 This was the second injury for Williams in his career at Oklahoma, the first coming when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the first game of the 2005 season.Oklahoma opened up their Big 12 schedule on the road with Colorado.Head coach Dan Hawkins was in his second year as head coach of the Buffaloes and was looking to improve on the 2–10 record of the last year as well as put an end to OU's five-game winning streak against CU.