The buffaloes lost their hope of having a bowl appearance when Washington State ended its six game losing streak with an emphatic 56-14 win in a Friday evening football encounter that day. Cougars needed a much-needed win to have an opportunity of going bowling after the event and therefore they had to be desperate at this point in time.
Cougars’ comeback kills buffalo bowl dreams.
However, on their turn, Colorado fell behind in their last eight games and even lost in most on their turn, which marked the end of their season with a 3-7 outing. To add to their problems, star quarterback Shedeur Sanders left the game at the second quarter with what appeared to be an unknown injury.
After four consecutive wins at the beginning of the season, Washington State demonstrated resistance, when the early-season performance of its quarterback Cameron Ward came back—he threw for 288 yards, two touchdowns. The win sends the cougars into position for a likely third straight bowl game with an upset of no’. In the next Apple Cup, they are ranked at number 5 Washington.
Colorado’s Season Finale
At completion of 2023 season for Colorado, where they were playing away a game against Utah, Sanders scored a 45-yards passing touchdown to break a single-season record, which was previously made in year-2014. In spite of their woes, that was the last league game against Washington State before going into the Big 12 next year. Currently, Washington State has an upper hand in overall records with eight wins against six losses.
In the game, Washington Sates defence which was previously 106th in fbs for sacks, sacked Colorado’s quarterback 5 times, indicating a dramatic upturn for cougars. The final round of the season is on the horizon; as the Cougars strive to maintain momentum and Colorado’s battle the possibility of missing out the playoffs.
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