aaron matas. . ? ? >> been married eight years and this is the longest we've been apart. >> oh my god. okay bye. >> have fun: >> thanksgiving is such a special holiday where families come together. >> we definitely >> we hope your loved ones make it fine. >>> strong winds and snow can make driving in the mountains dicey overnight. many people will be traveling both ways. thanksgiving is not one of the busier holiday weektdz for the -- weekends for the tunnels. kathy has more about the wind on the front range tomorrow in a few minutes. key roles in his administration today. south carolina governor nikki haley will serve as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. her parents immigrated from india and she'd been a sharp critic of trump's during the primary. betsy devos was picked for education secretary. she opposes common core and wants to expand voucher programs. presidential nominee jill n michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. all of which donald trump won. her campaign cited -- reported hacks but gave no evid

aaron matas shows us why. >> reporter: when time is running short, that is his time. >> i think that big players playing big games and big players playing in moments when the teams need them the most. he's almost unbelievable. one month ago the pine they'res were in -- pioneers were in double overtime and with eight seconds left -- >> i'm thinking i got to find a way to get my head in this and score. >> reporter: -- two weeks later double o.t. again. >> oh, my gosh, and andre with the game winner! >> reporter: and then just last week in the conference championship game 38 seconds left. >> and goal! >> the championship for the i can help the team, you know, win championships. >> reporter: now he has another opportunity as the pioneers chase a national title. perhaps they should just start games with 30 seconds on the clock. >> just see kind of how it goes out. >> it's probably a good idea, try and see if it works. >> reporter: if sunday's game is close, the pioneers have a secret weapon, but they'd much seconds left. aaron matas, 9news. >> thank you. >>> we finish with the prep pigski

aaron matas, 9ws >> tomorrow night should be fun. aaron, thank you. >>> now no. 12 cu versus 20th ranked washington state is actually saturday's headliner game, but since we talked about the buffs a bunch earlier, we'll now focus on the preps. future buff jake moretti go to cu. good call. his team won tonight. ryan marquez for six as the top ranked panthers move on double them up 42-21. we'll have many more prep pick skin playoff pictures on the prep rally tomorrow morning. >>> to basketball now the nuggets with a chance to do something tonight they hadn't done all season long. that's win back to back game. denver downed phoenix night. tonight toronto was in town. denver was down over a dozen in the 2nd quarter but came all the way back. emmanuel mudiay right place right time, overtime. it was won by the bad guys. toronto won it with a three, terrence ross bombing away. final score 113-111. nuggets go down and out. >>> we finish on the ice, but we've got du, the top ranked 1 ranking on the line against miami, ohio. the turnover and e

aaron matas has more from boulder. ever. >> ecstatic. very happy to be in the position we're in. >> reporter: in front of the largest folsom field crowd in recent memory, he threw for more than a hundred yards and threw for more than a hundred yards. >> i played well, but i didn't do it by myself. that's the biggest thing. the whole line was blocking perfectly. i think iran twice almost untouched, so hots off to the -- hats off to the whole team. >> reporter: it had to be him. he's been through so much in four years here in denver, and the fact that it's him leading the charge means so much to his teammates and his coaches. >> i said for a long time, and i don't think many people believed me that once the team caught up with him we would be successful. he just has that will power right now. he has that will power, that it factor, and every once in awhile you see that with a and i'm so happy he's getting to do it with all he's overcome. >> he a dog. you got to be a dog in this game, period. and that man, he puts his body on the line day i

aaron matas explains why. >> reporter: his love for the game overflows like the hair from his helmet. >> i always tease him about his hair flowing, but i love >> reporter: addison couldn't have had a better 2013. >> i kind of realized it was just football. i've got to play. >> reporter: the team leading tackler, the first team freshman all american. the problem began the next season. >> sophomore year i don't know what happened. >> reporter: gillum battled illness that oddly was never diagnosed. he lost weight, fought through injuries and just couldn't stay on the field. >> toward the end of the year started dealing with some with the losing record and everything, it was like everything was adding on and kind of thought like football wasn't for me. >> reporter: questioning his dedication, gillum told his coach he wanted to quit. the two started talking things through and addison soon realized he still loved the game. >> i was more excited than i had been since freshman year. >> reporter: then he was derailed again. gillum tore his meniscus in 2015 and missed almost the entire season.

