Boulder police got their wish: The University of Colorado Buffaloes will play a home game during the day on Halloween, taking on the University of Missouri Tigers at 11:30 a.m.

The game will be televised on the Fox Sports Network and broadcast on 850 KOA AM radio.

Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said the day game is good news, because of fears that a night game could lead to big crowds and possible trouble, particularly with fears of a revived Mall Crawl on Pearl Street.

Beckner said the problem, however, will be staffing officers during the day and at night. Police already had announced plans to staff 40 extra officers on the Pearl Street Mall and have SWAT teams on standby.

"It's going to be a long day," Beckner said.