Photo by Cliff Grassmick

Ryan Walters leads a group of Colorado players through the gauntlet of fans as the team goes to Folsom Field for the Texas game.

Boulder police are bracing for a wave of people expected to flood out from Folsom Field later tonight following the University of Colorado's Homecoming football game.

On University Hill, restaurants and vendors are also gearing up for the sell-out crowd. Many balconies near the CU campus were already full with fans clad in gold and black earlier today. Many businesses are hoping for a hungry and thirsty post-game crowd.

Among the crowds today are a few pockets of people wearing orange Texas shirts — some of which were the targets of jeers and honking from passing cars.

Tailgaters also were in full swing this afternoon, although some problems with people taking up more than one space on Regent Drive were reported to police.

A police official said the Hill was "packed with foot traffic."

Students near the University Memorial Center are taking advantage of the passing foot traffic to register voters. Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the the November General Election.

Dozens of officers and hundreds of private security staff are at Folsom, and police have said they plan to step up enforcement at and after the game because of the night crowd.