had charges brought against them this year. On January 19, 2008, Kai Maiava was ticketed with underage possession and consumption of alcohol and Nate Vaiomounga was charged the same night for criminal mischief under $500. [1] Vaiomounga was also charged February 16, 2008 with underage possession and consumption of alcohol for a separate incident. [1] On April 13, 2008, Jake Duren was arrested for first-degree criminal trespass and kicked off the team 4 hours later. [2] Durin was found bloody and passed out after police followed a blood trail from a broken car window to him in the Smiley Court family residence hall where he did not live. [2]

Spring practice

The Spring game was April 19, 2008. On the day before, Colorado was one of twenty schools competing in a Gridiron Bash where the Counting Crows will perform. [3] The event was canceled weeks before hand due to NCAA rules on student athlete benefits. [4] Former Colorado head coach Bill McCartney issued a challenge to Buffalo fans and students to fill Folsom Field for the spring game during a luncheon about CU football recruiting. [5] Filling the stadium would make a statement of support from the community that should help with recruiting. [5] Filling the stadium with 50,000 or more fans would be a huge contrast to past season that have estimated the attendance at the spring game at 6,000 or less. [5] Actual attendance was 17,800, a record for spring game. [6]

Awards

Recruiting

National Signing Day was on February 6, 2008 and Colorado signed high school athletes from around the country.

Key recruit was five-star running back Darrell Scott of Ventura, California. Scott is the highest rated recruit heading to Colorado since Marcus Houston of Denver came to Boulder as part of the 2000 class.

Official 2008 CU Signing Day Central

US college sports recruiting information for 2008 recruits
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeight40‡Commit date
Chance Blackmon
WR		Tatum, TexasTatum HS6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)180 lb (82 kg)4.54 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 74
Curtis Cunningham
DT		Littleton, Colorado Columbine HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)263 lb (119 kg)4.9 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 76
Ryan Dannewitz
OL		San Jacinto, CaliforniaSan Jacinto Senior HS6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)270 lb (120 kg)5.5 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 40
Ryan Deehan
TE		Poway, California Poway HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)229 lb (104 kg)4.77 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 78
Vince Ewing
DB		Carlsbad, CaliforniaCarlsbad HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)195 lb (88 kg)4.68 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 2 stars.svg     Rivals: 2 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 68
Bryce Givens
OL		Denver, ColoradoMullen HS6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)261 lb (118 kg)5.15 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 4 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 78
Tyler Hansen
QB		Temecula, CaliforniaChaparral HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg)4.68 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 2 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 40
Stephen Hicks
DB		Whitehouse, TexasWhitehouse5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)180 lb (82 kg)4.47 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 40
Lynn Katoa
LB		Salt Lake City, UtahCottonwood HS6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)220 lb (100 kg)4.6 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 5 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 80
Patrick Mahnke
DB		Highlands Ranch, ColoradoMountain Vista HS6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)187 lb (85 kg)4.61 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 2 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 73
Jon Major
LB		Parker, ColoradoPonderosa HS6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)228 lb (103 kg)4.54 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 4 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 81
Shaun Mohler
LB		Costa Mesa, California Orange Coast College 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)225 lb (102 kg)4.6 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 4 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: JC
Will Pericak
LB		Boulder, Colorado Boulder HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)244 lb (111 kg)4.84 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 68
Darrell Scott
RB		Ventura, CaliforniaSt. Bonaventure HS6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)204 lb (93 kg)4.4 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 5 stars.svg     Rivals: 5 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 89
Rodney Stewart
RB		Columbus, OhioBrookhaven HS5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)173 lb (78 kg)4.4 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 1 stars.svg     Rivals: 2 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 40
Max Tuioti-Mariner
OL		Corona, CaliforniaCorona Senior HS6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)295 lb (134 kg)5 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 80
Paul Vigo
ATH		New Brunswick, New JerseyNew Brunswick HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)188 lb (85 kg)4.5 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 2 stars.svg     Rivals: 2 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 66
Ryan Wallace
TE		Bowling Green, Kentucky6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)223 lb (101 kg)4.8 Symbol keep vote.svg  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 3 stars.svg     Rivals: 3 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 74
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Colorado 2008 Football Commitments". Rivals.com.
  • "2008 Colorado Recruits". Scout.com.
  • "2008 Colorado". ESPN.com.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com.
  • "2008 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 [10] 5:30 pm [10] vs. Colorado State *
 FSN [10] W 38–1769,619
September 61:30 pm Eastern Washington *
W 31–2446,417
September 18 [11] 6:30 pm [11] No. 21 West Virginia *
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
 ESPN [11] W 17–14 OT51,883
September 27 [11] 1:30 pmat Florida State *
 ABC/ESPN L 21–3946,716
October 45:00 pmNo. 5 Texas Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FSNL 14–3853,927
October 1110:30 amat No. 16 Kansas
ESPN2L 14–3049,566
October 185:00 pm Kansas State
FSNW 14–1352,099
October 255:30 pmat No. 16 Missouri
FSNL 0–5868,349
November 112:00 pmat Texas A&M
L 17–2478,121
November 812:30 pm Iowa State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
 Versus W 28–2446,440
November 156:00 pmNo. 11 Oklahoma State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ABCL 17–3046,092
November 281:30 pmat Nebraska
ABCL 31–4085,319
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Roster

