Colorado's 2021 football season is finally here. Karl Dorrell, in his second year with the Buffaloes, will face first-year head coach Ed McCaffrey and the Northern Colorado Bears tonight at Folsom Field in both teams' 2021 opener.

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TV/Radio info: The game will kickoff shortly after 7 p.m. MST tonight from Boulder, with the Pac-12 Network handling broadcast duties on the TV side of things. KOA 850 AM and 94.1 FM will broadcast the game over the radio.

Series History: 1-0 in favor of Colorado. The last and only time CU and the Bears have met on the Gridiron came on Sept. 16, 2017; the Buffaloes won, 41-21.

Colorado Game Notes

Colorado Individual Notes

Northern Colorado Notes

Colorado's released depth chart vs. UNC is below:

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