Despite a 1-11 record last season, Arizona had quite a few games where the outcome was still in doubt going to the final quarter. The Colorado game wasn’t one of them.
Down just 6-0 at the half, the Wildcats allowed 21 points in a 5-minute span of the third quarter and ended up losing 34-0.
Another bad third quarter doomed the UA (2-2, 0-1) last week in its Pac-12 opener at Cal, but now it has a chance to get right against an opponent that hasn’t done anything right. The Buffaloes (0-4, 0-1) have been outscored 173-47, are last in the country in run defense and are starting freshmen at quarterback and running back.