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COLORADO BUFFALOES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins looks down on the sidelines during the second half of its game against Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Last weekend.
Hawks had hinted at the possibility of a 10-win season. Right now, the math is not looking too good. The Buffaloes are off to an 0-2 start.
Colorado's problems go from bad to worse
Staff report Campus Press
BOULDER, Colo. — Could things get any worse for the Colorado football team to start the season?
It was hard to think they could after the Buffs lost to their in-state rival on Sunday. But Friday night on the road, they dropped their second game in a week, this time to the Toledo Rockets, 54-38.
For a second straight game, Colorado came out flat and looked like a deer in the headlights as Toledo jumped out to an early 13-0 lead after the first quarter.
Colorado would finally get on the board with an Aric Goodman field goal to start the second quarter, but after Alex Steigerwald hit a career-long 50-yard field goal, Toledo would find the end zone again to take a 23-3 lead at halftime.
The Rockets would score two touchdowns early in the third, but the Buffs would score three of their own in the quarter to cut the lead to 13 heading into the final 15 minutes of play.
Unfortunately, Dan Hawkins'seat as head
coach got a little bit hotter as Toledo would score three more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. Toledo finished with 624 total yards, while Colorado only managed 451 yards.
A bright spot for the Buffs was that Darrell Scott had a great first half running the ball, but didn't see a lot of action in the second as the Colorado coaching staff decided to throw the ball more instead. Scott finished with 12 carries for 85 yards.
A scary moment happened with 1:53 to go in the game as quarterback Cody Hawkins ran 12 yards into the end zone. But as he went across the goal line, he had a helmet-to-helmet collision with a Toledo player.
Replays showed that he had suffered a concussion and it is unknown at this time if he will start the Buffs' next game on Sept. 19 vs. Wyoming.
Hawkins went 30-for-64 passing for 356 yards and four touchdowns, while adding three interceptions in the loss.
If Hawkins can't go on against Wyoming newly redshirted quarterback Tyler Hansen might have his redshirt pulled to fill in as quarterback.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
@ LE9NDS - 1Pm - 5Pm OCTOBER 17, 2009 A.D.
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