Football notes: Game time for CU Buffs vs. Baylor announced

Colorado will kick off its return to the Big 12 Conference in prime time.

On Monday, CU and the Big 12 announced at the Buffaloes’ game against Baylor on Sept. 21 at Folsom Field has been slated for a 6 p.m. MT kickoff. The game will be broadcast nationally on Fox.

The matchup against Baylor is homecoming, and it’s also CU’s first Big 12 contest since leaving the conference after the 2010 season. The Buffs spent 13 seasons in the Pac-12 before returning to the Big 12 this year.

Sanders surgery

CU safety Shilo Sanders underwent surgery on Monday morning for an injury sustained in Saturday’s 28-10 loss at Nebraska.

It’s unclear the nature of the injury or how long Sanders would be sidelined, but head coach Deion Sanders said after the game “I know he did something to his forearm that that put him out for the rest of the game.”

Shilo was injured on CU’s sixth defensive play of the game. During the second half, he had his right arm in a sling.

On social media Coach Prime posted photos of Shilo at the hospital on Monday and wrote, “He will be back and ready.”

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