BOULDER — When the Colorado Buffaloes came up short against Texas in last season's Alamo Bowl, head coach Karl Dorrell called the game a measuring stick for his program.
Now comes the next one, a 1:30 p.m. Saturday matchup with fifth-ranked Texas A&M at Empower Field in Denver (Fox).
"It's a great opportunity," Dorrell said. "It's a highly ranked team that's been successful for several years. It's a great measuring stick for us to compete with a ranked opponent and those are really great challenges you want to have your team face. Those are the opportunities we want to get ourselves to be in, so we're embracing the challenge of what this is going to be.