The Buffaloes’ loss to Stanford was nothing short of disastrous. Colorado went into halftime up 29-0, but completely imploded in the second half. That begs the question: what exactly went wrong? The answer to that question is a lot to unpack, but the Buffs lost that game for four main reasons.
1: Poor decision making at the worst possible times.
First of all, the Buffs had some pretty bad lapses in judgement in absolutely crucial situations. Three plays in particular stand out as especially bad in the second half, being the two fourth down attempts and the interception in overtime.