Plati takes a look back at CU-KU

Time for the Buffs and Jayhawks to meet again, this time in Lawrence.

CU has been dominant in the series, winning 18 of the last 21 games, however, two of those defeats were away from Folsom Field, where the Buffs play this weekend.

Colorado sports information director Dave Plati took some time away from his voluminous journaling of CU sports to look back on the series between the two schools.

Black and Gold Breakdown: What are your strongest memories of the CU-KU series?

Plati: I would say that almost every school has that one team that gives it fits throughout the years, regardless of how good you might be or if they're in the midsts of a down year. The two schools I would lump into that category for us would be Oklahoma State and Kansas. The OSU series has had a lot of downright goofy things occur, whereas KU seems to always bring its' best against the Buffs.

The 1961 CU-KU game is fairly well documented, the largest comeback in our history at the time and still ranks as the second; CU trailed 19-0 early in the fourth quarter and the Buffs rallied to win, 20-19. I was only 1 at the time, so my only familiarity with the game is through the files the late, great Fred Casotti maintained.

When someone says CU-KU to me, aside from Stephone Pelle's winning jump shot in 2003 to beat 'em in hoops (and Billy Houston's jumper to do the same in Lawrence in 1982, I was at both), the immediate games that pop up are the 1991 game that ended in a light snowfall with Vance Joseph subbing for an injured Darian Hagan; the 1995 game where Mike Hankwitz returned to Boulder with a Jayhawk team that spoiled our undefeated start with a 40-24 win (both teams finished 10-2 that year), the 2002 game in Lawrence when Chris Brown had 309 rushing yards and the overtime win in Boulder the following year when Mason Crosby gave us a sneak peek to what kind of what kind of clutch kicker he would develop into.

BGB: Memorable performances?

Plati: Brown's 309 yards. You have to see something like that in person to appreciate it. I was there for Rashaan Salaam's 317 yards at Texas in '94 and both efforts were impressive. That, and in 1983, Chris McLemore went nuts both running and catching balls in leading CU to a surprise 34-23 win in Lawrence.

BGB: Jayhawks you most remember?

Plati: Most recently, Nick Reid -- a great college linebacker. I would hope he's doing well as a rookie in the NFL. In the early 80s, they had a stud running back, Kerwin Bell I believe; he really tore into us a couple of times.