BOULDER — A year ago, they don’t have a snowball’s chance in Chattahoochee of winning a tilt like this. November slugfest? Against a Pac-12 blueblood? Minus your best defensive player? Sub-40 wind chill?
No chance. Ditto for 2017, the last time a postseason carrot got dangled in front of a CU Buffs roster on the way to Salt Lake City.
This month is about grinders. Teachers. Closers. You want to know if your team’s football coach knows what the heck he’s doing? Circle back in November. If the men are better after Election Day than they are in early September, you’ve got yourself a keeper.