stop from winning the first-ever game between virginia tech and notre dame. and it looked like the irish were going to run away with it early, taking a 17-0 lead. hokies came back. irish came back, took another 17-point lead. and then virginia tech with a field goal by slye, a couple of field goals in this fourth quarter, finally took the lead at 34-31. their first lead of the game. and jerod evans and company -- >> doug: he just kept plugging, running the football, the short passing game, the touch up and over to hodges, just kept fighting. and in the fourth quarter with the wind at their back, eventually they overtook notre dame. >> dan: so if the hokies win this game, it will be impressive indeed. it was one of those games where was the real drive going to come from virginia tech because it's not going to have anything to do

division title. that will come next week against virginia. they win that game and they sew that up. here on the road against notre dame, just this stop away from putting it away. kizer is going to run for the first down, takes another hit. and stops the clock and he did take another hit. took one earlier in the game that kelly thought was targeting. and now that was a vicious hit as well and he is very slow in getting off the turf. >> doug: is there a situation here where the ten-second runoff since they had to stop the clock? now, if they can review that, is targeting, a hit on the head again. >> dan: was that the shoulder it

in on kizer's helmet. >> doug: to me that's still a deliberate shot to the head. >> dan: so malik zaire is in with 13 seconds left. another one of these situations that zaire has been thrown into. not easy when you haven't been playing regularly at all. he did get some action in the army game last week but here we go. zaire g and that is the end of the game. >> doug: there's a flag. >> dan: there is a flag on the field. it was just after st. brown made

>> referee: illegal touching on the offense, number 6. went out of bounds, was the first to touch it. the penalty is declined. ball game. >> dan: ball game indeed, and justin fuente in his first trip to south bend picks up a win in comeback fashion over notre dame. losing season in nine years and kelly's first at the helm in his seventh season at notre dame. and pretty much puts the bowl bid down the drain as well. as a tough season gets even tougher for brian kelly. let's go down to kathryn. >> kathryn: coach, you talked about the significance of this victory between these two teams.

but down 24-7, what queued the comeback for you guys? >> i think we just commented down and started playing. obviously notre dame has good players and we just can't help them out. we helped them out a little bit there to start the game off. then everybody settled down and started playing and made some plays. >> kathryn: your quarterback started playing as well. bloody throwing hand on his right hand. what can you say about the performance that jerod evans had today? >> he did a good job. he was a little shaky to start taking care of the football, made some plays. can you hear the hokie nation out there? >> kathryn: i can. >> it's a pretty special place, virginia tech. i'm really proud of the way the entire team played. >> kathryn: coach, congratulations on the win. >> thank you. >> kathryn: dan. >> dan: a familiar refrain for notre dame as the alma mater plays in their corner of the end zone. seventh loss for notre dame. all seven have been with an eight points or less and decided

for brian kelly's full press conference goes to nbcsports.com and tonight at 8:00/7:00 central it's the movie "free birds and later "saturday night live" with kristen wiig and music by the xx. it's been a pleasure bringing you another season of notre dame football. for our entire nbc crew, dan hicks saying thanks for watching. so long from south bend. senior day ends up a losing

face new mexico - and have the opportunity - to earn one final victory - in what will be the final game - played at hughes stadium. the rams will play next season - in a new stadium - currently being built on campus. fans and players -

season in a new stadium being built on campus. fans and players are saying good-bye to the stadium in style. noel brennan joins us with more. >> reporter: 49 years, 261 games. tonight will be game 262. the final game to be played at hughes stadium. the parking lot is filling up ahead of kick off me before, during and after the game to the history of this place. at least 100 former players and coaches are actually going to be taking the field during halftime. that should be something to see. the gates opened a long time ago, september 28, 1968. the first night game was held in 1991. over the years, memories were made, from heart break to conference championships and

