Karl Dorrell and the Colorado Buffaloes coaching staff tried to shake things up when they welcomed the UCLA Bruins to Folsom Field with a number of new faces getting starting roles, including true freshman quarterback Owen McCown, but the results were mostly the same as the Buffs fell to the Bruins 45-17.
While the score looks bad, and it was, McCown showed moxie and the offense seemed more competent than it had all season. It was a lot to ask to put a kid just months from high school into that position and he handled himself well. At running back, freshmen Charlie Offerdahl and Anthony Hankerson acquitted themselves nicely and Jordan Tyson had a few good grabs.