Colorado Quarterback Change Backfires
Colorado Falls to Baylor in Big 12 Opener Following Quarterback Bench
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Colorado lost its Big 12 opener 23-13 at Baylor, falling to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in conference play amid offensive struggles, penalties and special-teams issues. Coach Deion Sanders benched quarterback Julian Lewis at halftime with Colorado trailing 10-3; Lewis had completed 11 of 16 passes for 75 yards, and the Buffaloes had scored just three first-half points. Isaac Wilson replaced him, settled in after a nervous start and helped Colorado tie the game at 13 early in the fourth quarter, but Baylor regained momentum and secured the win. Lewis’s struggles followed a 41-7 loss to Northwestern the previous week, in which he threw two interceptions, and Sanders faces a quarterback decision ahead of Colorado’s next game against Texas Tech.
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Sanders said he took responsibility for the quarterback change, explaining, “I was trying to get us going. That’s it, just based on let’s go, we gotta get going. We gotta score some points.” He added that Wilson was initially “a little shaky” but settled down and “did his job.”
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Colorado wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. was injured in the first half and could not return, reducing the receiving options for both Lewis and Wilson.
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Lewis took two sacks in the first half, and 247Sports reported that he appeared hesitant to throw downfield and often held the ball too long.
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Through four games, Lewis had 733 passing yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions, with a 64.2% completion rate; he had also lost 45 yards on the ground.
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