We’ll start with the good news: all the Buffs have to do to clinch a bowl game is win back-to-back road games in two extremely tough environments. And that’s not too much to ask from a team that’s lost six of their last seven, right? Saturday’s loss wasn’t as brutal as, say, the Oregon game – or as heartbreaking the Stanford one – but losing on Senior Day always stings a little bit more than usual, and this season is looking more and more like “just” a step in the right direction, and not the seismic leap that it looked like six weeks ago.