Arizona State 42, Colorado 34


Arizona State scored a touchdown on each of their first two drives, going a combined 139 yards in 15 plays, giving the Sun Devils an early 14-3 lead on their way to a 42-34 win in Boulder. On its way to a 28-17 halftime lead, an Arizona State offense that entered the night averaging 353.6 yards had put up 327 while averaging 8.4 yards per play. The Sun Devils finished the game with 10 plays of at least 20 yards, going for 557 total yards.

Colorado managed only 359 yards of total offense, but finally pushed past the 20-point mark for the first time on the season. Quarterback J.T. Shrout completed only 13-of-34 passes, but they went for 222 yards and two touchdowns, including a seven-yarder to Montana Lemonious-Craig and a 58-yarder to Jordyn Tyson. On the night, Tyson had five receptions for 115 yards and a receiving score, also contributing an 88-yard punt return in the fourth quarter. Deion Smith, returning from injury, had 111 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries.

“I want to commend our team for the fight and resolve they exhibited throughout the entirety of four quarters,” said CU coach Mike Sanford, who dropped to 1-2 in his role as CU’s interim boss. “We’re at a place where I believe that the team is fighting. It’s showing up on Saturdays. But obviously the missing link is playing that type of football when a defense gets a stop, the offense goes in and scores. Our offense goes and has a tremendous drive, the defense has to get a stop. Those are the things I believe we’re going to piece together throughout the course of these next four weeks.”

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Soak Up The Sun

//posted 10.30.2022

CU’s last best chance at a victory in 2022 is now behind them … With two nationally televised routs upcoming (v. Oregon, 1:30 Saturday on ESPN; next Friday at USC), is there any reason to continue to follow the worst program in the nation over the past 15 years? … Well, there was one ray of light this weekend …

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Game Day! … Five ASU players to watch … CU Hall of Fame Speeches: Jim Hansen; Greg Biekert; and Charlie Davis … Neill Woelk’s Keys to the Game … J.T. Shrout to start against Arizona State …

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Friday Fast Facts

//posted 10.28.2022

The Buffs are 65-36-5 all-time on Homecoming, with CU winning four of the last five … ASU ranked 100th or worse nationally in almost as many categories as CU … Bar bet: When was the last time ASU left Folsom as a winner? … In what category did CU go from 1st to 101st in the nation – in one week? …

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Pac-12 Commissioner: “I have yet to talk to anyone in the UCLA and USC community who’s in favor of the move” (to the Big Ten) … Of Pac-12 contenders, UCLA has the easiest November … CU back in ESPN’s “Bottom Ten” … Stanford giving away tickets to final two home games …

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Despite being the final game in October, both CU and ASU have questions as to who will start at quarterback … After a disappointing loss at Stanford, will the Sun Devils have much left in the tank for a second consecutive road game? … How (historically) bad is the CU offense? …

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If healthy, should Owen McCown get the start v. Arizona State, or has J.T. Shrout earned his first home start? … Can the Buff offense get past 20 points against the nation’s 98th-ranked defense? … Can the Buff defense hold back ASU’s 99th-ranked offense? … Let’s find out …

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Oregon State 42, Colorado 9

//posted 10.23.2022

Oregon State running back Damien Martinez ran for 178 yards on 22 carries, including three short scoring runs, as Oregon State embarrassed Colorado, 42-9. Beaver quarterback Ben Gulbranson completed 14-of-22 passes for 202 yards and two more scores as the Beavers accumulated 472 yards of total offense in the rout.

Quarterback J.T. Shrout, in for injured Owen McCown, completed 13-of-29 passes for 209 yards and two interceptions, including a pick six early in the third quarter which made it a 35-3 game, ending any chance of CU coming back from a 21-3 halftime deficit. Jordyn Tyson had 92 yards on three receptions, with all three catches coming in the second half after the outcome of the game had been decided. For the game, the CU offense was held to 290 yards of total offense, including only 84 rushing yards.

“Hats off, Oregon State’s a very good football team,” said CU interim head coach Mike Sanford, whose record fell to 1-1 since taking over for Karl Dorrell. “They’re the upper echelon of the Pac-12 Conference. We had our opportunities, but the margin is so small … and some of those things obviously caught up to us.”

“Looking at a loss like this, we know exactly what it is”, said linebacker Josh Chandler-Semedo, who led the team with 11 tackles, including three third down stops. “Before it was a lot of different fingers pointing a lot of different ways. A lot of different things were wrong. We could point okay, we didn’t do X, Y and Z correct. How can we get this better? What players can we put in better situations? How can we as players on the field, what can we do better with our coaches to make them more comfortable to call certain calls? So not really, its on us.”

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Dampened Enthusiasm

//posted 10.23.2022

The Buffs prepared for a rain-soaked game against Oregon State, but the only dousing Saturday was the spirits of the CU fan base as the Buffs reverted to form against a good – but by no means great – Oregon State team … Meanwhile, the game of the day in college football was actually played in adverse conditions (700 miles away) …

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Game Day! … Buffs ready for Beavers: “You’ve just gotta see that we’re capable of winning football games” … Neill Woelk’s Keys to the Oregon State game … *Buffs Primetime – Mark Johnson and Mike Sanford* … J.T. Shrout to start against Oregon State …

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ESPN: Oregon State quarterback Chance Nolan still out … Could the Big 12 secure a media rights deal before the Pac-12? … CU Falls Out of ESPN Bottom Ten … Oklahoma and Texas to remain in the Big 12 until 2025 … CU “loses” No. 1 ranking in CBS Bottom 25 …

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CU: Get Thee to Overtime! … The (positive) stat in which CU is No. 1 in the nation … Last time CU was in Corvallis, the Buffs came away winners … Hard to believe? Before this weekend, the last time two Top Ten Pac-12 teams played each other, CU was involved …

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