Texas A&M traveled to Boulder to take on the struggling Colorado Buffaloes. The game turned into a barn burner and Jerrod Johnson would come up clutch and atone for many of his struggles in this one. A&M had the lead 31-21 in the fourth but CU stormed back to take a 35-31 lead with 1:15 left in the game. However the always shaky Johnson should his brilliance. He led his team down to the 10 yard line with 12 seconds left in the game. An incompletion left one, maybe two plays left if the Aggies were lucky. Johnson took they snap and was flushed left. He tossed the ball to the corner of the endzone and Morrow came down with the TD to take a 38-35 lead with 2 seconds left. The win improved the Aggies to 7-2 on the season and kept their perfect Big 12 record in tact. Johnson threw for over 300 yards for the first time all season.
Road to the National Championship