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Instant analysis from the CU Buffs’ 37-21 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium: Wrong Sanders: For the Buffs to win, they needed a Sanders in the headline — just not that one. Shedeur in the big type or Deion in bold meant a victory. Shilo? Not so much.

Jamal Murray shoved the ball away from him like it was a heat pad. With 4.2 seconds left and the Nuggets trailing Dallas, 121-119, Murray stepped up for the second of two free throws with the intention of missing. The Blue Arrow pushed the rock at the rim on a rope, with exquisite disgust. It banked off the backboard and tushed right through the net. One of those nights.

MIAMI GARDENS — Cam Ward tic-tac-toe’d passes down the field on Miami’s opening touchdown drive. He passed Bernie Kosar in the school record book in the second quarter. He’s been the story, the saga, the season for Miami. He just wasn’t Saturday. When Miami needed to quit sputtering against Wake Forest, when it needed to plant a foot in the ground against a 4-6 team, it wasn’t Ward’s arm or even his offense that entered Saturday leading the country in points and yards and holy-mackerel comebacks that took control. “The story of the game was defense,’’ Miami coach Mario Cristobal said after Miami’s 42-14 win. Miami won the way no one thought it could. “That’s how Miami defense should look like,’’ he said. Wake on offense isn’t Syracuse, which isn’t Southern Methodist, which might not be the opponent in the College Football Playoff if Miami gets that far.

GAINESVILLE — Florida coach Billy Napier exchanged an uncomfortable handshake with Ole Miss counterpart Lane Kiffin, shared a few well-earned hugs and then headed to the northeast corner of the Swamp to join his players singing the school’s alma mater. On a crisp and sunny November day, Napier’s Gators had just done the unexpected, if not the unthinkable, beating the No.

MIAMI GARDENS — The Hurricanes’ offense, led by Cam Ward, has been the story of this season. But the defense, which has been maligned in recent weeks, came up big when Miami needed it most. The No. 8 Hurricanes’ (10-1, 6-1 ACC) defense, which struggled early in the game, made two crucial stops in its own territory to keep Wake Forest off the board and hold onto a 35-14 win at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.