aaron matas is back live next >>> we may have mentioned that boulder is quite the place to be right now and especially tonight because the buffs are ready to take on another pac-12 contest against the ucla year or two. it's like usc, ucla, but not anymore because the buffs are ranked 15th this week in the college football playoff top 25. >> plus ucla is not doing so hot. >> no. they're having an off year, but we'll take it. >> 9news sports reporter aaron matas live at folsom field. tonight is the blackout game, everybody dressed in black excited for the big game. >> reporter: yeah. there is plenty to be excited about here in boulder. we just haven't seen this in quite some pac-12 south conference. they control their own destiny right now in terms of reaching the conference championship game. a win tonight would give them five wins over conference opponents this year. get this. that would match their win total for the past five seasons combined. so this is kind of unheard of in recent history for the buffs and they're favored to win tonight big time expectations favorites over ucla. this

i grabbed two pompoms d from colorado's sports leader, here's aaron matas. >>> good morning, the nugget blew an 11 point lead last night against oklahoma city and folded in over time. i had a feeling the game would end in regulation when russell westbrook had the ball in his hands in the final seconds. at the buzzer. jamal murry had a chance to get the lead, the shot didn't stand a chance. oklahoma city won 132-129. the broncos are healthy and coming off their bye week, heading into a huge divisional game against kansas city on sunday night football. aqid talib is back after miinthree games. derek wolf will al tuof the bal after missing one game. talents and two big personalities back demarcus we coared the group to a band. >> i'll be like stevie ray vaughn. playing the guitar. i'm the lead guy. i've got to be in the front playing the guitar man, it'sway but it's good. just having so many personalities on defense. and it's fun. that's what keeps everything going. sometimes guys are down. you got the ne guy to pick up the slack. >> wyoming clenched the mountain west mountain division wit

. >>> from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. aqib talib's back injury will keep him out of a second straight game. bradley roby filled in nicely last week and will do so again. meanwhile talib may not even travel with the team. the corner back got an injection for his back today and now needs to rest over the weekend. >> it's my understanding like they are giving it to calm down. he's feeling really good today in great spirits, but we just got to do the right thing and with the injection today the smart thing is to give him a good weekend to rest and see where we're at back. >>> mike macintyre was not happy with his team, as you can see. the first time this year it appeared the buffs did not handle their success well, but they'll have another shot next week because the team got a successful outcome last night against ucla despite an incredibly poor performance, multiple penalties, many of them 15-yarders, four turnovers all in the 1st half, but a 20- 10 win of perhaps that's the away, finding a way to get a win despite the uglin

colorado's sports leader here's 9news sports reporter sport -- from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> good evening. the broncos quarterback will be filling in for aqib talib this weekend. his back injury will keep him out a second straight week. going up against the raiders passing attack that put up more than 500 yards in the air last week. crabtree and cooper are big time receives but nothing to really worried -- receivers but nothing to really worry about says tj ward. >> i don't feel they have two elite receivers. we have two elite corners. i think we'll be all right. >> bulletin board material. two wins is what the colorado stra bowl game a fourth straight season. one of the wins had better come this weekend. the 4-4 rams host 1-8 fresno state saturday. the bulldogs are saturday. so csu should win. they'll need to win two of their final four to get to that bowl game. >> they know we got to win six games to go to the bowl, but it's something i don't talk about as a head coach. it's something we don't talk about as assistants, you know. we talk about bringing a that's how you b

the south division standings with three games before the >>> from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> good evening. broncos and raiders sunday night and for the first time in a while the game means a lot to both side. it's got our 9news broncos insider mike klis all kinds of fired up. grrr, raiders week. all right. one more time, grrr, raiders week! i know. the raiders finally have a chance at a good season and we're supposed to believe the rivalry is back on. about time you showed up, oakland. since the tebow year of 2011 and let's face it, around these parts it all starts with 2011, the broncos have gone 8-1 against the raiders. granted the broncos' in that span was the last time the two teams played. maybe this sunday night the broncos can have someone block khalil mack. >> you concernly had to be aware where he's at -- certainly had to be aware where he's at. he's an outstanding player and irvictim on the other edge is pretty good, too. >> the raiders -- irvin on the other edge is pretty good, too. is 5-11. now they're a different team with jack del rio as coach. here's hoping

