As the shadows lengthened from west to east across Folsom Field, and the darkness deepened on an increasingly nervous Colorado sideline, it wasn't just the sun setting on an otherwise picturesque homecoming setting Saturday afternoon.
It was, perhaps, the beginning of the sun setting on the Mike MacIntyre era at the University of Colorado.
On a day when bowl eligibility was supposed to be celebrated for a team eyeing much bigger goals, it instead was the lowly Oregon State Beavers who partied at Folsom after overcoming a 31-3 second half deficit to hand the Buffs a stunning 41-34 overtime defeat.