LOS ANGELES — The season was in danger of bottoming out when McKinley Wright, playing his role as team leader to perfection, called his teammates together in an emotional locker room meeting before the Colorado Buffaloes took on Oregon Feb. 2.
At that point, the Buffs had gone 3-8 since a stirring comeback win at New Mexico on Dec. 11, and a season billed as one in which the youthful club would make meaningful strides was in danger of spiraling out of control.
Wright, himself ailing with an injured left shoulder that will require surgery after the season, gathered his teammates.