Throughout his career of mentoring defensive backs, Colorado head football coach Mike MacIntyre has preached the importance of finishing the play.
"You have to be able to do it under pressure," he said this week. "It's kind of like finishing a layup under pressure or making a 3-pointer under pressure. It's that type of situation.
"(This season), we've seen glimpses of it where they've done well and we've seen others where they haven't. It's just been a little bit of hit and miss. Hopefully we hit more this week than we miss."
CU's cornerbacks have had a rough couple of games - really, game and a half - giving up 660 yards and eight touchdown passes in the last six quarters.