As they have for most of the season, the Colorado Buffaloes fought until the bitter end on Saturday in a narrow 23-17 loss to the Utah Utes.
The Buffs finished the year 3-5 in one-score games to wrap up head coach Deion Sanders’ first season at CU.
As an old adage says, a rebuilding football team goes from losing big to losing small to winning small to winning big. Colorado was blown out frequently last season but was much more competitive in most of its losses this year. Will the wins start to come in 2024? Only time will tell.
Here are my takeaways from Colorado’s final football game of the Pac-12 era: