Colorado won the toss and elected to receive. Three plays later Keelan Ewaliko flew in front of punter Alex Kinney’s leg and Dikembe Mutombo’d the hell out of it.
Taking over at the Colorado-16 quarterback Max Wittek quickly found Quinton Pedroza for an 11-yard score. Then, as if he felt a wave of murderous aggression wash over him, offensive coordinator Don Bailey decided to twist the knife and go for two with newly found touchdown buddies Wittek and Pedroza hooking up again for the conversion.
Colorado finally showed some life in the middle of the second quarter after LB Derek McCarthy picked off a Max Wittek pass to set the Buffs up at the UH 23-yard line.