One more check-in..

Actually I just wanted to remind everyone that CU is one of only 29 teams in the nation that remain undefeated!  I''l put out the preview Saturday morning but here are a few other items of note:

§  Review of the tape: I couldn’t bear to watch a taped game that wasn’t CU, but let’s just say that Mannion is a beast and is going to be a very big challenge, leading the nation in most passing statistics.

§  Reschedule? At least one site was reporting that Hawaii had declined $600K offer to play in Boulder Oct. 19.  Idaho was getting a lot of mentions, although they would need a waiver from NCAA.  MacIntyre has ruled out San Jose St, and even though San Diego St. seems like the easiest and best solution, they must not be interested. It is more and more likely that CU have to settle for an FCS team and hope for the right situation and a bowl-game waiver if the dominoes fall right and they actually win three other games.

§  Keep the redshirt on: The Buffs have listed six freshmen on the three-deep depth chart as designated to redshirt, barring significant injuries at their position. 

§  It is a little surprising that both DEs Markeis Reed and Derek McCartney are here, as both have practiced well and were thought to be in line for playing time; however, the dozen or so guys in the rotation are playing fairly well.

§  A little more surprising was WR Jeff Thomas, who has had to deal with numerous issues, but he was going to have a tough time breaking onto the field this year with eight wideouts catching the ball, including true frosh Devin Ross.

§  No surprise about FB George Frazier, especially after switching positions from LB, nor of the offensive linemen Sam Kronshrage and Gerald Kough.

§  It is assumed that any true freshman not listed on the depth chart is also going to redshirt (including WRs Elijah Dunston and Bryce Bobo, OL Jonathan Huckins, DE Timothy Coleman, who is going to have season-ending Achilles surgery).

§  We already knew that sophomore CB Yuri Wright was slated to redshirt.

§  Also redshirting, though only because of ridiculous NCAA transfer rules, is K Diego Gonzalez, who told Ryan K of Buff Stampede that he has kicked a 70-yarder in practice.  I have said previously he will definitely be the kickoff specialist next year, and now likely the long FG kicker, if he doesn’t flat out beat out Wil Oliver for the job.  

§  Injuries: The Buffs should be generally healed up and there have been no new injuries reported.  No word if anyone like Ford, J. Irwin or J. Webb will be back yet.

§  Oregon St. starting RB Storm Woods suffered a pretty severe concussion against Utah last week and it looks like he will be out for this game as well.

§  Honors, mentions and recognitions or headlines of any sort: P-Rich, even with only two games under his belt, is still 4^th in the country in receiving yards with 417.

§  He also got a nice mention by ESPN Pac12 blog and their “assessments at the quarter pole” as the conference’s best surprise so far this year (OSU WR Brandin Cooks was named best player with his 4 game receiving stats): ‘Though his team has played in only two games so far this season, it’s hard not to feel good about the comeback of Colorado wide receiver Paul Richardson -- and really the rebirth of the Buffs under Mike MacIntyre. Richardson has 417 yards in just two games, which puts him eighth in the country. Had Colorado played its game against Fresno State (which was postponed due to flooding), it’s likely we’d see Richardson toward the top with Cooks. As for the Buffs in general, we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. They still have a long way to go. But you can definitely see an air of confidence about this team that’s been lacking the last couple of seasons.”