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The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Buffaloes will host UCLA at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3 for a game to be nationally televised on FS1.

The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Buffaloes found themselves ranked in the nation's top 25 on Sunday, the first time the Buffs have cracked the top 25 since early November 2005.

For most students, Family Weekend at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ will involve some variation of a similar pattern: breakfast at one of their favorite local hangouts, a sightseeing drive, then a trip to Folsom Field in time for Saturday’s 12:30 Buffs game against visiting Oregon State. But that’s not how Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ senior Alex Kelley’s day will go.

Last week, the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Buffaloes played well enough to win in two of three phases against fourth-ranked Michigan—and paid dearly for their mistakes in the third area.

At Saturday's first home game of the football season, let’s rally behind not only the Buffs but Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s top-of-the-line zero waste program at Folsom Field - Ralphie's Green Stampede.

Bragging rights in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ for the next 364 days will be up for grabs Friday night when Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ State square off in the Rocky Mountain Showdown, one of the oldest college football rivalries in the Rocky Mountain West.

Are you going to the Rocky Mountain Showdown and need a ride? The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Student Government and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Athletics have paired up to make free bus rides available to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder students going to the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ vs CSU game on Friday, Sept. 2. The buses will board in front of the Coors Events Center beginning at 2 p.m.

In what may be a first-ever exhaustive study of intercollegiate student-athletes, a team of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder researchers will gauge not only fitness but also general well-being among participants. Funded by a grant from the Pac-12 Conference, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder's Public Health Program, the Integrative Physiology Department, Sports Medicine, Psychology and Neuroscience and others will collaborate, examining such aspects as how quickly student-athletes acclimate to Boulder's altitude and how healthy their sleep patterns are, for example.

It's been more than a week now since two of their runners, former Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ NCAA champions and All-Americans Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson, claimed Olympic bronze medals. The glow has by no means worn off.

Former Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ star Jenny Simpson became the second Buff in two days to claim an Olympic bronze medal, putting on a terrific finishing kick over the last 200 meters Tuesday night to finish third in the 1,500-meter final. Simpson, who finished in 4 minutes, 10.53 seconds, is the first American...