The University of Colorado Buffaloes, as they have come to be known in recent seasons, typically would have folded when struck with the sort of adversity that arrived at a critical juncture Saturday against Massachusetts.
A questionable penalty turning a big play into a gift of an opportunity for the opposition. An even more questionable ejection that seemed neither fair nor just.
In years past that sort of sequence often spelled the beginning of the end for the Buffs. But in a sight that likely was an exceedingly welcome one to CU coach Mike MacIntyre as well as the Buffs' legions of fans, on this Saturday the Buffaloes turned adversity into inspiration.