Colorado's 2016 season, in which it emerged from the bottom of the standings to win the Pac-12 South, was charmed.
It was also extremely difficult to repeat.
Missing key pieces on defense from that 2016 squad hurt the Buffaloes last year and left them out of the postseason for the ninth time in the last decade. Entering 2018 there are questions about the offense, too.
Today The Oregonian/OregonLive’s 2018 Pac-12 football preview continues with the Colorado Buffaloes.
The Buffaloes smothered Colorado State by two touchdowns in the season-opening Rocky Mountain Showdown — the same CSU team that had throttled Oregon State the week prior — and followed that with wins over FCS programs Texas State and Northern Colorado.