EUGENE, Ore. — Bo Nix threw 3 landing passes and Deny. 10 Oregon emphatically slammed the brakes on Lecturer Top’s “Cinderella story,” routing Deny. 19 Colorado 42-6 on Saturday.
The Geese (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) had been up 35-0 part then schoolmaster Dan Lanning despatched them into the matchup of unbeatens with a fiery pregame pronunciation that took direct try on the star-studded, hype system that has adopted schoolmaster Deion Sanders’ crew for the primary 3 weeks of the season.
“The Cinderella story’s over, men. They’re fighting for clicks, we’re fighting for wins. There’s a difference,” Lanning informed his crew in entrance of ESPN’s cameras.
Troy Franklin stuck 8 passes for 126 yards and two ratings for Oregon.
Sanders grew to become round a Colorado program that gained only one match ultimate future, bringing onboard 67 untouched scholarship avid gamers and opening the season with wins over TCU, Nebraska and ultimate weekend’s double-overtime mystery in opposition to Colorado Environment.
He were given a pleasing welcome to Autzen Stadium earlier than the sport from Nike co-founder Phil Knight, the patriarch of Oregon sports activities. And previous NFL superstar Terrell Owens made the go back and forth to look his buddy schoolmaster.
Oregon’s duck mascot got here out at the ground dressed in a cowboy hat and sun shades, copying Sanders’ taste.
It used to be a big-game order, however the Buffs (3-1, 0-1) had been disagree fit for the Geese.
Nix finished his first 11 passes and 28 of 33 earlier than he used to be pulled to begin the fourth quarter. He additionally ran for an 11-yard TD. One fan held an indication that stated: “This is Nix Country.”
Lecturer Top’s son Shedeur Sanders fell into Saturday averaging 417.0 passing yards according to match, with 10 touchdowns in opposition to one interception. He finished 23 of 33 passes for 159 yards and a overdue landing in opposition to the Geese. He used to be sacked seven instances.
Colorado completed with 199 yards of overall offense, because the lovers at Autzen Stadium chanted “Overrated!” within the ultimate moments of the sport.
On their first sequence of the sport, the Geese went 72 yards in 10 performs capped by way of a 3-yard landing run by way of Noah Wittington. Colorado punted on its first sequence.
Nix threw a 1-yard cross to Casey Kelly to create it 13-0, capitalizing on a couple of Colorado consequences throughout the 10. Oregon’s 2-point try failed. The Buffaloes punted once more at the later force.
Nix discovered Franklin with a 16-yard scoring cross and this day the 2-point conversion used to be just right to position the Geese up 21-0.
Nix used to be intercepted for the primary day this season in the second one quarter. It used to be additionally Oregon’s first handover of the future. However the Geese’ protection sacked Shedeur Sanders on 3rd indisposed, pushing him again 16 years, and Colorado once more used to be compelled to punt.
Franklin used to be huge viewable operating into the endzone for a 36-yard landing from Nix, and Nix ran for every other TD to cap the primary part onslaught.
Jordan James padded Oregon’s supremacy with a 1-yard landing sprint, for his 6th TD this season. Colorado have shyed away from the shutout with Shedeur Sanders’ a 6-yard cross to Michael Harrison.
It used to be Colorado’s first match with out two-way standout Travis Hunter, who used to be despatched to the medical institution with a lacerated liver from a overdue collision within the match ultimate weekend in opposition to Colorado Environment.
Hunter had 9 tackles, two cross breakups and an interception and likewise had 16 catches for 213 yards on offense.
