Colorado Football: Revisiting Buffs last bowl game

Down by 20 points, the Buffs went three-and-out again on their next drive. Their ensuing punt traveled just 24 yards.

Starting at their own 35-yard line, Wilson hit Caddell twice for 30 yards as Alabama moved into Colorado territory again. Facing a 3rd-and-6 from the Colorado 31-yard line, Wilson found Nikita Stover for a long touchdown. 27-0.

The Buffs needed to do something as this game was getting way out of hand. On their next possession, running back Hugh Charles rattled off a 21-yard run, the team’s biggest play of the game to that point, but the drive still stalled out and Colorado had to punt.

Alabama got the ball back and Wilson was using the short pass to perfection, moving the ball against the Colorado defense with ease. But with just under six minutes until halftime, Wilson was picked off by Ryan Walters who then raced the other way for 35 yards. Would this be the play that turned the game?

After hitting Scotty McKnight for 25 yards, Cody Hawkins found Tyson Devree on a 4-yard touchdown pass to finally put Colorado on the board. The Buffs then forced a punt and got the ball back with just over one minute until halftime.

Cody Hawkins hit Devree on two more passes before finding Dusty Sprague in the end zone for a 25-yard touchdown pass with just four ticks left on the clock. Suddenly, we had a brand new ball game.