Lindsay, McCartney to Join MacIntyre in Hollywood for Pac-12 Media Days

Senior captains Phillip Lindsay (aka Lindsay Phillips) and Derek McCartney have been chosen to join head coach Mike MacIntyre in representing Colorado at the Pac-12 Football media days in Hollywood next month.

Lindsay is coming off a junior season in which he rushed for 1,252 yards and led the Pac-12 with 16 rushing touchdowns, the most by a Buff since Chris Brown had 18 in 2002. The senior from Aurora, Colorado also hauled in 53 passes for 493 yards before being named to the Second Team All-Pac-12 for 2016. Lindsay is projected to be one of the top running backs in the Pac-12 and all of college football in 2017.

Expect McCartney to field a lot of questions from reporters about his health. The grandson of legendary CU coach Bill McCartney started the first three games at defensive end/outside linebacker last season before suffering a season-ending knee injury against Michigan.

McCartney was part of a Buffs defense that ranked 19^th in the nation in total defense last season. However, not including McCartney, the Buffs return only three starters on the defensive side of the ball in 2017. McCartney has started 25 games and accrued 9 ½ sacks in his career at CU.

The 2017 Pac-12 Football media days schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, July 26

8:30 a.m. – Local television/radio interview circuit begin
9 a.m. - Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott
9:40 a.m. - ARIZONA - Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, Jacob Alsadek (OL), DeAndre’ Miller (LB)
10:05 a.m. - CALIFORNIA - Head Coach Justin Wilcox, Tre Watson (RB), James Looney (DT)
10:30 a.m. - UCLA - Head Coach Jim Mora, Scott Quessenberry (OT), Kenny Young (LB)
10:55 a.m. – OREGON STATE - Head Coach Gary Andersen, Ryan Nall (RB), Manase Hungalu (LB)
11:20 a.m. - COLORADO - Head Coach Mike MacIntyre, Lindsay Phillips (RB), Derek McCartney (LB)
11:45 a.m. - WASHINGTON - Head Coach Chris Petersen, Jake Browning (QB), Keishawn Bierria (LB)
* - Pac-12 Networks will air live coverage throughout the day by providing interviews with the above coaches.
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Lunch and additional one-on-one interview opportunities
*Coaches and student-athletes from Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, USC, Utah and Washington State will conduct interviews with Pac-12 television partners (Pac-12 Networks, ESPN and FOX) and will not be available to the media on Wednesday.

Thursday, July 27

8:30 a.m. – Local television/radio interview circuit begins
9:40 a.m. - OREGON - Head Coach Willie Taggart, Justin Herbert (QB), Troy Dye (LB)
10:05 a.m. - ARIZONA STATE - Head Coach Todd Graham, Kalen Ballage (RB), JoJo Wicker (DL)
10:30 a.m. - STANFORD - Head Coach David Shaw, Bryce Love (RB), Harrison Phillips (DT)
10:55 a.m. – WASHINGTON STATE - Head Coach Mike Leach, Jamal Morrow (RB), Peyton Pelluer (LB)
11:20 a.m. - USC - Head Coach Clay Helton, Sam Darnold (QB), Cam Smith (LB)
11:45 a.m. - UTAH - Head Coach Kyle Whittingham, Salesi Uhatafe (RG), Filipo Mokofisi (DT)
* - Pac-12 Networks will air live coverage throughout the day by providing interviews with the above coaches.
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Lunch and additional one-on-one interview opportunities
*Coaches and student-athletes from Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon State, UCLA and Washington will conduct interviews with Pac-12 television partners (Pac-12 Networks, ESPN and FOX) and will not be available to the media on Thursday.