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Template:Future sport The 2006 Colorado Buffaloes football team will represent the University of Colorado in the college football season of 2006-2007. The previous year's team won the Big 12 North Conference. That marked the fourth Big 12 North championship for the Buffs in the past 5 years. The team has its 23rd new head football coach Dan Hawkins. The Sporting News gave out the only A+ to Colorado in the category of coaching hire.. The Buffaloes will play their home games in Folsom Field. Colorado will play its 300th game on artificual turf against Kasnas this year.

Pre-season

With a new head coach, a new offensive system and the loss of several key players such as Joel Klatt (QB), Joe Klopfenstein (TE), Quinn Sypniewski (TE), Lawrence Vickers (TB) and John Torp (P), Colorado faces some challenges to hang on to their Big 12 North Title. (Jeremy Bloom, listed in the 2006 NFL Draft as being from Colorado had not played football for Colorado since the 2004 season and thus is not a loss for this year)

Colorado does not appear in any of the top 25 pre-season rankings (#26 in Collegefootballnews.com ), and has been predicted to finish in the bottom half of the Big 12 North.

Colorado will play their first I-AA opponent ever, Montana State, on September 2. Colorado is one of the last 9 I-A schools to have never played a Division I-AA or Division II school. The California Golden Bears also will lose that status this year leaving 7 teams left (Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, USC Trojans, UCLA and Washington Huskies).

Pre-season Awards

See for full infomation on preseason awards.

Brian Daniels (G) - 2006 Outland Trophy Watch List
Mark Fenton (C) - 2006 Outland Trophy Watch List, Rimington Trophy Watch List, Lombardi Award
Abraham Wright (DE) - 2006 Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive End of the Year) (Watch List)
Thaddaeus Washington (LB) - 2006 Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Hugh Charles (TB) - Street & Smith's Big 12 Best Athlete

Schedule

Roster

Template:2006 Colorado Buffaloes football roster

Coaching staff

Game Notes

Montana State

Colorado's season begins against Division I-AA opponent Montana State on September 2. Colorado needed to add an opponent with the schedule increase to a 12 game regular season and could not find another I-A opponent. Montana State was ranked #19 in the I-AA Preseason Poll . MSU finished 7-4 in the 2005 season. Starting off with this soft opponent will allow the Buffaloes to gage how the players have adopted the new system. However, Colorado coaches are 9-12-1 in their first game as head coach. The last coach to win his premire was Rick Neuheisel, and before that was in 1932. Colorado has played Montana State 3 times however, with the last time in 1927. MSU leads the series 1-2-0.

Colorado State

The 2006 Rocky Mountain Showdown takes place on September 9 at the neutral site, Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado. Colorado State University finished 6-6 in 2005. This will be the 78th meeting, with the Buffaloes leading the series 57-18-2. The last ten games the Buffaloes have won 7-3. They last played each other in 2005. The game will be broadcast on CSTV.

Arizona State

This will be the first meeting between the two schools. Arizona State went 6-5 in 2005. The game will be broadcast on TBS.

Georgia

This will be the first meeting between the two schools. Georgia went 10-3 in 2005. The two teams are scheduled to play each other again in 2010.

Missouri

This game signals the start of conference play for the Buffaloes. University of Missouri went 7-5 in 2005. This will be the 71st meeting between the two with Missouri leading the series 36-31-3. However, Colorado has taken 7 of the last 10 games. They last played each other in 2005. Missouri went 7-5 last season.

Baylor

The Big 12 South Baylor will come to Boulder for the 14th matchup between the schools and Colorado's Homecomming game. They last played in 2003, and Colorado leads the series 8-5-0 and Colorado also has won 7 of the last 10 games. Baylor went 5-6 in 2005.

Texas Tech

Texas Tech will play Colorado during Family Weekend at CU. This will be only the 8th meeting between the schools with Texas Tech leading the series 4-3-0. The schools last met in 2003. Texas Tech went 9-3 last season.

Oklahoma

This is the most difficult opponent in 2006 for the Buffaloes, since Oklahoma has been selected #1 in 4 preseason polls. The main challenge will be to stop Adrian Peterson in Norman on his run for the Heisman Trophy. Oklahoma had a disapointing 2005 going 8-4. This will be the 57th meeting with Oklahoma dominating the series 38-16-2, but Colorado has taken 5 of the last 10 (5-4-1). They last played each other in 2004.

Kansas

This will be the 66th matchup between the schools, with Colorado leading 41-21-3 and 8-2 in the last 10. They last played in 2005. Kansas went 7-5 last season.

Kansas State

Kansas State also has a new head coach, Ron Prince, this season. They went 5-6 last season. This will be the 62nd matchup between the teams with Colorado in the lead 43-17-1, but they have split the last 10 games (5-5). They last played in 2005.

Iowa State

Iowa State went 7-5 in 2005. This will be the 60th matchup between the schools and Colorado is dominating 46-13-1 in the series and 8-2 in the last ten. They last played in 2005.

Nebraska

The big rivalry game for Colorado will air on ABC. This will be the 65th meeting between the teams with Nebraska clearly in control of the series 45-17-2 and 7-3 in the last 10. Nebraska went 8-4 last season and beat Colorado 30-3 in part of the tailspin of Colorado of the 2005 season.

Related Pages

• Colorado Buffaloes football
• Colorado Buffaloes
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• Big 12 Conference
• 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season

External Links

• Colorado Buffaloes Athletics Official website

References

1. 2006 Colorado Football Summer Notes Page 4, Preseason Magazine Notes
2. "2006 Preseason Rankings/Possible Conference Contenders - No. 21 to No. 29". 2006-07-28.
3. 2006 Colorado Football Summer Notes Page 1, Quickly
4. 2006 Colorado Football Preseason Honors Preseason Honors
5. 2006 Colorado Football Summer Notes
6. 2006 Colorado Buffaloes media guide Coaches section

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