Colorado now 10-2 on the season and ranked No. 9 overall in the latest Coaches Poll continues to impress on the field and with their season victories come weekly awards. In fact, this is the 9th time this season a Colorado Football Player has earned either an offensive or defensive Player or Special teams Player of the Week Award.
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PAC 12 November 28th Awards
Colorado's defense came up big time and time again forcing game-changing plays against Utah in the Buffs' 27-22 win over the Utes this past Saturday Night. Senior Safety Tedric Thompson recorded 4 tackles and two very timely interceptions. With just two seconds on the clock before half, Utah Quarterback Troy Williams would throw up a hail mary that would be intercepted in the end-zone by Thompson who would return the football 51-yards to end the half.
Thompson would come up an even bigger interception in the 4th quarter (his 7th of the year). This is the second time Thompson has recorded two interceptions in one game, the first time was against Stanford earlier this year. Thompson's 7 interceptions in a season is tied for a school record with Dick Anderson and Cullen Bryant.
Previous Award Winners
On November 21st Senior Quarterback Sefo Liufau was named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week after his incredible performance against Washington State. In the Nationally Televised game on FOX, Liufau was 27 of 41 passing for 345-yards and rushed for 108-yards and 3 touchdowns. Sophomore Nick Fisher earned the PAC 12 Defensive Player of the Week Award after his outstanding play against Washington State coming up with several key plays in pivotal situations. In total Fisher had 6 tackles and 1 pass breakup.
On November 3rd, 2016 Sophomore Isaiah Oliver was selected as the PAC 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after his outstanding game-changing performance against UCLA. With Colorado leading UCLA just 13-10 late in the 4th quarter Oliver returned a punt 68-yards for a touchdown to help the Buffs win their fifth conference game of the season. On the night Oliver returned 5 punts for a total of 124-yards. The punt return was Colorado's first since the 2005 season when Stephan Robinson returned an 81-yarder against Kansas.
During the week of October 24th Tedric Thompson was named the PAC 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his outstanding performance against Stanford. In the Buffs 10-5 victory over the Cardinal, Thompson recorded two interceptions, one which he returned for 30-yards. On the season Thompson has 4 interceptions.
In Colorado's 40-16 win over Arizona State Junior Running Back Phillip Lindsay was named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week. Lindsay who had not hit the 100-yard mark this season, ran wild for 219-yards and 3 touchdowns. He is currently third in the PAC 12 rushing yardage wise.
Freshman kicker Davis Price was named the Week 5 PAC 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after drilling a 54-yard field goal against Oregon State. The 54-yard field kick is the longest field goal made by a freshman in Colorado school history.
Steven Montez was named the PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 26th following his performance against Oregon. The RS-Freshman starting in place of Sefo Liufau racked up an incredible 468-yards of total offense. Leading Colorado to a thrilling 41-38 victory over Oregon in Autzen Stadium, Liufau was 23-32 passing for 333-yards with 3 touchdowns and also rushed for 135-yards with a score on the ground.
Senior Quarterback Sefo Liufau was named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 5th in the Buffs 44-7 blowout against Colorado State. In the season opener against their in-state rival Liufau was 23 of 33 passing for 318-yards and 1 touchdowns. He finished the game with a 160.6 passing rating and earned 17 total first downs.
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Boulder, Colorado - 100/1. Those were the odds at the beginning of the season for the Buffaloes to win the PAC 12 Championship. After Saturday Night’s 27-22 victory over Utah, Colorado is 10-2 and ranked No. 9 in the Country. Head Colorado Football Coach Mike MacIntyre and the Buffs were 1-8 last year in Conference Play, this year they are 8-1, and PAC 12 South Champions.
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