Colorado’s head coach guaranteed it. Mike MacIntyre’s team has been steadily improving, but so has the rest of the conference. “I just thinkwe didn’t have the edge we normally do, (and) I think we got that edge backthis week though”. But look at it from the Buffs’ perspective. Baker scored on a 45-yard rush on Arizona’s sixth play of the drive to tie the game at 24.
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With 3 Wins and 1 Losses, Arizona Wildcats gained 538.8 total yards on an average including 241.0 passing yards (with 34.3 passing attempts having completion percentage of 65.0) and 297.8 rushing yards per game.
Arizona’s defense had a hard time stopping Colorado in the second quarter but did force a fourth down inside the ten yard-line and instead of going for the touchdown, McIntyre went for the field goal.
“It was run by players, brought up by players”.
“He gave us a lift”, Rodriguez said. “And so, ultimately, we came out with a better feeling and better understanding of what needs to be done”.
Arizona 17, Colorado 17, tie game going into the half.
You might remember another Colorado Buffalo making a bold prediction back in 2014, this one in basketball.
Signs of the UCLA game this year mixed with the Scooby play from the Oregon game last year, a high snap by Cayman Bundage followed by a Colorado grab of the football out of Anu Solomon’s golden hands, and the first lousy turnover was in the books.
Well, kind of. It was 88-61… for Arizona. Anu Solomon was inconsistent after opening the game with an impressive 44-yard completion to Nate Phillips, and with him at the helm Arizona’s offense stalled, scoring on three straight possessions to start the game then not again until the fourth quarter. Parks leads Arizona in tackles (41), pass break-ups (six) and forced fumbles (two). Such has been the state of injuries at the position.
Colorado had 14 seconds left and one last play to win, but they couldn’t make it happen.
QB Sefo Liufau — The junior has been battling injuries and a sore body – he was sacked eight times by Arizona State last week, although he still found time to throw for 389 yards. Baker finished with 204 yards on 22 carries.
“Number eight came in and gave us a little lift”, Rodriguez said of Randall in his postgame radio interview. Randall was able to pull the defense offside, but only slightly after the coach called a time out. Jones caught four passes for 52 yards.
“They show up to work”. Casey Skowron made a 48-yard field goal in the first quarter that might’ve been good from 60, but a field goal attempt later in the game bounced off the right goal post and missed. “I didn’t think they were distracted”.
Running backs: A-. Nick Wilson didn’t play, and Jared Baker stepped up. True freshman Orlando Bradford is showing a good mix of size, speed and awareness.
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Arizona running back Jared Baker scored three touchdowns, backup quarterback Jerrard Randall sparked a rally and the Wildcats beat Colorado 38-31 in Pac-12 play in Boulder, Colo. The Buffaloes’ rush defense ranks 10th in the conference.
