On Thursday, the CU Buffs took to a packed Folsom Field to host the North Dakota State University Bison’s (NDSU) on a perfect day for football. The game garnered the largest TV viewing since 2017, with 4.8 million viewers on ESPN.
Thursday’s game was no walk in the park by any means; in fact the game came down to the last play when NDSU attempted to send the game into overtime. NDSU isn’t just some Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Division I-AA school. They are THE Division I FCS school with nine championships since 2011.
On Thursday night, they put up a fight against CU and almost sent the game into overtime.
Colorado jumped out to a 14-10 lead at the end of the first quarter; however, North Dakota fought back taking the lead into the half 20-17. CU was able to hold NDSU to six points in the second half adding 14 of their own and the 31-26 win over North Dakota State.
CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders threw for 445 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, while fellow teammate Travis Hunter who has increased his shot at the Heisman with Thursday’s performance racked up 132 yards on seven receptions and three touchdowns. The ironman player who only missed two snaps on both offense and defense shared the star of the game along with quarterback Sanders.
Now that CU’s toughest start to the season is in their rearview mirror they can now focus on yet anoth- er challenge when they head to Lincoln this Saturday to face a longtime rival in Nebraska.
Analysts believe that Nebraska will defeat CU in Lincoln this week. Both teams have significantly different rosters than their meeting at Folsom when CU beat Nebraska 36-14. Despite what analysts say, Saturday’s game will be another great game for fans across the country.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets preseason kicks off in less than a month when Denver hosts the Boston Celtics on October 4th. With the addition of Russell Westbrook fans are excited to see how he’ll fit into Denver’s rotation.
No word on when Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will return to the ice, but the feeling around Denver is hopeful. Landeskog was sidelined with a knee injury for the past two seasons. Earlier this year, when asked when he’d be back, Landeskog responded, “Between mid-September and the start of April,” followed by a laugh. Fans hope to see their captain back on the ice after Valeri Nichushkin’s six-month suspension that came down during Colorado’s playoff run
