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Brooks: First Half
Haunts Colorado In Loss
BOULDER - Colorado rallied gamely in the
second half on Saturday, but it didn't matter. The script fashioned
in recent seasons by Missouri went unaltered: The Tigers still have
the Buffaloes' number.
This year, that number was
33-3 at halftime.
After blowing past the
Buffs by a combined score of 113-10 in their past two meetings, the
Tigers endured a three-point second half but let their efficient
early work carry them to a 36-17 Big 12 Conference victory at
Folsom Field.
Mizzou, the defending North
Division champion, won its first conference game (1-3) and improved
to 5-3 overall.
With four games remaining,
CU slumped to 1-3 in the league and 2-6 overall, further damaging
the Buffs' chances of earning the six victories required to reach
postseason play.
"The tangible is that (now)
you have to win out to go to a bowl game," said coach Dan Hawkins,
who has reached the postseason once in going on four years at CU.
"The intangible is that people always talk about sports building
your character, and I think that's part of it....MORE
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