'Resilient' Colorado avoids Rocky Mountain fall - ESPN

BOULDER, Colo. — On a day when Boulder became the center of the college football world, No. 18 Colorado escaped with a 43-35 double-overtime win against Colorado State to finish nonconference play undefeated.

There were several moments where things almost fell apart for the Buffaloes, only for them to roar back to keep the game alive. «We showed that we were resilient. We showed that we would fight,» coach Deion Sanders said. «We showed that we had no surrender or give up in us and that's a lot for a team that's fairly new.»

Things were most dire when Colorado State, leading 28-20, punted and pinned the Buffs at their own 2-yard line with two minutes and six seconds to play. For a Colorado offense that had gone eight straight drives without a touchdown, the prospect of needing to go 98 yards and then convert a two-point conversion might have seemed insurmountable. Some fans began trickling out of Folsom Field.

Those who left missed quarterback Shedeur Sanders engineer a seven-play touchdown drive, capped by a 45-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Horn Jr.

«Well, we do it in practice all the time, so it's not really a surprise to us,» Sanders said of the 98-yard drive. «We like these high-pressure moments and I guess that's what we live in.»

Mikey Harrison caught the two-point conversion then both touchdowns in overtime, leading CU fans to rush the field for the second straight week.

«Last week, I stuck around on the field a little bit, but this week I went straight to the locker room because it gets pretty crazy out there,» said safety Shilo Sanders, who forced two turnovers, including a pick-six. «So, we're making improvement off the field, making smart decisions.»

The aftermath also featured a much-anticipated handshake