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BOULDER, Colo. – Colorado offensive coordinator Brennan Marion brought the Go-Go offense to the Rocky Mountains this offseason.
On Friday night, the University of Houston watched it go and go and go and go.
Also gone: any chance at the Big 12 championship game or College Football Playoff.
UH's defense was torched for four explosive touchdown plays as Colorado stunned the No. 14 Cougars 42-32 before a crowd of 47,495 at Folsom Field.
Call it the Mile High Meltdown.
After leading 20-7 late in the second quarter, the Cougars suffered a total breakdown, allowing the Buffaloes to score 28 consecutive points to deliver the biggest win of the Deion Sanders era. Colorado (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) had lost 35 straight games to top 15 teams since 2007.
UH (7-3, 4-3) entered the game needing to win its final three games and get some help to reach the Big 12 championship game. The Cougars had climbed to No. 14 in the CFP rankings and were in position to move into the discussion for an at-large bid to the playoff.
It all slipped away.
Actually, the Cougars were not close on many of Colorado's explosive plays as bad angles and poor tackling allowed the Buffaloes to pile up 206 yards on their six touchdown plays.
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Colorado had averaged less than 16 points against FBS opponents. It was only the second time this season that UH allowed 30 points.
UH dropped to 2-3 on the road this season. All three losses have come on the road against No. 2 Utah, No. 12 Texas Tech and Colorado.
Jonathan Dimas made a career-high 52-yard field goal to give the Cougars a 20-7 lead with 2:36 in the first half.
It was a disastrous final two-plus minutes for the Cougars.
DeKalon Taylor took a pitch and ran untouched for a 67-yard touchdown. After forcing a punt, the Buffaloes needed just four plays before JaQuail Smith broke lossss for a 32-yard touchdown and 21-20 halftime lead.
Conner Weigman fumbled after a blindside hit by safety Randon Fontenette, and on the next play wide receiver Joseph Williams cut inside, made a catch, avoided a tackle by Javion White and raced for a 53-yard touchdown.
Richard Young added a 38-yard TD run.
After Colorado quarterback Isaac Wilson left the game with an injury, true freshman Kaneal Sweetwyne kept the ball and scored untouched on a 14-yard run.
Colorado's six touchdowns accounted for 206 of its 451 total yards.
UH has a saying, "Don't leave any meat on the bone," and that's what the offense did as a 15-play opening drive that took more than seven minutes stalled. The Cougars had to settle for a 27-yard field goal by Dimas. UH went ahead 10-0 on an 8-yard run by Makhi Hughes and later added a 4-yard touchdown catch by Amare Thomas, his team-leading eighth of the season.
UH controlled the clock for nearly 13 minutes in the first quarter.
It didn't matter.
Colorado didn't need much time with three of the touchdown drives coming in 90 seconds or less.
After scoring on four straight drives to begin the game, the Cougars had two punts, a fumble, a failed fourth-down attempt and interception in their next five possessions.
Patrick Overmyer ended the Cougars' scoring drought with a 22-yard touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter.
The Buffaloes weren't down as Young scored his second touchdown, a 2-yard run, to cap a 75-yard drive with 3:59 left.
Overmyer had nine catches for 116 yards for the Cougars. Trent Walker had a 4-yard TD catch with less than two minutes remaining, but the two-point conversion was no good.
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This article originally published at UH is shoved out of Big 12 and CFP race in crushing loss to Colorado.
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