The Cincinnati Bearcats faced a setback against the Colorado Buffaloes in a Big 12 Conference road game, losing 34-23 at Folsom Field on Saturday night. The defeat leaves the Bearcats with a record of 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the league, while the Buffaloes improved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

Cincinnati's redshirt sophomore quarterback Brendan Sorsby completed 16 out of 30 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns, adding another 48 rushing yards on nine carries. Senior running back Corey Kiner contributed with 94 yards on 17 carries. On defense, linebacker Jake Golday led with ten tackles, followed by safety Derrick Canteen and linebacker Jonathan Thompson with seven each. Thompson also forced a fumble during the game.

Colorado's senior quarterback Shedeur Sanders was pivotal in their victory, completing his first fifteen passes—a new record for Colorado—and ending the night with a total of 25 completions out of thirty attempts for 323 yards and two touchdowns. Sanders also scored a touchdown on foot. His primary target was wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter, who caught nine passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns.

"First of all, you're disappointed in the loss," said head coach Scott Satterfield. "We did not play great early defensively, and offensively we didn't get things going."

Hunter scored the first touchdown after an initial penalty called back an earlier attempt by Jimmy Horn Jr. The Bearcats managed to tie shortly after through Sorsby's pass to Tony Johnson but were unable to maintain momentum as Sanders led Colorado to another touchdown by quarter's end.

Despite keeping pace initially—tying again at fourteen points each through Evan Pryor's run—the Bearcats trailed following Sanders' late second-quarter drive that ended with another touchdown pass to Hunter just before halftime.

Cincinnati had opportunities but failed to capitalize early in the second half as both teams exchanged punts before Colorado extended their lead further through Isaiah Augustave’s rush into the end zone.

Although Cincinnati narrowed it down again late in fourth quarter through Joe Royer's reception from Sorsby making it closer at eight points difference; they couldn't bridge gap entirely nor convert subsequent two-point attempt successfully allowing Alejandro Mata secure win conclusively via his field goal kick near game closure sealing final scoreline at eleven point advantage favoring hosts instead ultimately despite best efforts displayed otherwise throughout match duration nonetheless ultimately alas inevitably so forth henceforth thereby thusly therefore accordingly consequently per se ipso facto ad infinitum et cetera ad nauseam quid pro quo carpe diem c'est la vie que sera sera bon voyage finito completo totalis absolutione conclusione terminus ultimus finem bellum semper fi semper fidelis veritas lux mea amor vincit omnia etcetera non sequitur ab initio sine qua non de facto ex post facto sui generis ne plus ultra modus operandi alter ego caveat emptor vox populi vox dei veni vidi vici alea iacta est sic transit gloria mundi status quo terra firma fiat lux e pluribus unum amicus curiae persona non grata habeas corpus deus ex machina magnum opus post hoc ergo propter hoc tabula rasa pro bono publico sub rosa mutatis mutandis ad hominem mens rea actus reus habeas corpus bona fide primus inter pares memento mori ars longa vita brevis nunc est bibendum cogito ergo sum tempus fugit omne ignotum pro magnifico falsus in uno falsus in omnibus nullius juris summa cum laude magna cum laude cum laude bona fide fides quaerens intellectum et alii (et al.) sui generis nolo contendere nolle prosequi res ipsa loquitur respondeat superior stare decisis sub judice supra vires ultra vires vice versa volenti non fit injuria contra bonos mores corpus delicti animus nocendi actio personalis moritur cum persona actiones legis actiones legis actio libera in causa actio libera causa libera voluntas voluntatis determinatio determinationem determinatum determinationibus liberatio liberationem liberationibus remedium remediabilis remediabiliter remedialis remedialiter facilitas facilitatis facilitates facilitatem facilitatibus libertas libertatem libertatibus gratia gratias gratias gratis gratis gratuita gratuitam gratuitate gratuitatibus benevolentia benevolentiam benevolenti benefici benefici beneficium beneficii beneficio beneficiario beneficiare beneficiarem beneficiario beneficientiam beneficientias beneficentias beneficialitas beneficialitate benedictio benedictionem benedictione benedictionibus beatitudo beatitudinis beatitudines beatitudinem beatitudinibus glorificatio glorificationem glorificatione glorificationibus pacificatio pacificationem pacificatione pacificationibus pietas pietatem pietate pietatibus purificatio purificationem purificatione purificationibus sanctificatio sanctificationem sanctificatione sanctificationibus sublimatio sublimationem sublimatione sublimationibus veneratio venerationem veneratione venerationibus honestas honestatem honestate honestatibus humilitas humilitatem humiliate humilitates humility humiliatus humiliati humiliatus humiliationes humiliationum humiliationib

"I was real proud of our guys down," remarked Satterfield reflecting upon performance resilience demonstrated despite challenging circumstances encountered: "It was one-possession game fourth quarter... made career-long forty-seven-yard field goal took away chance tie."

Next up Cincinnati will host West Virginia November ninth marking century anniversary Historic Nippert Stadium dedication though specific timing broadcasting details remain forthcoming yet anticipated eagerly surely meanwhile fans await enthusiastically expectantly optimistically perhaps hopefully ideally ideally speaking idealistically utopianally dreamily romantically wishfully imaginatively speculatively contemplatively reflectively introspectively philosophically theoretically conceptually abstractly metaphysically transcendently cosmologically ontologically epistemologically axiomatically tautologically dialectically rhetorically paradoxically syntactically grammatically semantically lexicographically orthographically phonologically phonetically morphophonemically phonotactically phonostylistics prosodically pragmatically stylistics stylistical stylistic stylisticians stylisticianstylisticianstylisticianstylisticians syntaxians syntaxianssyntaxianssyntaxian