Cal suffers deflating extra time reduction at previously-winless Colorado

Cal’s season took a extraordinary flip in the completely wrong path on Saturday just after a 20-13 extra time decline at Colorado.

The Bears (3-3, 1-2 Pac-12) had been 15-point favorites over the Buffaloes (1-5, 1-2), who experienced come no closer than 23 details in any of their 5 former game titles.

Colorado created a coaching improve just after its most latest match, and a protection that experienced authorized much more than 43 factors per sport gave Cal difficulties all afternoon on Folsom Area in Boulder, Colorado.

The Bears finished with just 35 web speeding yards in opposition to the country’s statistically worst operate defense. Cal was 5 for 17 on 3rd downs and Jack Plummer was forced to toss 52 passes just to keep the Bears close.

Cal now embarks on the hardest extend of its program with game titles the following 3 months in opposition to Washington, Oregon and USC.

Colorado scored on the 1st possession of time beyond regulation, with Montana Lemoious-Craig making a spectacular, leaping capture on the corner of the end zone on 3rd-and-7 from the 22. The perform was at first dominated incomplete but an official evaluation reversed that connect with, giving CU a 20-13 guide.

Cal bought the ball needing a landing, but Plummer’s fourth-and-aim move from the 11 to limited stop Keleki Latu was broken up, providing Colorado the victory.

Plummer concluded six passes on the match-tying drive, which include five in a row, with a 20-yard connection to huge receiver Mavin Anderson getting the Bears to the Colorado 19.

Plummer handed 9 yards to Keleki Latu to the 10 and Jaydn Ott picked up the initial down with a 3-garden operate to the 7.

With much less than a moment remaining, Plummer threw incomplete on the upcoming two performs just before he was sacked on a blitz by Nikko Reed for a 9-garden loss to the 16 with 2 seconds remaining.

Dario Longhetto booted a 34-garden field aim on the final play of regulation, forcing time beyond regulation.

Colorado applied a 14-engage in, 69-garden push to established up Cole Becker’s 24-lawn subject target that designed it 13-10 with 4:30 still left. The travel took just about 6 minutes off the clock.

Cal finally scored on a around-the-shoulder diving catch by J.Michael Sturdivant on a 14-yard TD move from Jack Plummer for a 7-3 direct with 5:49 left in the third quarter. The 47-property scoring drive was set up by Justin Richard Baker’s 26-lawn punt return.

Colorado went back again in entrance 10-7 on the next enjoy of the fourth quarter when freshman functioning back again Anthony Hankerson piled in from the 1. The TD came two performs right after the Buffs applied some trickery, with receiver Jordyn Tyson finishing a 37-property go to Montana Lemonious-Craig to the 5-property line.

The groups traded turnovers with Xavier Carlton recovering a fumble by Deion Smith at the Cal 45 just after a large strike by Collin Gamble. Smith did not get up after the play and was taken off the area on a cart.

The Bears drew even when Longhetto transformed a game-tying 27-garden industry purpose with 10:20 to participate in.

The Buffaloes, outscored 109-39 in the very first half of their preceding five online games, led 3- at the split right after a vastly disappointing overall performance by the Bears’ offense.

Cal experienced just 103 yards in the initially 50 %, 29 in the next quarter.

Colorado, which was final in the FBS in rushing yards allowed, held the Bears to 23 very first-fifty percent dashing yards on 1.6 yards for each try. Ott acquired 12 yards on the game’s to start with engage in from scrimmage then uncovered couple of holes powering his offensive line, getting just 17 yards on his upcoming nine carries.

Plummer appeared out of rhythm significantly of the 50 %, finishing 11 of 22 passes for 80 yards with his third interception of the period.