The Colorado Buffaloes (2-0) were hoping to do something they’ve never done before in the football program’s 131-year history this week— beat the USC Trojans. But a COVID-19 outbreak at Southern Cal stopped that from being a possibility.
A Thanksgiving weekend meeting between the Buffs and San Diego State Aztecs (3-2) will likely be Colorado’s only non-conference game of the shortened season (3:30 p.m. MT/ TV: PACN)
ABC was scheduled to air the CU-USC game on Saturday, but declined an option to carry the replacement match-up. Instead, the Pac-12 Network agreed to run San Diego State at Colorado, making it the first non-conference football game for any Pac-12 school this season.