Markques Simas News

Maybe there was something in those lucky puka shells that Markques Simas' mother brought him before the Texas A&M game.

CU's 437 yards Saturday at Folsom Field against the Aggies were the Buffaloes' second-best total of the season BOULDER - One game does not make a season, in this case a 35-34 victory over Texas A&M, so Colorado offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau will not sit back and play the part of a satisfied football coach.

Big 12RISING: Colorado is among the living once again. The one-point victory over Texas A&M followed a horrid home loss to Missouri.

University of Colorado's Rodney Stewart maneuvers around Texas A&M's Trent Hunter at Folsom Field on Saturday.

Kansas State defensive back Stephen Harrison and defensive back Tysyn Hartmann break up a pass intended for Colorado wide receiver Markques Simas during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday in Manhattan.

Since Tyler Hansen was a senior in high school, he has studied nearly every move Todd Reesing has made.

The Buffs gave up big plays on defense against West Virginia on Thursday. For the third time in five games, the Colorado football team will face an opponent next week at Texas which is capable of going the distance on one play, scoring from any point on the field and infusing a packed stadium with energy in an instant.

Colorado tailback Rodney Stewart got the bulk of the carries in the Buffaloes' 35-24 defeat at West Virginia on Thursday.

The Colorado Buffaloes, who started the season with losses to underdogs Colorado State and Toledo, can't escape the scrutiny even in the classroom as they prepare for Wyoming's visit on Saturday.

There might come a day when Colorado football fans look back on the beginning of the 2009 season and are thankful coach Dan Hawkins remained steadfast, calm and professional in the face of tremendous pressure closing in on him.

Take Speedy out of the Colorado offense and the Buffs start slowly. Colorado`s sophomore tailback, aptly nicknamed for his talent for starting and stopping on a dime, has been on the field for only a handful of plays this season.

The Wyoming fans gave their players, fresh off a 41-10 loss, a standing ovation.

That power run-oriented offense that the Colorado Buffaloes wanted to unveil in 2009 ended up throwing the ball 40 times in their season-opening 23-17 loss to Colorado State on Sunday.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin If the Big 12 could have avoided those pesky teams from the Mountain West Conference, this could have been a memorable week.

That "10 wins and no excuses" offseason comment by University of Colorado coach Dan Hawkins? He said it wasn't a guarantee but an expectation, a holy grail for his talented but untested troops to shoot for.

The long-awaited debut of University of Colorado wide receiver Markques Simas will be delayed two games this season following his suspension for violating unspecified team rules.

The long-awaited debut of University of Colorado wide receiver Markques Simas will be delayed two games this season following his suspension for violating unspecified team rules.

The long-awaited debut of University of Colorado wide receiver Markques Simas will be delayed two games this season following his suspension for violating unspecified team rules.

Colorado projected starting wide receiver Markques Simas has been suspended for the Buffaloes' first two games of the 2009 season.

Given that he has never played a down of college football, some might consider this ranking a stretch.