Kai Maiava, who was a freshman All-Big 12 offensive linemen in 2007, and switched to the fullback position in the offseason, decided to leave the team after the 2008 spring semester. [12] His reasons did not include the position switch, but for family issues. [12] He transferred to UCLA. [12]

Coaching staff

Dan Hawkins Dan Hawkins-Colorado.jpg
Dan Hawkins
Name [13] PositionYears
at CU		 Alma mater (year)
Dan Hawkins Head coach2 University of California, Davis (1984)
Brian Cabral Linebackers
Associate head coach [14] 		19University of Colorado at Boulder (1978)
Ron Collins Defensive coordinator2 Washington State University (1987)
Mark Helfrich Offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks		2 Southern Oregon University (1996)
Jeff Grimes Offensive line1 University of Texas at El Paso (1991)
Eric Kiesau Passing Game Coordinator
Receivers		2 Portland State University (1996)
Romeo BandisonDefensive line2 University of Oregon (1994)
Greg BrownSecondary5
(1991–93)		University of Texas at El Paso (1980)
Darian Hagan Running backs3University of Colorado at Boulder (1991)
Kent RiddleTight ends
Special teams		2 Oregon State University (1991)
Mark NolanRecruiting coordinator2 Willamette University (1995)
Jashon Sykes Recruiting coordinator2University of Colorado at Boulder (2002)

Game summaries

Colorado State

1234Total
Buffaloes02110738
Rams0143017

The 2008 Qwest Rocky Mountain Showdown was played at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver.

External link: https://web.archive.org/web/20070827084821/http://www.qwestrockymountainshowdown.com/

Eastern Washington

1234Total
Eagles7140324
Buffaloes0771731

West Virginia

1234OTTotal
Mountaineers7070014
Buffaloes14000317

Florida State

1234Total
Buffaloes7001421
Seminoles71261439

Texas

1234Total
#5 Texas14714338
Colorado007714

The morning of the game, sports books favored Texas by 13 points. [15] The weather forecast called for a game-time temperature of 64 °F (18 °C) and a 30% chance of rain, with isolated thunderstorms. [16]

The Longhorns won 38–14.

