BOULDER, Colo. – The University of Hawai'i football team flew to Denver, Colo., Friday, and made the one hour drive to Folsom Field, site of Saturday's non-conference game against Colorado.

 

Kick-off is 1:30 p.m. MT (9:30 a.m. HT) and the game will be televised on Fox College Sports. In addition, fans can listen to the game live on ESPN 1420 AM, beginning with the “Countdown To Kickoff” show at 5:30 a.m. Neighbor islands can listen live on KNUI on Maui, KHLO in Hilo, KKON in Kona.

 

Upon arriving at Folsom Field, the Warriors (1-1) were greeted by Ralphie, CU's real buffalo mascot. Many of the players took pictures with the buffalo and spoke to its handlers, who just finished practicing running with the animal for tomorrow's home opener. Traditionally Ralphie leads the Colorado football team out on the field both at the start of the game and second half.

 

Temperature at kickoff for tomorrow's game is expected to be 72 degrees with mostly sunny skies. The game is the final leg of a 13-day road trip which began with a non-conference game at Army. That game marked the farthest game UH has traveled to a game in school history.

 

Hawai'i rallied to defeat Army, 31-28, last Saturday in West Point, N.Y. The Warriors jumped out to a 21-0 first half lead before the Black Knights scored 28 unanswered points. UH tied it at 28 and its defense forced a late Army turnover. With 24 seconds left, quarterback Bryant Moniz connected with wide receiver Royce Pollard on consecutive plays setting up Scott Enos' 31-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining. For his efforts, Moniz was named the WAC's Offensive player of the week.

 

Colorado (1-1) dropped a 52-7 decision to California in Berkeley, Calif. The Buffaloes trailed 31-0 at the half. CU opened the season with a 24-3 win over in-state rival Colorado State in Denver.

 

The teams have met once with Hawai'i winning 13-0 on Jan. 1, 1925 in Honolulu. UH is 2-12-1 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference and have not played at a Big 12 school since playing at Nebraska in 1978.

 

Although Hawai'i has not played a Big 12 opponent since the conference was established in 1996, UH holds a 2-12-1 all-time record against its current members. The last time UH played a Big 12 team was in 1995 when the Warriors opened the season against Texas (L, 17-38) and closed the season against Oklahoma State (L, 20-24). UH is 0-10-1 in its last 11 games against Big 12 teams.