Playing in front of 52,265 fans at Folsom Field and a national television audience on ESPN on Saturday night, the Colorado football team had the opportunity for a signature moment.
Instead, it was an all-too-familiar result for the Buffaloes, who fell to No. 25 BYU, 24-21. It was the Buffs’ eighth consecutive loss to a ranked opponent.
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“Sometimes it felt like the moment was just too big for some of our athletes, and they got to do something about that,” head coach Deion Sanders.
CU has to do something about it in a hurry, because the moments get bigger going forward. At 2-3 (0-2 Big 12), CU faces a tough road ahead.
On Saturday, the Buffs will visit TCU (3-1, 1-1), which was No. 24 before a Friday night loss that dropped it out of the rankings. That’s followed by a ho