BOULDER — Every week, every day, every practice, Colorado running back Christian Powell has a simple reminder for himself:
“This is it.”
There is no next year for Powell with the Buffaloes, no looking into the future and planning for better days.
The future is now for Powell. Any better days in his college career must come over the next four months — a relative blink of an eye for the 6-foot-0, 235-pound senior who this season could become just the second player in history to lead the Buffs in rushing for four consecutive seasons.