-- concerts in the mid-70s from 1975 to 1976. tonight, of course, it will be about football. one more game at hughes stadium. in fact, if csu wins, that will be the sixth win of the season. it will make them bowl eligible if they win against new mexico. everybody is pulling for csu. the final game at hughes stadium. christine, kind of fitting that the sun is setting over th will be played here. >> game 262. they are hoping for a big win and so are we. thank you so much. we hope you have your coat on. look at that beautiful shot. another chilly day across the metro. with the lows in the 30s tonight. we will end the weekend on a warmer note. but overall, danielle, it was a beautiful day out there today. >> it was nice, nice to see the sunshine. temperatures a little warmer

we are cooling things off fairly quickly. dealing with haze across the city. but as the sky starts fading way in the distance, the sunlight looks nice this evening. as far as the temperatures are concerned, this evening we will be watching those overnight lows plummeting in the 30s. it will be better than last night. a lot of folks were watching the nukes dipping into the teens. looking to tomorrow, however, the temperatures will be warming up back to temperature difference. the entire state warmer than yesterday. but still that is not saying much. the current temperatures at this 5:00 hour, a lot of folks are still sitting in the 20s and 30s this evening. so, we will watch the numbers cooling off tonight. then tomorrow, once again, a dry one across the entire state and we will also be looking at a big warm up, too. plenty of sunshine in place and we will be looking at the highs

come for the week ahead. we have a little storm system out in the pacific northwest that is starting to move in. that arrives monday into tuesday very seven tea -- vicente. >> we like the sunshine around here. rtd had big plans for 2016. they were supposed to launch five major mass transit two won't open as schedule after testing was stopped by federal regulators. jessica oh explains why and how it's affecting businesses like in arvada. >> arvada is one of those towns that is getting ready to flip- flop. >> reporter: not much is old about old town arvada. >> a lot is happening in the neighborhood. >> reporter: like the g line under construction for months. the potential for growth is a big reason why restaurants like

this location. >> when we looked at arvada, the rtd line was icing on the cake. >> reporter: they had plans to connect arvada and wheat ridge to dia and the art line was supposed to be up and running in aurora. both lines will not operate on schedule and there is no definitive opening date. >> we are getting ready to open a coffee shop on the corner. >> reporter: a.j. payne said the line was a >> we are about a week away from opening up and we would love to have that line open. >> reporter: the federal railway administration won't allow testing because of issues on the train to the plain, specifically the crossing gates that go up too fast or stay down too long causing safety concerns and numerous delays. guards have to be stationed at every crossing. they need to figure out the problem before testing on the new lines can move forward.

>> reporter: for now all businesses can do is wait hoping that when the g line does open, the new businesses of old town will see even more growth. >> within six months what we have seen, i can't imagine in a year, two years, five years. >> reporter: jessica oh, 9 news. >> the transit agency told our partners at the business journal that the r line may open early next year. the what i don't remember was disappointed but not surprised by another full day of work tomorrow demolishing the i-25 road across arapahoe road. it is closed in both directions until 5:00 a.m. monday. closing it for a solid weekend is easier than closing seven nights in a row. investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that burned a town home this morning south of the cherry creek shopping center. denver fire responded about 4:30 at south university and cedar avenue. no one was hurt.

for impaired drivers. the state's thanksgiving dui enforcement period is ten days long and wraps up on the 28th. last year officers made 283 arrests for impaired driving during the holiday. so far this year, cdot says there were 169 fatal crashes involving alcohol. a hunter from denver that pled guilty to poaching owes 11,000 until fines. colorado parks and wildlife said the hunter shot the bull elk last year. he didn't have a license and the bull elk season wasn't open. it can take more than 20 years to legally draw a tag to hunt in the area. it's possible the hunter could lose the privilege to hunt and fish in the state of colorado for up to five years. coming up, we will have a look at how police are catching porch pirates by beating them at their own game. >> the futurecast trump administration moves forward

ed buffs just defeated washington state 38-24.

