Markques Simas News

The season ends on a down note, yet again. For the third time in head coach Dan Hawkins' four-year tenure, the Colorado Buffaloes fell to their archrival Nebraska Cornhuskers, this time 28-20 in front of 52,817 fans at Folsom Field on Friday.

Hansen passed for 269 yards and three touchdowns against a defense that had allowed four scores through the air in the 11 previous games.

The Colorado Buffaloes are already wrestling with their lack of success in 2009.

Unfortunately for Colorado, the Buffaloes' season finale today held true to its season-long form.

If he had it to do over again, Colorado coach Dan Hawkins told reporters earlier this week he would have toned down his personal hyperbole when he predicted 10 wins this season.

NU still unranked by AP 3:41 p.m. Four straight wins and a Big 12 North title aren't enough to get Nebraska back into the Associated Press Top 25 just yet.

The Colorado Buffaloes have one game left in what's been a disappointing 2009. They have no shot at a bowl or postseason contention.

Colorado quarterback Tyler Hansen has returned after leaving the Buffaloes' game at No.

It could be said that the struggling Colorado football program has been consistent in at least one aspect of the game.

The support for Colorado football has definitely wavered in this trying season, but the coaching staff can count on one area where it hasn't. Its verbal commitments for the 2010 recruiting class are still solidly behind the 3-6 Buffaloes.

That faint flicker of light representing Colorado's lone hope for a successful season turned out to be nothing more than another stoplight on the road here Saturday.

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.