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Liufau and Fisher Named Pac-12 Players of the Week
November 21, 2016 | Football
SAN FRANCISCO – Colorado added two more Pac-12 honors to its season total on Monday, as Sefo Liufau was named the league's offensive player of the week and Nick Fisher the defensive player of the week for their performances in leading No. 9 CU to its ninth win of the season last Saturday against Washington State.
The two selections bring CU's season total up to eight (four offensive, two defensive and two special teams), which has tied with the 2001 team for the most honorees in a year in Colorado history. That 2001 team had four defensive selections, two offensive and two on special teams when back in the Big 12.
The eight total selections are also the most from any Pac-12 school this season.
This marks the first week since Sept. 23, 1995 that CU collected both offensive and defensive player of the week honors for the same game. That year it was with QB John Hessler on offense and ILB Matt Russell on defense after the duo led the Buffs to a 29-21 win over No. 3 Texas A&M at Folsom Field when CU was in the Big 8 Conference.
For Liufau, he becomes the first Pac-12 player to earn two offensive player of the week honors this season. This was the first of weekly accolade of Fisher's career.
Fisher was pressed into action after CU lost two safeties ahead of him and all he did was step right in and make six tackles (all solo) with one pass breakup. After only playing 39 snaps previously, Fisher played 67 vs. WSU and recorded three third down stops and a fourth down stop, the latter at CU's 15-yard line when Washington State was driving trying to score a go-ahead touchdown when trailing 28-24 with 13:17 left in the game.
Fisher and the CU defense held Cougar quarterback Luke Falk 26-of-53 passing, or 49.1 percent. Falk entered the game leading the nation with a completion percentage of .739.
Liufau recorded just the second 300/100 game in school history (300 passing, 100 rushing yards in the same game). He amassed 453 yards of total offense, completing 27-of-41 passes for 345 yards (0 TD/0 INT), and rushed for career-highs of 108 yards and three touchdowns on 23 attempts.
He also had a hand in 12 of CU's 13 third down conversions (five rushing, eight passing). During the course of the game, he went over the 10,000-yard mark in his career in total offense, as well as the 9,000-yard mark in passing yards and owns 84 school records and counting.
CU (9-2, 7-1 Pac-12) moved up to No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll on Sunday and closes out the regular season at Folsom Field this Saturday, Nov. 26, when the 21st-ranked Utah Utes (8-3, 5-3) coming into town for Senior Day (5:30 p.m./FOX).
The two selections bring CU's season total up to eight (four offensive, two defensive and two special teams), which has tied with the 2001 team for the most honorees in a year in Colorado history. That 2001 team had four defensive selections, two offensive and two on special teams when back in the Big 12.
The eight total selections are also the most from any Pac-12 school this season.
This marks the first week since Sept. 23, 1995 that CU collected both offensive and defensive player of the week honors for the same game. That year it was with QB John Hessler on offense and ILB Matt Russell on defense after the duo led the Buffs to a 29-21 win over No. 3 Texas A&M at Folsom Field when CU was in the Big 8 Conference.
For Liufau, he becomes the first Pac-12 player to earn two offensive player of the week honors this season. This was the first of weekly accolade of Fisher's career.
Fisher was pressed into action after CU lost two safeties ahead of him and all he did was step right in and make six tackles (all solo) with one pass breakup. After only playing 39 snaps previously, Fisher played 67 vs. WSU and recorded three third down stops and a fourth down stop, the latter at CU's 15-yard line when Washington State was driving trying to score a go-ahead touchdown when trailing 28-24 with 13:17 left in the game.
Fisher and the CU defense held Cougar quarterback Luke Falk 26-of-53 passing, or 49.1 percent. Falk entered the game leading the nation with a completion percentage of .739.
Liufau recorded just the second 300/100 game in school history (300 passing, 100 rushing yards in the same game). He amassed 453 yards of total offense, completing 27-of-41 passes for 345 yards (0 TD/0 INT), and rushed for career-highs of 108 yards and three touchdowns on 23 attempts.
He also had a hand in 12 of CU's 13 third down conversions (five rushing, eight passing). During the course of the game, he went over the 10,000-yard mark in his career in total offense, as well as the 9,000-yard mark in passing yards and owns 84 school records and counting.
CU (9-2, 7-1 Pac-12) moved up to No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll on Sunday and closes out the regular season at Folsom Field this Saturday, Nov. 26, when the 21st-ranked Utah Utes (8-3, 5-3) coming into town for Senior Day (5:30 p.m./FOX).
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