LIVE BLOG: Oklahoma State Closes Its Season in Boulder

The Cowboy football season ends Friday.

Without a bowl game to extend things, Oklahoma State plays its season finale on Friday in Boulder as the Pokes play Colorado for the first time since the 2016 Alamo Bowl. It’s the first time the two teams have played in Boulder since 2008. We’ll have live updates on the game here. IF you’re like to watch along, it’s televised on ABC.

Pregame Notes

OSU is without defensive tackle Collin Clay after Clay suffered an injury against Texas Tech last weekend.

The Cowboys are wearing black helmets, white jerseys and black pants in Boulder.

OSU started Friday with a W by adding top junior college edge rusher Chandavian Bradley to the recruiting class.

First Quarter

The Cowboys started with the ball, and it did not go well. After back-to-back negative plays, Maealiuaki Smith threw an interception on third down. Who else? Travis Hunter made the play, setting up the Buffaloes with great field position.

Touchdown Colorado (7-0, Buffs): After starting on OSU’s 24-yard line, the Buffaloes scored in just three plays with Micah Welch paying the drive off with a 1-yard touchdown run.

OSU’s offense goes three-and-out on its second drive. The Cowboy offense has ran six plays in two drives — four have gone for a loss, one was an interception and the other was a 12-yard completion to Brennan Presley.

Touchdown Colorado (14-0, Buffs): Colorado scores on a drive that included a comedy of errors for the OSU defense. It started with OSU getting called for a defensive holding on 3rd-and-26 that gave CU a first down. Then OSU sacked Travis Hunter on a trick play for a loss of 16 yards, but that was negated because OSU has 12 men on the field. Then Justin Wright was flagged for unnecessary roughness after getting Shedeur Sanders out of bounds. Sanders eventually threw a 10-yard TD pass to LaJohntay Wester.

Well, you know it’s a bad day for the Pokes when even Brennan Presley is struggling. He catches a pass but fumbles. Colorado recovers.

Touchdown Colorado (21-0, Buffs): Sanders to Hunter for an 11-yard touchdown. It’s a slaughter in Boulder. Still 2:09 left in the first quarter.

OSU makes it to the 50-yard line but is forced to punt.

End of 1: Colorado 21, Oklahoma State 0

Second Quarter

For the first time Friday, a CU drive didn’t end in a touchdown. The Cowboys almost got in their own way again with an offside on 4th-and-6, but then CU turned around and had a false start on 4th-and-1 before electing to punt the ball away.

OSU goes three-and-out.

OSU’s defense, though, forces the CU offense off the field after just three plays.

OSU three-and-out.

CU three-and-out. True freshman safety David Kabongo sacked Sanders on the drive.

OSU went three-and-out again.

Colorado goes for it on downs and come up empty. CU hit on a big play, completing a 39-yard pass to Isaiah Hardge to get to the OSU 10-yard line. But then OSU recorded three straight sacks — from Justin Kirkland, Kendal Daniels and Iman Oates — that pushed CU out of field-goal range. So, the Buffaloes went for it on fourth-and-goal from the 34 and came up empty.

It ended up being a stinker of a quarter for both offenses. No points scored. CU had 84 yards of offense, OSU had 14. The Cowboys at the half have just 30 total yards.

HALF: Colorado 21, Oklahoma State 0

Third Quarter

Touchdown Colorado (28-0, Buffs): On a 3rd-and-4, Sanders hits Wester for a 69-yard catch-and-run. Wester has eight catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns thus far in the game.

Well, OSU got its second first down of the game but on the play after, Maealiuaki Smith and Ollie Gordon messed up a play-action fake, ending in a fumble.

Touchdown Colorado (35-0, Buffs): Sanders hits Hunter for a 12-yard score. Hunter today has six catches for 39 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively, he has a tackle, an interception and two pass breakups.

For the first time Friday, OSU drove into CU territory, but the Cowboys come up short on 4th-and-1 from the CU 43 and turn it over.

Field Goal Colorado (38-0, Buffs): Colorado drives the length of the field, and Hunter momentarily had another touchdown catch before an obvious offensive pass interference was called as CU ran a pick play to get him open. The Buffaloes settle for three and still lead comfortably.

OSU went three-and-out again.

Colorado drives the length of the field, but Jeff Roberson intercepted Sanders off a deflection. The Cowboys have the ball on their 13-yard line.

End of 3: Colorado 38, Oklahoma State 0

Fourth Quarter

Touchdown Colorado (45-0, Buffs): It gets worse. Former Cowboy DJ McKinney intercepts Smith and returns it for a touchdown. McKinney gets flagged for simulating a dog urinating on the football after the play.

OSU made the switch to Alan Bowman at quarterback, but the result was the same — three-and-out.

Touchdown Colorado (52-0, Buffs): It appears the Buffs are trying to lockdown to Heisman Trophy for Travis Hunter. Already up 45-0, Sanders hits Hunter for a 23-yard touchdown — Hunter’s third of the day.

OSU finishes the game with a drive to the Colorado 5-yard line, but the clock runs out, putting an end to the misery that was the 2024 OSU football season.

FINAL: Colorado 52, Oklahoma State 0