The new-look Colorado Buffaloes can run the ball, as they vowed they would do this season.

Stopping the run is another story.

In the opening game of head coach Deion Sanders’ third season in Boulder — and the first in the post-Travis Hunter/Shedeur Sanders era — CU played with Georgia Tech all Friday night, but fell to the Yellow Jackets, 27-20, at Folsom Field.

Georgia Tech overcame three first-quarter turnovers, rushed for 320 yards on the night and scored the game-winning points on a 45-yard Haynes King sprint to the end zone with 1 minute, 7 seconds to play.

Led by new quarterback Kaidon Salter, the Buffs weren’t sharp on offense most of the night but tied the game midway through the fourth quarter. They were unable to muster a comeback in the final moments, however.

CU managed ju

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