Cowlishaw: For Safety’s Sake, College Football Games Must Be Shortened

The Colorado Rapids are headed to the playoffs. Reggie Cannon scored a goal in his first home match with the Rapids and Djordje Mihailovic netted a penalty kick goal in stoppage time as Colorado took down Toronto FC 2-0 at a rainy Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Saturday night. The win clinched the Rapids’ first MLS Cup Playoffs berth since finishing atop the table in the Western Conference in 2021.

The Colorado Buffaloes beat the Baylor Bears after an improbable last second desperation touchdown pass to force overtime at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. The Buffaloes scored on their opening overtime possession and forced a Bears fumble to win the game. Related Articles College Sports | LaJohntay Wester etches name in CU Buffs football history with Hail Mary from Shedeur Sanders: “There’s nothing like it.” College Sports | Keeler: Travis Hunter does it again!

By BETH HARRIS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking homer in the fifth inning and the last-place Colorado Rockies regrouped after blowing a three-run lead to beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 on Saturday night. The loss by the 92-win Dodgers assured that for the first time since 2014 no team in the major leagues will win 100 games, not including the 60-game, pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The Dodgers’ division lead dropped to three games over second-place San Diego, which beat the Chicago White Sox.

BOULDER — Travis Hunter made it reign. “Shedeur (Sanders) told me to go out there and get the ball,” CU’s two-way, all-world miracle worker said of the rain-soaked fumble he forced to clinch a wet, wild 38-31 Buffs overtime win over Baylor. “So I told him, ‘I got you.’ And I kept my word.” That’s the thing about the greats, isn’t it?

Initial observations from Colorado’s 38-31 overtime win against Baylor in the Buffs’ return to Big 12 play at Folsom Field: The Sanders Show: Baylor entered this game with the No. 1 passing defense (by yards allowed per game) in the nation, but the Bears had also faced an FCS team, Air Force and half of a game against Utah’s backup quarterback.

The Colorado State Rams took on the University of Texas at El Paso Miners at Canvas Stadium at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. The Rams defeated the Miners 27-17. Related Articles College Sports | CSU Rams hang on for bounce-back victory over UTEP behind strong running game College Sports | Keeler: CSU Rams are gone, Air Force may be next.