Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
Just minutes before Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre hit the podium for his weekly press conference earlier this week, cross country coach Mark Wetmore and two-time Pac-12 Conference champion Dani Jones took center stage to discuss the NCAA cross country championships.
MacIntyre, bringing a portrait of a snow-covered buffalo from his office, explained how the buffalo is the only animal that will walk headfirst through a snowstorm, using the metaphor to allay concerns about his job security heading into Saturday's home finale against Utah.
While the framed décor was meant as a symbol of MacIntyre's defiance, it also was a fitting representation of what Wetmore's Buffaloes may have to endure in their pursuit of a national championship this weekend.