Athletics:
Sports teams at the school are called Buffaloes. CU participates in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football) as a member of the Northern Division of the Big Twelve Conference. The school mascot is Ralphie the Buffalo and the school colors are Silver and Gold, but are usually represented by Black and Gold.

In football, CU enjoys major rivalries with Colorado State University and Nebraska. The annual CU-CSU football game, dubbed the "Rocky Mountain Showdown," has been played in recent years in Denver at Mile High Stadium (and subsequently INVESCO Field at Mile High). Colorado and Nebraska traditionally finish their respective seasons in a nationally televised confrontation on the Friday following Thanksgiving.

In 2004, the football program was embroiled in a major sex scandal. It was reported that players had hosted parties for recruits featuring escorts and strippers. Several women, including former walk-on placekicker Katie Hnida, have alleged that they were raped by players. Soon after Hnida made her rape accusations, head football coach Gary Barnett was asked about her allegations in a news conference; he chose not to directly address Hnida's charges, but instead made disparaging remarks about her playing skills. Within days of his remarks, he was placed on administrative leave. An independent committee reviewed the entire CU football program, placing most of the blame for the scandal on the university administration. After the report was issued, Barnett was reinstated.

Notable CU students, alumni, and staff:

»	Loren Acton, NASA astronaut
»	Patrick Baudry, CNES astronaut
»	James Barton, Co-founder of TiVo
»	Bob Beauprez, U.S. Representative
»	Petr Beckmann, physicist, engineer
»	Chauncey Billups, member of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA
»	Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
»	Vance D. Brand, NASA astronaut
»	Scott Carpenter, NASA astronaut
»	Kalpana Chawla, Columbia astronaut
»	Lynne Cheney, wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
»	Sarvadaman Chowla, mathematician
»	Eric Allin Cornell, physicist, Nobel laureate
»	Takao Doi, NASA astronaut
»	Ed Dorn, poet
»	Samuel T. Durrance, NASA astronaut
»	Larry Esposito, discoverer of Saturn's fourth ring
»	George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist
»	John Herrington, NASA astronaut
»	Richard Hieb, NASA astronaut
»	Katie Hnida, football place kicker
»	Hale Irwin, golf star
»	Marsha Ivins, NASA astronaut
»	Deborah S. Jin, physicist
»	Alan Kay, computer scientist, Turing Award winner
»	William Lee Knous, state Supreme Court judge and state legislator
»	Herbert Kroemer, physicist
»	John M. Lounge, NASA astronaut
»	James Naismith, inventor of basketball
»	George Nelson, NASA astronaut
»	Ellison Onizuka, Challenger astronaut
»	Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
»	William Pierce, physicist, white separatist
»	Robert Redford, actor
»	Stuart Roosa, NASA astronaut
»	Ronald M. Sega, NASA astronaut
»	Paul Soldner, artist
»	Matt Stone, co-creator of South Park
»	Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 astronaut
»	James Voss, NASA astronaut
»	Byron White, associate justice of the Supreme Court
»	Leslie Whittington, Georgetown professor and Sep. 11 victim
»	Carl Wieman, physicist, Nobel laureate
»	Steve Wozniak, personal computer pioneer

Demographics:

»	29,000 Students
»	22,000 Undergraduates
»	4,400 Graduate Students
»	47% Women
»	53% Men
»	66% In State (Colorado Resident)
»	34% Non Resident
»	14% Minorities
»	4% International Students

External links:
The University of Colorado's web site (http://www.colorado.edu/)
Official Colorado athletics site (http://www.cubuffs.com/)

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