Colorado football coaches are always experimenting with using players at different positions. The latest example could become a permanent move if all goes well.

Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Eugene Goree was working with the offense at guard Tuesday, wearing No. 76. Offensive line coach Jeff Grimes and offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich told reporters who noticed the switch that it was just a trial run, in light of the rash of injuries this season to offensive linemen.

CU has lost Ryan Miller, Mike Iltis and Max Tuioti-Mariner to season-ending injuries. Fellow offensive linemen Sione Tau and Erick Faatagi were ruled academically ineligible prior to the season.

Redshirt freshman Blake Behrens has played in every game at guard for the Buffs and junior Devin Head has played in four of the five games. There is very little depth at the position if either of those two players were to get hurt in the seven remaining regular-season games.

The CU media guide lists no history on the offensive line in high school for Goree and Grimes said his newest pupil is "very raw." Goree has played in four games on defense this season on a total of 17 plays, making one tackle.

Redshirt freshmen Ethan Adkins and Shawn Daniels saw the first action of their careers last week. Daniels played 15 snaps against the Longhorns and Adkins played 10 snaps.

Bohn on bubble

Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn said the multi-purpose practice bubble will begin to be put up this year on Oct. 20. Bohn said the manufacturer of the bubble put it up and took it down last year and will teach CU employees to do it this year.

Bohn said the process will take about four days and must be done during a week leading up to a road game because employees are too busy during weeks leading up to home games preparing for the game.

"We are really trying to learn how to play with our new toy, if you will," Bohn said.

Ticket sales surge

Bohn said football season-ticket sales grew this year to a total of 22,603, an increase of 1,369 from last season. The suites on the east side of Folsom Field are sold out and club seats sales also have grown to 1,415, up 325 over last year.

Bohn said he couldn't be happier with the support fans have given the program this year, but he hopes it continues to grow in the future. He said he hopes to build a fan base that comes to games no matter the opponent.

"I hope we can get our fans to the point where, 'Hey we're coming to see CU. We're coming to support CU and support our team,' rather than worrying about who we're playing," Bohn said.

CU-KSU on the tube

CU officials announced the Oct. 18 home game with Kansas State will be televised on Fox Sports Rocky Mountain and will begin at 5 p.m.

Officials said they received permission from the Big 12 Conference to negotiate a deal to televise the game outside the normal conference television assignments. More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for the KSU game.

Notable

Ryan Walters said he didn't practice Tuesday but he is planning to play this week at Kansas after injuring his left knee against Texas. Walters said the knee is sore, but there is no significant damage. ... Coach Dan Hawkins said running back Darrell Scott continues to recuperate from a sprained ankle, but team athletic trainers believe he will be OK to play this week.