Live Updates: Texas A&M Aggies vs Colorado Buffaloes
The Texas A&M Aggies and the Colorado Buffaloes are set to battle it out on FOX Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. CT in Denver, Colorado as the Aggies look to keep their title hopes alive and their AP Top 10 ranking intact.
The Buffaloes come into the game off a 2020 season that saw success and failure.
With zero expectations going into 2020, they rattled off four straight wins in the COVID shortened Pac-12 season, before losing their final two games, including a whooping at the hands of the Texas Longhorns in the Alamo Bowl.
The Buffs had a strong showing last week in a win over Northern Colorado 35-7.
The Aggies are coming off a slow start at Kyle Field in game one of the season against Kent State. They recovered nicely for a 41-10 win.
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FIRST QUARTER
The Aggies are off to another slow start on offense as they don't appear to be able to move the ball against the Colorado defense. The ground game and the air game stalled out.
Haynes King left the game with an apparent leg injury early and Zach Calzada enters in relief. King was just 1-2 for 8 yards before leaving.
The Aggies' kicker, Seth Small missed a 53-yard field goal that would've given the Aggies their first points of the day.
Spiller and Achane are both struggling to find running room and Calzada can't seem to find any open receivers.
Colorado strikes first with a two-yard run by Broussard capping off a 9-play, 69-yard drive that took 4:43 off the clock.
The quarter ends with Colorado leading 7-0 and the Aggies struggling to find any offense.
SECOND QUARTER
The Aggies find their offense as they get their first 1st down of the game finally.
A&M is clearly missing Haynes King as the Aggies cannot get anything going offensively and the offense looks absolutely out of sync.
Calzada seems to be getting his footing here as consecutive completions take the Aggies to Colorado territory.
Calzada throws the ball away on a 3rd and 3 which forces a field goal to put the Aggies on the board with just 25-seconds left in the half.
At the half, it's 7-3 Colorado.
Calzada is 6-of-15 with 44 yards on the day, Achane has four carries for 27 yards while Spiller has just one yard on three carries.
Wydermyer has two catches for 23 yards and Spiller has 18 yards on three catches.
The Aggies have just 81 total yards to Colorado's 206. The Buffaloes have 140-yards on the ground compared to A&M's 29.
Calzada will have to play better in the second half.
Time of Possession is an issue with the Aggies today, as the Buffs have almost doubled them up. 19:20 - 10:40
This is now two weeks in a row that teams have been able to run the ball against the Aggies.
THIRD QUARTER
Colorado starts the half with the ball and the Aggies defense starts the 2nd half with a 3-and-out for Colorado.
Haynes King makes an appearance in street clothes on the Aggies sideline wearing a medical boot and with crutches.
The Aggies on 3rd and 3 can't convert on an incomplete pass from Calzada on a poorly thrown ball into coverage. Terrible decision by the quarterback.
Zach Calzada looks completely lost today in relief of the injured Haynes King. This could be a bad day for the Aggies.
Big 3rd down conversion is nullified as the Buffs beat the Aggies' defensive pressure on a pass that's called back for OPI.
Absolutely no passing windows for Calzada but he continues to throw the ball into coverage. The Aggies have now punted six times today.
It's a good thing the Aggies D has shown up today. Otherwise, this game would be well out of hand for A&M already.
Jimbo Fisher appears beside himself with the lack of offense by the Aggies. Zach Calzada looks like he's never played football before in his life.
The Aggies still do not have 100 total yards on the day.
Big conversion by Calzada with his legs! Zach Calzada run for 12 yds to the TexAM 41 for a 1ST down.
A pivotal penalty on Chapman nullifies a good catch and run by Achane.
The Aggies are still with absolutely no offense in this game. The defense will have to score to pull out a win in Denver.
FOURTH QUARTER
The Aggies start the quarter with the ball after the Colorado punt and are driving. Calzada continues to make poor throws and miss open receivers.
The biggest play of the day for the Aggies are off a busted coverage by Colorado as Zach Calzada passes complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 29 yds to the Colorado 20 for a first down.
Big effort by Calzada on a 13-yard scramble that should've been a touchdown but he dropped the ball before crossing the goal line. The score remains 7-3 Buffaloes with 8:45 left in the game.
One of the better throws of the day for Calzada is caught by Achane to the Colorado 40.
The Aggies running game is heating up with a Devon Achane run for 11 yds to the Colorado 29 for a first down.
With 4:15 remaining in the game the Aggies have their fourth consecutive third-down conversion moving the chains to the COL 20 yard line.
An A&M delay of game penalty makes the third and four a third and nine, and Calzada breaks through with a touchdown pass to Isaiah Spiller for the touchdown to give the Aggies the lead with 2:41 remaining in the game.
Colorado's Brendan Lewis has thrown for just 12 yards since halftime.
The Aggies defense holds Colorado short on a 4th down conversion with 1:23 to play and the offense takes over in victory formation.
FINAL: Aggies 10, Buffaloes 7
