The battle for the Pac 12 South championship took place today in Los Angeles. Colorado led by their heisman front running HB had big plans to upset the surprise UCLA Bruins who were limping in after a 3 point victory over a tough Utah team. UCLA has done well this season in scoring points on their opening drive and today was no different. The Bruins converted two key 3rd downs on their way to an early 7-0 lead. First play on offense the Buffs call a playaction that fools the entire Bruins D and after one missed tackle and 80 yards of green the game was tied at 7's. The ensuing kickoff was fumbled and recovered by Colorado and the momentum had done a full 180 in Colorado's favor. They quickly turned the turnover into 3 points and took a 10-7 lead. Despite the momentum clearly shifting to the Buffs the Bruins stayed cool and quickly put another 7 on the board. Trailing 14-10 with about 3 minutes on the clock the Buffaloes seemed to get a little too conservative and after 3 straight runs punted the ball away. With around 2 minutes on the clock the Bruins put together a beautiful scoring drive and took a 21-10 lead into the half.
The Buffs received the 2nd half kick and on the first play from scrimmage Stewart showed the Bruin faithful why he leads the heisman race as he found a seam and raced 80 yards for a TD like he was shot from a cannon. UCLA quickly went 3 and out and things looked good for Colorado until they threw a user pick to the Bruins MLB and the Bruins used the momentum to mount yet another scoring drive to extend the lead back to 11. Defenses shined in the 4th quarter and the only points scored were a FG by UCLA to make it 31-17 which ultimately ended up being the final score. This should lock up the PAC 12 South for the Bruins as they face their bitter rivals the Trojans of USC this week.
The Buffs received the 2nd half kick and on the first play from scrimmage Stewart showed the Bruin faithful why he leads the heisman race as he found a seam and raced 80 yards for a TD like he was shot from a cannon. UCLA quickly went 3 and out and things looked good for Colorado until they threw a user pick to the Bruins MLB and the Bruins used the momentum to mount yet another scoring drive to extend the lead back to 11. Defenses shined in the 4th quarter and the only points scored were a FG by UCLA to make it 31-17 which ultimately ended up being the final score. This should lock up the PAC 12 South for the Bruins as they face their bitter rivals the Trojans of USC this week.
