BOULDER — After the game — along with a sixth win, a leg up in the Pac-12 South chase, all of it — slipped from K.D. Nixon’s fingers, the Colorado wide receiver was all thumbs.
“I let down the team,” the sophomore wideout said Saturday, crestfallen, after the Buffaloes dropped an overtime gut-wrencher at homecoming to Oregon State, 41-34. “We lost the game because of me, so I live with it and (have to) make up for it.”
The ending would be ironic if weren’t so dang cruel, too. With the heavily favored Buffs (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12) having watched a 31-3 third-quarter lead flip into a seven-point overtime deficit at Folsom Field, the hosts faced a third-and-goal at the 7-yard line, needing a touchdown and an extra point to extend the contest.