Boulder, Co. ? All eyes in Nebraska now look toward Tom Osborne’s office – to see if Bill Callahan could possibly emerge from his upcoming meeting with Nebraska’s athletic director with his job still in hand.

If he does, it would be an even bigger shock than what Nebraska fans have witnessed this season – the unseemly disintegration of a program that no longer resembles Big Red.

The final chapter was written Friday when Callahan, with one last chance to make a good impression, instead suffered another loss by a video-game score – 65-51 to Colorado, which now has a shot at a bowl bid that could have gone to the Cornhuskers.

“Am I shocked? I’m definitely shocked,” defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said when asked how he felt looking at the scoreboard and seeing another big, ugly number up there.

Cody Hawkins threw for 241 yards, and Hugh Charles ran for 169 yards and three scores to lift the Buffs (6-6, 4-4 Big 12) to the break-even mark in an up-and-down season that includes a victory over Oklahoma and a loss to Iowa State.

Colorado scored 34 straight points in the second half to take control of the game.

Sadly for the Huskers (5-7, 2-6), this wasn’t anything new. This was the sixth time they’ve allowed 40 or more points this season, the second time they’ve been lit up for 60-plus this month.

They go home with the conference’s worst defense – so much for the Blackshirts – and only their second losing record since 1962, both of which have come during Callahan’s four seasons in Lincoln.

Next comes the coach’s long-awaited meeting, scheduled for today, with Osborne, the interim athletic director who never would have let a debacle like this unfold while he was coach.

“I’m not talking about anything,” Osborne told the Associated Press as he exited the locker room after shaking a few players’ hands. “I have to go to an event right now.”

Callahan, who last week schooled his players on the realities of change in big-time college football, also shed little light on his future.

“I don’t know what to expect,” he said. “I’m just going to wake up tomorrow and deal with whatever we have to deal with and we’ll go on. Coach Osborne has a lot of things that he would like to talk about, so let’s get on and visit about it.”

For a while, it looked like Callahan might be able to head into the meeting on a two-game winning streak.

Nebraska rolled through the first half. The Cornhuskers scored 73 points in their last game, a win over Kansas State, and led 35-24 at halftime of this one after piling up 393 yards against a Buffs defense that has had its own problems lately.

In the third quarter, though, some poor sideline management shifted the momentum.

“I’ve never in my four years here seen a comeback like that,” Colorado linebacker Jordon Dizon said. “Not only a comeback, but that kind of margin of win.”