LOS ANGELES — The Colorado Buffaloes officially have hit the mid-point of the Pac-12 Conference schedule.
There have been a few hiccups. Thursday’s loss at UCLA proved to be a head-scratcher, particularly with the way the Buffs responded just 48 hours later with a thorough, far more energetic victory at USC on Saturday night. And the last seven-plus minutes at home against Oregon State on Jan. 5, when a stunning CU collapse turned an almost certain victory into a loss, might be a result the Buffs regret right down to the wire in the conference race.
Yet when CU begins the second half of its league schedule at home on Thursday against Cal (6 p.