BOULDER — Four years into Mike MacIntyre’s tenure at Colorado, he and his Buffaloes have finally reached the point where they appear ready to make a statement to the country, to their conference, and perhaps even to themselves about where the program has risen to.
Facing No. 4 Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday is quite the stage for such a statement, should things go the Buffs’ way. Colorado has not beaten a top-five opponent on the road since 1994 when they faced a similarly ranked Wolverines squad in The Big House, a game dubbed as “The Miracle in Michigan” because of Kordell Stewart’s game-winning Hail Mary pass to Michael Westbrook.