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Every game, the Colorado football team carries symbolic artifacts onto the field: a tool box, a sledgehammer, the state flag and the United States flag.
On Friday, the Buffaloes will also carry a chip on their shoulder when they enter the field at Levi's Stadium to take on Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game.
Ranked No. 9 in the national polls, the Buffs (10-2, 8-1 Pac-12) are an eight-point underdog against the No. 4 Huskies (11-1, 8-1). And, that's not surprising to CU.
"Nobody really expected us to be there; nobody, I think, really wants us there," quarterback Sefo Liufau said on Tuesday.