Colorado 24, Wyoming 0 Saturday, Sept. 19, 1:30 p.m. - Fox College Sports (Central) Folsom Field, Boulder
Brooks: Buffaloes Blank Cowboys 24-0
BOULDER - After two poor and porous performances, Colorado's defense unburdened itself of too much head work and made its afternoon against Wyoming an exercise in simplicity. It worked, too.
The Buffaloes, apparently feeling comfortable in their silver and gold throwback uniforms, shutout the Cowboys 24-0 and snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday before 50,535 at Folsom Field. The shutout was CU's first since a 42-0 flogging of Miami (Ohio) here two seasons ago.
The victory was a welcome one for CU coach Dan Hawkins, who reiterated the minimal differences in winning and losing: "It's the little things that decide the game. Until you've gone through it a time or two and done some things and succeeded and failed, people don't get that it's the little things."
The Buffs (1-2) had given up an average of 500 yards and 38.5 points in its first two games. But in the week after a disheartening 54-38 loss at Toledo, the defensive staff drastically reduced the number of calls to be used against the Cowboys (1-2)....MORE
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