Micah Welch rushed 11 times for 64 yards, QB Kaidon Salter had 13 carries for 43 yards and a touchdown and Simeon Price rushed 5 times for 30 yards. As a unit, this was an impressive night for the Colorado rushing unit compared to years past. There were times when no holes were open, yet Shurmur kept calling rushing plays when nothing was there.

Sanders addressed the clock management issues after the game, but he did not see a problem with keeping both of Colorado's timeouts in his back pocket. "I think we got out of bounds a couple times, so we didn't have to take them,