With 12 minutes, 6 seconds to play in the third quarter on Saturday night, Colorado fans at Folsom Field finally had something to cheer about.

Well, at least those who hadn’t left the stadium.

Trailing by 38 points in what would become a 52-17 loss to Arizona, CU head coach Deion Sanders put freshman quarterback Julian “JuJu” Lewis into the game. It was one of the loudest cheers of the night when the 18-year-old trotted onto the field with the Buffs down 45-7.

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“Common sense,” Sanders said when asked why he put Lewis into the game.

Throughout a season that’s quickly gone from disappointing to disastrous, the Buffs (3-6, 1-5 Big 12) have never really figured out their quarterback situation. They go into Saturday’s trip to West Virginia (10 a.m. MT, TNT) still unclear at

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