division leaders in the pack 12 and c.u. handed washington state the first conference loss of the season. exciting day, rod. >> you can see the still pictures and you have the green on the field -- you can't see it now because it's filled with students. they have stormed the field. folsom field covered with black and gold. the buffs got the biggest win in boulder since probably back in nebraska. today they beat washington state let's take a look at how it happened. this is really all about colorado's quarterback. you think your quarterback will throw for touchdowns. today he ran for them, not one, not two, but three t.d.s for the q.b. they rushed all over the

phillip, the local kid won't be stopped in the end zone. final score 38-24. much more coming up. aaron madis is among the madness on the field. these interviews may be interesting. what high tide buffs do is keep hope alive. they beat utah next week they are guaranteed a spot in the pack 12 title game. if, for instance, usc loses to ucla, the wouldn't matter. >> 38-24, not even close. >> thriller. >> exciting day. >> awesome. >> much more coming up soon. >> looking forward to it. it's that time of year when holiday sales throw some people, shoppers into a tizzy. many line up at big box stores to save money on those things they can't do without. what about small businesses? they are trying to come up with ways to help save you money, too. >> time to make pizza. >> reporter: if you want to

door this holiday season, you got to talk to this guy. at sexy pizza on pearl street -- >> it's not hard to come here and not be happy. a quarter pizza and fountain drink for six bucks. >> reporter: christopher says it's not easy battling big pizza chains and huge restaurants, especially on days like black friday when massive crowds head to so-called big box stores. forget about smaller businesses like his. >> we are in a nice bubble over here, but at the end of the day, we are all struggling. we are all struggling to pay rent, keep the bills on. >> thank you very much for being here today. we appreciate this. >> that's where a little help comes from others going through the same thing comes in. >> let me pass this around. >> reporter: the small business administration asked owners to meet and share ideas about how to increase their sales during

my massage was one of them. >> i learned so much. i am grateful that i came. i asked specific questions about recruiting employees. i think as a small business, that is not something that is easy for us to attain and especially during the holidays, you need more employees and strong employees. so, i asked questions. there was tons of answers. >> davis says she will start a holiday social media campaign and offer discounts. >> we estimate that probably 40 to 50% of the revenues for the year come season. so, we want to make sure that we are preparing and supporting the small businesses but trying to direct the public to their small businesses to shop over the holidays. >> in colorado, 98% of all businesses are considered small businesses. those with fewer than 500 workers. other than that, you know -- >> reporter: sexy pizza is smaller and looking forward to hungry holiday shoppers. >> that could do nothing but

economy over here. we need it. we need it. >> reporter: who can say no to sexy pizza on pearl street. small business saturday takes place next week. some of the biggest profits can be made during the next 30 days so get out there and support the small businesses. >> absolutely. a lot of times the small businesses over the interesting gifts that you can't find at the box stores. go find unique stuff. >> have fun this holiday workweek then the wintry weather returns. >> danielle is tracking another round of snow heading our way.

hey, danielle. >> it's nice. it feels like november for a change of pace. in the high country, they have enjoyed mother nature's fresh snow fall. that has helped a lot of our local ski resorts open up the slopes and get the chairs turning out in purgatory, across the san juans and

morning but folks were doing biking. look at these guys. mountain biking in the morning then opening up the slopes in the afternoon. the quintessential colorado day. mid-40s in downtown denver. 37 in fort collins and loveland. warm, comfortable at 62 in lamar. 40s and 50s across the western slope. we are at 37 at the airport. plenty of clouds out there. winds are out of the north 5 miles nice. you can grab a light jacket. 38 right now. we are watching the temperatures cool off to the lower 30s overnight. on hd doppler 9, we aren't watching that much going on across the state but things will be changing coming up shortly. tonight about 31. a few clouds. winds along the foothills. for us 5 to 15 miles per hour. light breeze. overnight temperatures are cooler in northern colorado, in

plains. 30 in buena vista and comfortable out to the west. storm system churning across the great lakes into chicago with a little snowfall for them. a mess for their weekend. our next storm is barreling into the pacific northwest. bridging snowfall to the cascades and the sierra nevada. welcome moisture that will make its way to our backyard. great news for the mountains crossing the there is the storm system in the pacific. that's driving the cold front through. it will usher in cooler temperatures next week. a couple of days to enjoy the 50s and 60s. the storm system is producing a couple of watches and warnings. winter storm watch is in place. this kicks in not until tomorrow evening but lasts through tuesday. areas above 8,000 feet for the flat tops, south to the san juans, 8 to 14 inches of

