BOULDER — In the immediate weeks following last December's Alamo Bowl, Colorado coach Karl Dorrell spent many of his waking moments dissecting what had gone wrong for the Buffaloes in their 55-23 loss to Texas.
There were plenty of things for Dorrell to consider. In what he called a "measuring stick" game, the Buffs came up short in a number of areas.
But perhaps none were as glaring as the explosive plays CU's defense yielded against the Longhorns. By game's end, Texas had racked up 13 explosive plays (20 yards or longer) for a total of 458 yards and four touchdowns.