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Kevin Haskin's 'Tackling Dummy' revisits KU football's stunning upset at No. 10 Colorado in 1995

TRIP IN TIME

20 YEARS AGO/OCT. 7, 1995

KANSAS 40, COLORADO 24

BOULDER, Colo. — Kansas was a decided underdog. With Colorado coming in as the No. 4 team in the country, Glen Mason sold no one on the Jayhawks’ chances.

Except his own squad.

“This wasn’t an upset,” insisted the KU coach. “It’s only an upset in your mind if you think you’re a lesser team. I never felt that way. I very seldom go out on the line and tell my players that we’re going to win, but I told them that all the way here.