Kansas

1234Total
Buffaloes707014
Jayhawks0971430

Heading into the game against Colorado, Kansas was ranked #15 in the Coaches Poll. This made the 17th consecutive week that Kansas was ranked in the Top 25 (dating back to 2007), a school record. Before the start of the game Kansas Coach Mark Mangino asked the KU student section to refrain from an expletive kickoff chant that has become a student tradition. Despite Mangino's plea, the student section yelled the chant louder than ever. Colorado scored first with an 11-yard Cody Hawkins touchdown pass. Colorado got the ball back soon thereafter, but Hawkins threw an interception inside the red zone and the Kansas defense prevented another Colorado score. Kansas first got on the board with a Jake Sharp touchdown run in the 2nd Quarter. On Colorado's next possession, Hawkins was sacked for a 17-yard loss and a safety to give Kansas its first lead. Once again Kansas came out and played much better in the second half. In the second half Todd Reesing passed for his only touchdown to Dezmond Briscoe and Sharp rushed for two more touchdowns. Sharp's first start of the season was successful as he rushed for 118 yards on 31 carries and for 3 touchdowns. Sharp's performance was by far the best of any Kansas running back through the first 6 games of the season. Reesing had his most accurate game of the season, completing 27 of 34 passes for 256 yards and 1 touchdown. Wide receiver Kerry Meier had 9 receptions for 94 yards. A few hours after the Kansas win, the only other undefeated North team in Big 12 play, Missouri, lost to Oklahoma State. Kansas stood atop the Big 12 North with a record of 2–0.

Kansas State

1234Total
Wildcats607013
Buffaloes0140014

Going into the game, K-State had beaten Colorado two years in a row, including a win in Boulder in 2006. Colorado was favored by 3½. Colorado leads the all-time series 43-19-1.

The Colorado Buffaloes found an answer to their quarterback troubles, turning to freshman Tyler Hansen, who sparked them to a 14-13 win.

Cody Hawkins, the son of Buffs coach Dan Hawkins, was benched and switched offensive series with Tyler Hansen.

Although Hawkins mostly handed off to Rodney Stewart (29 carries for 141 yards), he also hit J.R. Smith for 22 yards on third-and-15 from his own 29 on the drive.

His fourth-and-4 pass to Smith, however, fell incomplete and Kansas State took over at its own 31 with 59 seconds remaining.

Josh Freeman's fourth-down desperation heave to Brandon Banks at the Buffs’ 20-yard line was broken up by free safety Ryan Walters on the last play of the game.

Hansen finished a modest 7-of-14 for 71 yards with one touchdown and one interception, but he also ran 19 times for 86 yards, bringing a dimension that Hawkins doesn’t have. Hawkins was 6-of-11 for 35 yards.

Trailing 6-0 and in need of a spark to break out of their monthlong slump, Hansen entered the game and promptly fumbled his first snap out of bounds. But on third-and-12 from his 28, Hansen gained 13 yards on a draw play and suddenly the Buffs, who snapped a three-game skid, had the momentum.

He drove them to the Kansas State 4, where Hawkins re-entered and handed off to Stewart, who ran into the end zone to give Colorado a 7-6 lead.

The next time Hansen drove the Buffs downfield, Hawkins stayed on the sideline and Hansen hit Scotty McKnight with a 21-yard touchdown pass down the left sideline for a 14-6 lead.

Brooks Rossman kicked field goals of 37 and 53 yards but was wide right from 47 yards and wide left from 42 in the first half.

The Wildcats pulled to 14-13 when Freeman scored untouched on 17-yard keeper early in the third quarter.

Colorado had a chance to pad its slim lead but Aric Goodman's 47-yard field goal try sailed wide right at the last moment. Goodman's 48-yard attempt in the first half was blocked by Ian Campbell, Kansas State's seventh block in seven games, best in the nation. [17]

Missouri

1234Total
Buffaloes00000
#16 Tigers2113141058

The Tigers won their 600th game since their inception in 1890, in an overwhelming 58-0 shutout of the Buffaloes in the Tigers' Homecoming game at Faurot Field rolling up 491 total offensive yards. Chase Daniel passed for 302 yards, and the runners ran for another 189 yards. Daniel was 31-for-37 throwing five touchdowns, intercepted once. Jeremy Maclin had 11 pass receptions for 134 yards with two touchdowns. The defense was outstanding, holding Colorado to a mere 41 net yards rushing and 158 passing for only 199 total offensive yards. [18]