the high country. for us in denver, looking like a rain-snow mix. i fast forward throughout the rest of the evening, quiet and calm. 11:00, mostly cloudy skies across the city. out to the west as well. tomorrow morning we wake up to a good deck of clouds, too. you may find a couple of isolated showers throughout the day possibly up in the high country, but other than that, it stays dry for eastern colorado we are watching the clouds throughout most of the sunday despite the fact that temperatures will by 10:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, you are starting to see the showers rolling through the san juans, a little rain across the mountain valleys with snowfall on the higher peaks. tomorrow about 61. a nice change. a little dose of that heat before we cool things off yet again. 55 in sterling. close to 70 in lamar. 72 in springfield. in the 50s and 60s across the western slope. partly to mostly cloudy skies

in the upper 50s, low 60s in the metro. as we head to monday, as the storm system gets closer, we are watching for an increase to the clouds a bit. monday into tuesday we are watching the showers push through. slightly cooler temperatures. heading to the thanksgiving holiday, not shabby at all. we will watch plenty of sunshine and high temperatures in the 50s. seasonal for this time of the year. don't go anywhere. 9 news at 5:00 returns after

now we can talk about the air bnb story. they want to sell you an experience in addition to helping you find a place to stay while on vacation. new features include local tourism activities in major cities around the world. they tested services in a few cities over the past year and plans to expand to 50 cities by next year. locals apply to be hosts and create their own experience for tourists. >> "snl" alum returns to studio 8 h tonight. kristin wiig will host for the second time. expect to see an array of characters she had over the last years. >> when you are in the cast or writer, you are on one side of the wall and then there is the

>> yeah. >> also returning alec baldwin will reprise his role as president-elect donald trump. you can watch after 9 news tonight. so much fun to watch. >> she is hilarious. the vice president-elect trip to see a broadway play leads to boos and demands an

president-elect donald trump agreed to settle lawsuits over trump university to focus on our country. he said the only bad thing about winning the presidency was that he did not have time to go through a long but winning trial. he agreed to pay $25 million to settle three lawsuits from

school fraudulently mislead them. he repeatedly said he would not settle. president-elect trump continues to fill his administration. he met today with one of his biggest critics during the campaign, 2012 republican nominee mitt romney. >> reporter: the trump transition kicking into high gear over the weekend. the president-elect meeting with a half dozen people as he tries to administration. among them, former massachusetts governor mitt romney who lead a blistering effort to defeat trump during the campaign. >> here is what i know, donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> reporter: the pair buried the hatchet in an hour and a half long meeting. he has been mentioned as a pick for secretary of state but trump advisors call it an exchange of ideas. >> went great. >> i appreciate the chance to

administration. >> reporter: trump announced his picks for attorney general, national security advisor and cia director but cow whether more announcements -- coy whether more announcements are imminent. rudy giuliani and chris christie will meet with trump. >> trump took to after the curtain call they delivered a message to pence from the stage. >> we are a diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. >> the vice president-elect was booed by the audience when he entered the theater. on twitter today, trump said pence was harassed and the theater must always be a safe place. he called the cast rude and asked them to apologize.

conversation is not harassment and he thanked pence for stopping to listen. wildfires burning across the southeast sent smoke over parts of central north carolina. a large part of the state is dealing with poor air quality conditions. it's hurting tourism to some parts of the state where evacuation orders forced hotels and businesses to close temporarily. arson is suspect in multiple fires currently burning in the south. dry and windy conditions are fueling the flames. environmental cleanup crews worked late clean up the foam that spewed out of a airport hanger. it's a fire fighting foam someone discharged from the fire prevention system. with the weekend rainstorm approaching crews wanted to gather it before run off threatened to wash it into the san francisco bay. it's not hazardous to humans but dangerous for the environment. there are bait cars, bait bakes and bait packages to

