Ryan Broyles ran his way out of cornerback Jonathan Hawkins’ reach and paced comfortably down his home turf for a 64-yard touchdown.
OU topped the Buffs 43-10, providing the team’s fourth conference loss. CU (3-5, 0-4) remains in the cellar of the Big 12’s north division with Kansas, next week’s opponent.
A conventional offense limited the Buffs to one touchdown, a 49-yard pass to Scotty McKnight. Concurrently, the defense allowed a season-high 635 yards while giving up 26 points during the second quarter.
“You show up everyday and you do your job,” said CU head coach Dan Hawkins. “All the chatter that goes on, whether it’s good or bad just has to be apart of your constitution.”
Hawkins is now 2-22 on the road in his CU career and the school concludes its Big 12 career against Oklahoma with an embarrassing loss.
Landry Jones quarterbacked the No. 9 Sooners for a record 453 yards with four touchdowns and zero turnovers. The junior’s performance garnered serious respect from his elder on the opposition.
“If it weren’t for a couple of plays last week they would be the number one team in the country getting ready to play for the National Championship game pending a good finish to the season,” Cody Hawkins said.
A fourth straight loss endangers CU into not making a bowl game for the third straight season. The Buffs must win three of their next four, including trips to Nebraska and Kansas, in order to qualify for a postseason.
The head coach addressed the urgency after the game, saying how aware he is of his team’s desperate situation.
“We talk about that all the time,” Coach Hawkins said. “I think they realize we have to win some games and try to get to a bowl game. We’ve got four games left, so I think that is part of their mantra.”
Their mantra most definitely has nothing to do with winning, as Hawkins’ Colorado teams are now 19-38. He has lost two out of every three games in Boulder.
The running game failed with a measly total of 76 yards and the pass offense seemed overmatched as Cody Hawkin’s tired-looking passes got knocked down on numerous occasions.
“When we tried to throw the football down the field they were bringing a lot of heat and making us throw it short,” Cody Hawkins said. “When we did try to extend the field, I thought their defensive backs did a great job.”
The fifth-year senior, Cody Hawkins, threw for barely over four yards per attempt at Memorial Stadium. It helped bring about another conference loss for CU and another home win for OU (the 35th straight – a current FBS record).
Contact Staff Writer Michael Krumholtz at michael.krumholtz@colorado.edu.
