Four Colorado Interceptions Sink the Buffs Against Texas Tech
Colorado scored first, led 7-0, and then never scored again. Texas Tech answered with 29 straight points and left with a 29-7 win, its fifth in five games.
The early score was a good one for the home side. Isaac Wilson found Joseph Williams from 8 yards out at 10:29 of the first quarter, and Stone Harrington answered with a 52-yard field goal. That was it until the second half, when Tech got going. Harrington hit another from 27 yards at 9:09 of the third to cut it to 7-6 for Colorado, and then Will Hammond threw 11 yards to Terrance Carter Jr. to put Tech up 12-7 (the two-point try failed, which is why it was not 15-7). Colorado never got the lead back.
The fourth quarter was a rout. Harrington booted a 46-yarder, John Curry took an interception back for a touchdown at 7:10, and Quinten Joyner ran 30 yards at 3:06 for the last points. Colorado threw four interceptions in all, three from Wilson and one from Williams, a wide receiver who completed one of two passes and zero yards. Strip out Curry's return and it is still a 22-7 game with Tech ahead, but the picks are why it never got tight.
Colorado actually out-gained Texas Tech through the air, 297 passing yards to 134, and 375 total yards to 315. That is how you lose by 22 while holding the yardage edge, if you want a recipe. Tech ran for 181 on 37 carries and Hammond was 17 of 26 with a touchdown. Texas Tech is 5-0 and Colorado falls to 2-3.
For fantasy, both Colorado guys scored well in defeat, and a tight end named Carter had himself a day.