News and notes on the Buffs
BOULDER - The Colorado Buffaloes will open their 129th season of intercollegiate football on Friday, August 1, at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, squaring off against in-state rival Colorado State in the Rocky Mountain Showdown ... The game, the 90th meeting between the two schools approximately 40 miles apart as the proverbial crow flies, will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. mountain and will be televised nationally by the CBS Sports Network (it's the third straight year the Buffs and Rams will open on a Friday
night in Denver) ... It will be the 34th time over the last 35 seasons that a CU season opener will be on some kind of local, regional or national television (the lone exception came in 2006 against Montana State, though that game was webcast) … The Buffaloes lead the series with the Rams by a 65-22-2 count, which includes an 11-6 edge in games played in Denver (all but three of the games dating back to 1998 have been played in Denver, which will host one more in the series next year before the 2020 game will be played in Fort Collins) .