It hit Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre on a Friday night at Homecoming during the “Buffalo Parade.”
The Buffaloes had just come off a 21-17 loss at USC the previous week, but MacIntyre saw something for the first time in Boulder since arriving in 2013 as thousands of fans poured into the street in anticipation of the Arizona State game. MacIntyre saw something.
He saw barricades. MacIntyre chuckles at the thought now.
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Colorado’s re-emergence as a Power 5 player was never blocked off his mind.