detectives in oregon developed decoy packages with gps trackers. >> the tracking devices are better, they are smaller, easier to hide and we have more of them. >> when thieves steal them, the tracker leads deputies to the decoy and often to a stash of stolen packages. a family in fort collins woke up to find their thanksgiving turkey missing. it wasn't the kind you eat. it's decorating the lawn and it misty reached out to us and said the turkey was made from a barrel and ties that belonged to her grandfather. some were hand made by her grandmother. she just wants the ties returned, no questions asked. she did file a report with police and says the turkey sat outside the last couple of years undies stoushed but now it's missing and we sure hope they get it back. >> who steals a turkey off someone's lawn. >> come on, people. >> those ties belong to them.

back story, who steals a turkey. let's make thanksgiving a happy one. danielle is looking ahead to the holiday weekend if we should expect a frigid thanksgiving. >> for years a man has camped outside of stores for black friday deals. now all of his waiting is starting to pay off. ? ? ?

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3, 2, 1. lift off. america's most advanced weather eye in the sky. >> those are always so cool to look at. it is considered the in decades is on its way to space. one new piece of technology is a lighting mapper which will snap an image 200 times per second. 200 times per second. it will tell how weather is happening far from earth. lockheed march taken built the satellite. it was supposed to launch last month but was delayed due to hurricane matthew.

pictures. >> this is huge for the weather community to have this and the fact that these geniuses in boulder are the ones that are behind it all. absolutely. in our backyard. >> incredible. >> a couple of days away, several days from thanksgiving. a lot of travel happening this week. >> snow coming before the holiday. we will get the storm system out of the hair then the holiday arrives and travel weathe are staying in town or heading to dia. i don't anticipate any major delays in denver. five more days. have you made your shopping list, have you been to the grocery store. so much to do. take a look back at some of our thanksgiving day statistics. the chance of seeing snow on thanksgiving, 12%. the snowiest one, this was a while back, 1928. we weren't around.

inch, that was last thanksgiving. magical. i remember looking outside and that snowfall was coming down, not a ton but enough to make it feel like wintertime. that storm system it looks like monday into tuesday it rolls in mainly hammering the high country, 8 to 14 inches above 8,000 feet. then heading to thanksgiving, look at that, 51 degrees. next weekend, if you have family and friends in town, weather should bed. mountains, skiing. >> i know a lot of folks the weekend after thanksgiving, they are going out to find christmas tree. >> i know. >> so much fun. >> you don't have to trudge through the snow. should be good to go. >> i like the turkey shaking its tail feather. >> danielle, thank you. speaking of party, they go all out in romania. celebrations kicked off with

christmas market. it's magical. it features a 65-foot tall christmas tree, thousands of decorations and lights projected on homes. this is the 10th year of doing this. today marks nine years since a man in arizona set up a camp for black friday deals. he started 10 years ago with a small canopy and chairs. now he is cashing in on the reputation, make money as mr. black friday. here is brandon hamilton. friday. >> my wife thinks i'm crazy. she is with me 100%. >> reporter: jarvis johnson knows though cut a deal. >> i got a good couch. >> reporter: johnson is first in line again this year outside of this best buy. from the pizza to the fireplace, sponsors have him covered. >> home sweet home. >> he is hilarious. >> reporter: best buy made johnson a star in the black friday web video after he stood in line for days last year.

they took care of me. they took good care of me. >> is best buy paying him for tv crews like ours? he says they are not. best buy backs him up. >> jarvis is a man of his own. he wanted to camp out with us. >> best buy has noticed his gift for being first in line and getting on tv. >> i am hopeful person, hoping that it happens. >> reporter: johnson was first in line last month when his daughter was kissed by fi lady michelle obama. last year her huskiesed johnson's little girl. >> there is my president right there of the united states kissing on my daughter. >> johnson isn't looking for a kiss at the end of this line, just a 49-inch tv. >> $200, baby, $200. >> reporter: i bet you you will get it.

