Northwestern Buries Colorado 41-7 Behind Aidan Chiles
Colorado turned the ball over four times, and Northwestern did the rest. The Wildcats won 41-7 and moved to 2-0, while the Buffaloes went to 2-1.
Aidan Chiles did most of the work in the first half. He ran in from a yard out with 43 seconds left in the first quarter, threw an 18-yard touchdown to Joseph Himon II in the second, and ran in another from three yards with 59 seconds left in the half, for 21-0 at the break. Colorado got on the board with a 50-yard Julian Lewis pass to Joseph Williams early in the third, which made it 21-7, and that was all the Buffaloes got, and then nothing more. Take away the four turnovers and this is a different game, though not necessarily a close one, since Northwestern had 21 points on the board before Colorado had any.
Himon scored twice more in the quarter, from 25 and three yards, and it was 35-7 entering the fourth. Jackson Kleather added field goals of 36 and 21 yards, and that was it. Colorado had 348 total yards to Northwestern's 431, and 180 of them came on the ground, so the yards were close. The four turnovers (two interceptions, two lost fumbles) were not. Northwestern lost one fumble and threw no picks.
For fantasy, Chiles had 39.8 points and Himon had 28.4, which is the sort of week that wins a lot of leagues. Himon scored three times on just three catches, and he carried four times as well. Williams was the lone Buffalo in the top three, and he got there on one long touchdown.