Texas A&M

1234Total
Buffaloes730717
Aggies0321024

Coming into the game, the Aggies had held a 2–5 overall record against the Colorado Buffaloes. Of the three games that were played at Kyle Field, the Aggies had only won the 2004 contest. [19] In the preseason, the Buffaloes acquired Darrell Scott, who was ranked the best running back in the 2008 recruiting class by Rivals.com. [20] In their previous game, the Buffaloes suffered a 58–0 shutout at the hands of No. 16 Missouri. Both teams bought an even matchup to the field, with Colorado fielding an offense that had scored 19 points per game, whereas A&M's scoring defense had allowed 35 points per game. The Aggie defense had given up a total of 1,584 in their past three games against Iowa State, Texas Tech, and Kansas State. [21] A&M was favored to win by 3.5 points. [22]

Iowa State

1234Total
Cyclones377724
Buffaloes00131528

Highlights: Colorado trailed 24-13 with 10 minutes left in the game. The final play the Colorado defense stopped Iowa State running back Alexander Robinson with a 2-yard loss on CU's 1-yard line. Cody Hawkins replaced QB Tyler Hansen in the second half. Hawkins threw for 226 yards. Kicker Aric Goodman missed two field goals and had a blocked kick. [23]

Oklahoma State

1234Total
Cowboys6714330
Buffaloes037717

Nebraska

1234Total
Buffaloes14107031
Cornhuskers141031340

Statistics

Team

[24] TeamOpp
Scoring242351
  Points per game  
First Downs226249
  Rushing100116
  Passing112116
  Penalty1417
Total offense (yards)3,8224,579
  Avg per play4.535.48
  Avg per game318.5381.6
Fumbles lost33-1016-8
Penalties – yards65-51667-592
  Avg per game  
TeamOpp
Punts – yards64-2,53558-2,433
  Avg per Punt39.642.0
Time of possession/game28:5731:03
3rd down conversions68-16166-168
4th down conversions18-256-15
Touchdowns scored  
Field goals – attempts – long  
PAT – attempts  
Attendance296,858328,071
  Games/Avg per game6/49,4765/64,614

Scores by quarter

1234Total
Colorado49585577239
Opponents859610367351

Offense

Rushing

NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Rodney Stewart9132669476224.7122269.1
Darrell Scott1187364213433.9414231.2
Tyler Hansen563322612614.1402452.2
Demetrius Sumler1263266152513.9843620.9
Josh Smith12126028322.670242.7
Kevin Moyd127344303.330212.5
Jason Espinoza215055.00052.5
Cody Crawford1212022.00020.2
Scotty McKnight1225321.00050.2
Patrick Williams1222021.00010.2
Matt Ballenger271623-7-3.50011-3.5
Cody Hawkins1257150173-23-0.04319-1.9
TEAM-5026-26---1-
Total         
Opponents         

Passing

NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntPctYdsTDLngAvg/G
Cody Hawkins12 320-183-1057.218921768 
Tyler Hansen5 65- 34- 452.3280129 
Matt Ballenger2 12- 8- 066.7118128 
Scotty McKnight12 3- 1- 033.338028 
TEAM- 4- 0- 00.00-- 
Total        
Opponents        

Receiving

NameGP-GSNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
Scotty McKnight124651911.353743.3
Josh Smith122938713.334432.3
Patrick Williams123032210.723626.8
Cody Crawford12312698.721922.4
Riar Geer101318314.126818.3
Demetrius Sumler12181679.304013.9
Patrick Devenny12141168.32149.7
Darrell Scott11910511.70389.5
Jake Behrens1212756.32136.3
Ryan Deehan1256112.21255.1
Kendrick Celestine25469.203523.0
Rodney Stewart97436.20104.8
Maurice Cantrell124215.3071.8
Steve Melton82157.5081.9
Kevin Moyd121-1-1.00-1-0.1
Total       
Opponents       

Defense

NameGPTacklesSacksPass defenseInterceptionsFumblesBlkd
kick
SoloAstTotalTFL-ydsNo-ydsBrUpQBHNo.-ydsAvgTDLongRcv-ydsFF
Total

Special teams

NamePuntingKickoffs
No.YdsAvgLongTBFCI20BlkdNo.YdsAvgTBOB
Total
NamePunt returnsKick returns
No.YdsAvgTDLongNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Total

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Dylan Edwards is an American football running back for the Colorado Buffaloes.

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