Colorado Vs. Stanford: The Cardinal Downs Buffaloes, 48-7

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Colorado Vs. Stanford Score: Andrew Luck, CU Errors Have The Cardinal Up At Halftime, 27-7

The Colorado Buffaloes squandered an early opportunity in the first quarter and then saw the game start slipping away during the latter half of the second quarter. The Stanford Cardinal received the opening kickoff, but the ball was fumbled and recovered by Colorado. The Buffs were unable to punch the ball in, which led to a Will Oliver field goal attempt. It was blocked and returned 75 yards for the touchdown.

Late in the first quarter, Stepfan Taylor punched the ball in for a one-yard touchdown. Colorado answered back in the second quarter with a Tyler Hansen five-yard pass to Tony Jones. A 76-yard screen pass to Rodney Stewart set up that eventual score. Will Oliver missed a 46-yard field goal at the end of the first half.

But a Jeremy Stewart touchdown six minutes later and an Andrew Luck touchdown pass put the Cardinal in the 27-7 lead. Luck is 14-of-18 for 219 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

For more on this game, visit our Colorado blog The Ralphie Report and our Stanford blog Rule of Tree. Here's this week's college football TV schedule, and stay tuned to SB Nation's college football news hub for more.

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Paul Richardson Injury: Colorado Buffaloes WR Expected To Miss Game, According To Report

The Colorado Buffaloes are expected to be without wide receiver Paul Richardson for Saturday evening's game against the No. 7 Stanford Cardinal. According to Kyle Ringo of Buffzone, Richardson has come down with an unspecified injury that will preclude him from playing.

Richardson had a breakout game against the California Golden Bears during the second week of the season when he caught 11 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns. He has been quiet in the three games since then, but he did catch a touchdown in last week's loss to the Washington St. Cougars. For the season, Richardson has 29 receptions for 474 yards and five touchdowns.

Ryan Deehan and Toney Clemons will likely receive a few more targets from Tyler Hansen, but running back Rodney Stewart should also be heavily involved in the passing game. He is second on the team with 24 receptions for 338 yards.

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Stanford Vs. Colorado TV Schedule, Spread, Game Time And More

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Jon Embree is fed up with all the losing, as he told everyone during his postgame press conference following the 31-27 loss to the Washington St. Cougars. His team is 1-4, with the only win coming against the Colorado St. Rams (who lost to the San Jose St. Spartans last weekend). But his team doesn't get a break this week since a visit to Stanford is a tall task to overcome.

The Stanford Cardinal is led by Heisman candidate and likely No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Luck. Luck is 80-of-112 for 1,013 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has 56 career touchdowns and with a big game this weekend he could move closer to reaching John Elway's career record of 77 touchdowns. Our Stanford blog, Rule of Tree, believes Luck could be in for a huge passing day since the Colorado secondary has been hit with numerous suspensions. Luck likes to pass to Chris Owusu (275 yards) and Coby Fleener (five touchdown receptions. But don't sleep on the running game. Stepfan Taylor has 71 carries for 401 yards and four touchdowns.

The Buffs will need its defense to hold together as it deals with a largely untested secondary. But quarterback Tyler Hansen also needs to step up. While he has 1,325 passing yards, he had completed just 56.6 percent of his passes. Running back Rodney Stewart can hopefully continue the success he found last week when he rushed for 132 yards. He's also a threat out of the backfield as a pass-catcher.

Game date, time: 5:30 p.m. MT, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011

Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

TV channel: Versus

Spread: Stanford is favored by 30 points

Series history: Series is tied, 3-3

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Colorado Vs. Stanford: Andrew Luck Chasing John Elway's TD Passes Record

Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is chasing former Cardinal great John Elway's school touchdown record. Luck should be ready to move closer to it with a game against Colorado.