. >>> from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> there is good reason to hate the raiders again. it was out of habit. now it's out of necessities. at 6-2 oakland is tied for first place in the division with the broncos making sunday night's contest a rivalry game with a lot at stake. >> it's always been a great match-up and obviously playing bigger. that's what's fun about this league, two 6-2 teams going at it sunday night in a tough place to play. that's why you coach. that's why you play. >> the broncos named three additional captains, trevor siemian, tj ward and dakota watson, for the second half of the season. it is pretty significant the team went with the first year starter siemian. >> reporter: i agree mainly because it sends a message not only to the locker room, but to all the people that noise outside the locker room, the fans, the media. there is not going to be a quarterback controversy this year. they are all in on siemian for the second half of this season. you do not name a guy a captain and then bench him halfway through the second half of the season. so i think

losing streak with the bruins and climb national rankings and we're live. 9news sports reporter aaron matas is at folsom field. >> reporter: with four games remaining in the regular season the buffs control their destiny in terms of reaching the pac-12 championship game about a month from now. three of those final four games are right here in boulder. cu is 3-0 at folsom field this year and they are heavy favorites to beat ucla under the lights this evening. we are seeing the buffs play significant football games in november. >> we're in the heavyweight battles is what we wanted to be in. so we're there now. so now we have got to go perform in the heavyweight fights and so the kids are excited about it. i'm excited about it. so now we just got to go do it. >> the opportunity is before us. i think i was talking to kenneth and a couple other guys in stretch lines a couple playing for pride. now we've got something to play for. it's a great feeling. it just adds a lot more intensity to practice, a lot more focus and just the need to succeed and show up every week. >> reporter: to put this turn

we will put all the information >>> here's aaron matas. >> good morning. the buffs are running directly into the pac-12 championship game after beating utah in boulder last night. terrific defense. the utes to could get nothing in the end zone. buffs stripped joe williams in the red zone. the fumble recovered. buffs maintain a three-point lead and extended it.. ties the all time school record. buffs up 20-16. the defense again, williams gets stripped again. brings it back for a touchdown. colorado won it 27-22 to clinch the pac-12 south. friday in the conference championship game. >> it's a great feeling, you know. to put in all this hard work with these guys and to finally get something out of it. i think we have been working really hard for all the time i have been here, and we don't have much to show for it. this year we do. >> look around you. this is what you guys have done. >> it's crazy. it's a crazy atmosphere. you know, we just feel so blessed to be in this position. we just faced a great time. feels good for the team class. coach mac and the whol

rod mackey, aaron matas, they struggle. it's all about showing up. >> they try, though. keep coming back every day. we'll have progress of some kind. >> yes. we'll keep watching it grow. >>> slightly cooler weather today before we warm up again. >> danielle is back next with some mountain areas even got some new snow. meteorologist danielle grant >>> cooler today after a little bit of rain this morning. some mountain areas saw a little snow. it's all good. >> shock to the system when i went out for the workout, stepped outside. there were raindrops on the brick at my apartment. meteorologist danielle grant is in the backyard with sunshine. >> i was in the same boat this morning, just did not want to get out of bed because it was temperatures yet again now slightly above average. up in the high country they were just so excited to see something from mother nature rather than just the snow guns going off, mother nature bringing in about an inch or 2 at the levin ski area and toby, the burmese mountain dog, said i am okay with this, copper mountain picking up a little bit o

aaron matas wants -- airbnb has tested service in a few cities over the last year and now it plans to expand to 50 cities by next year and can apply to be a host to create their own experience for tourists, if you can come up with a clever advertising campaign. >> cool! >>> and shoppers, this is probably my favorite story of the day. shoppers and retailers are getting ready for black friday, as we know the busiest shopping day of the year, surpassing super saturday, the last saturday before christmas. but this man, mr. laugh is in avon -- mr. black friday is in a line outside of best buy in avondale. he dubbed himself mr. black friday. he has been there since last friday. he hopes to be first in line for a toshiba tv priced at $500. guess what, i am sure he will get it because he is first in line but he will save a little money. he will get it for $200 >> he doesn't need another one, right? but for two weeks he can take time off and camp out. >> yes. i wonder what he does for a living. >> perhaps nothing. >> who knows. >>> you all know by now how good i think cu is this year. last nig

. >>> from colorado's sports leader here is aaron matas. >> good morning. gary harris returned to the nuggets line-up last night. played his first game of the season and that's about the only good thing i can say about their game with detroit. the nuggets managed to score 12 points in the first quarter. they were down 20-4 before you control down. now, first-round pick jamal murray scored his first career nba basket. he finished with 9 points. nuggets lost 103-86. >> couldn't buy a shot. missed 20 lay-ups. we didn't play defense either. there was like men against boys tonight. >> calvin picard scored 32 shots. that performance will not quiet should replace varlamov as the avs' primary garcia-torres. landeskog took it to devan dubnyk. almost dropped the gloves. took a couple of blocker shots to the face. landeskog scored the lone goal. a 3rd period power play tally. avs beat the wild 1-0. >>> there will be a lot of post- season college football this year. colorado, air force and wyoming are bowl eligible, state is a win way. sonny lubic was busy. rams up 10-

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