BOULDER — Fifteen years ago, the Colorado Buffaloes were coming off a 3-8 season, a year in which they had a sophomore-junior laden team, just five senior starters and lost four of their games by a total of 12 points.
Sound familiar? It should.
This year's Buffaloes are coming off a 4-9 season, a year in which they they had a lineup dominated by sophomores and juniors (just four senior starters) and for the second year in a row lost four Pac-12 games by a touchdown or less.
The question, of course, is whether Mike MacIntyre's 2016 Buffaloes can come close to duplicating what Gary Barnett's 2001 crew accomplished.