The Colorado team that arrived in the Big 12 with so much buzz has lost a lot of that glow by the time it comes back to Stillwater.
Oklahoma State gets the Buffaloes on Saturday for homecoming, marking the first meeting in Stillwater since a Thursday night game in 2009, when Brandon Weeden made his statement to OSU fans with a two-touchdown second half. This time, the matchup looks very different.
Colorado’s offense, the one that made the Buffaloes one of the most watchable teams in coach Deion Sanders’ early Big 12 run, has gone flat. The Buffaloes are putting up just 19.5 points per game, which ranks last in the conference, and they haven’t won since beating Weber State on Sep. 12.
They have been competitive in spots against strong Big 12 opponents, though the results haven’t followed. Colorado was tied with Baylor in the fourth quarter, led Texas Tech 7-3 at halftime and carried a third-quarter lead against Utah. Still, the Buffaloes are 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the league.
The game is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium and will air on FS1.
KXXY-FM 96.1 will carry the radio broadcast. Oklahoma State is a 13.5-point favorite, and the over/under is 54.5 points.
Joseph Williams has been the one real bright spot in the passing game. The former Tulsa wideout has two 100-yard receiving games and ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 508 receiving yards.
He’s shown some versatility, too, including a 49-yard pass against Baylor. Williams began at Tulsa in 2024 and has spent the last two seasons at Colorado.
There is a path for the Buffaloes to make this interesting. They have 13 sacks, tied for sixth in the Big 12, and if they can create disruption and pressure a Cowboy quarterback Drew Mestemaker has been turnover-prone, they could hang around.
But the bigger issue remains scoring. Colorado still hasn’t settled the quarterback spot.
Sanders benched 5-star quarterback Julian Lewis at halftime against Baylor, then turned to junior Isaac Wilson, who has thrown five interceptions and is completing 57.4% of his passes in three games as the full-time starter. Colorado has been held under 15 points in four games, and that kind of production makes the path to an upset a steep one.
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