c.u. versus washington state, number 12 versus number 20, the fires time since 2002 they went head to head. the last time buffs were blown out. you new today had to be better. who knew it would be this good. the game was pretty even in the first half between these two 8- 2 teams. lupo doing the damage for colorado. this tied the game up buffs into the breakdown 17-14. they were down, certainly not out. c.u. started the second half the way they started the first with a score. touchdown. td number 2 for the qb. buffs back on top. washington state retakes the lead. again the buffs got it back. td number 3. rushing touchdown hat trick. colorado back on top. on top stayed thanks to another

the running backfill lip lindsay. the pack 12 title game is one win away, 38-24 was the final. >> aaron was at the big game in boulder and joins us now with more. aaron? >> hi, rod. as you said, 14 years since we have seen ranked opponents play in boulder. this is a massive victory for the buffs. he through rushed for 108 and three touchdowns. he played his best game and biggest game ever. >> that's what it's all about, man. i appreciate everything, the hard work that wept in, the fans, it's been a long time. we are really happy. one more time, one more game going. we will look at the mistakes and come back ready to go. >> great team. ranked team.

now on to utah next. colorado football -- >> one win away from playing for the pack 12 championship you have been talking about from the beginning of the year. >> exciting. we have one more game. there is a lot of stuff, a lot of mistakes on my part, my teammates part that will get us beat. >> so, here is what we know. a win over utah and the buffs win the pack 12 south and advance to championship game. but that game may not matter next week because if ucla can upset usc tonight, rod, that will do it and the buffs could be pack 12 south champs by late this evening. a lot of buff fans will be up watching that. >> go bruins. we will talk to you tonight at 10:00. also oregon beat utah today. wyoming at sdsu could be a preview of the mountain west

mountain division. aztecs perfect on the other side. pick this up with wyoming up 7. a second to go. game is over, right? no, aztec catch the hail mary. sdsu going for the win. going for it but not going to get it. incomplete. what a win for wyoming. they are storming the field cowboys shocked the college football world again. and finally later tonight all eyes will be on fort collins for csu's last game ever at hughes stadium. it's a big game for the current and former rams including two broncos. >> it was special to me. i like hughes stadium but i think on campus stadium would be better. i'm happy that they are getting

>> crazy. they showed the overhead shot of the last game. kind of sad. but the team is moving on, college, campus, everything is moving on. it's great. >> the running back will be at the game. broncos hour special coming up on 9 news after this. >> a lot of excitement in the

a firefighter in north carolina used a school fire drill to pop a big question. eric's girlfriend teaches mat they school. when he was ready to pop the question, either go big or go home. he asked some of the students to help out with posters that read will you marry me. when the big day arrived, she said yes and for the record the school has monthly drills and didn't go out of its way to stage the surprise but it looks

>> we like to end it -- >> screaming 12 year olds. >> i can't wait to fall in love. >> 12-year-old girls. >> watch it. >> you had your time. it's her time. >> zip it. >> so for all the what, nice conditions out there. cooler but, hey, it's november. it should be. i wanted to show you this. temperatures last week into the 80s. we were breaking records. now we are in second and we still have a couple of cooler days to come. tomorrow low 60s in the city. across the state, 50s, 60s. warmer across the southeastern side of colorado. look at that, a few morning showers for tuesday. >> keep a coat ready.

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which is wonderful. but only good for third place in the division. >> that has much more to do with the fact the raiders and chiefs are rolling. denver is 7-3. has to be as happy and can be. if not for two kicks gone the wrong way, carolina and new orleans, denver could be 5-5 just as easily. they will take their place at 7- 3. >> the raiders hit on their quarterback with derek carr. the broncos are still searching to see if trevor siemian is their quarterback. the fact that they have a first- year quarterback who had never played before, 7-3, they won the afc west five years in a row. 10 years in a row? 7-3 is good enough. >> third place is not where you want to be. really bullied by the raiders. chargers out-executed them in the losses to the division those. rookie quarterback. essentially rookie quarterback coming off a super bowl hangover. it's tough to maintain that