It’s alive!
The Buffaloes’ energy was felt by all 50,471 in attendance at Folsom Field on Saturday who witnessed interim Mike Sanford lead Colorado to its first victory of the season, 20-13 (OT), against Cal.
The Buffs’ defense had their best performance of the season and JT Shrout was solid in relief of Owen McCown at quarterback.
We’ll see if this momentum continues next week against Oregon State, but it was finally fun again to watch the Buffs.
Our thoughts are also with Deion Smith, who was carted off the field following a scary injury in the third quarter.
Here are my five biggest takeaways from Saturday: