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CU Buffs earn another national TV game

All seven of CU's football games this season have been on national television. The CU Buffs earned another prime TV slot for their game against Arizona.

BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado football team has landed another nationally televised game.

The Big 12 Conference announced Monday that Colorado's next road game, at Arizona on Saturday, Oct. 19, will kick off at 2 p.m. Mountain time. The game will be televised nationally on FOX.

The Arizona game will be Colorado's seventh in seven games that will be be broadcast nationally. This Saturday, Colorado will host Kansas State at Folsom Field. The game kicks off at 8:15 p.m. Mountain time on ESPN.

The six CU games selected for network television this season are the most in a season in program history, breaking last year's record of five.

The Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders will appear this season on all four networks in the same season for the first time in school history. Games this season have been scheduled to air on FOX, CBS, ABC and NBC.

In Colorado's last game, quarterback Shedeur Sanders threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns to help the Buffaloes match its victory total for all of last season in a 48-21 victory over Central Florida.

Travis Hunter had a touchdown catch and interception for the Buffaloes (4-1, 2-0 Big 12), who have won three straight games following a road loss to Nebraska. Hunter struck a Heisman pose after his second-half interception.

Colorado's Week 1 season opener vs. North Dakota State was ESPN's highest-rated college football opener in seven years, garnering an average of 4.8 million viewers.

"Whether you like it or not, you want to see it," Sanders said of his program.

Credit: AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Travis Hunter warms up before an NCAA college football game against Central Florida, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Orlando, Fla.

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Credit: AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Travis Hunter reacts to the crowd while warming up before an NCAA college football game against Central Florida, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Orlando.
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Deion Sanders runs the perimeter of the field before an NCAA college football game against Baylor, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Boulder, Colo.

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