BOULDER — So close …
When Colorado's Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders told his Buffaloes that they were "so close … yet so far" after Saturday's heartbreaking 34-31 loss to Arizona, he could have been describing CU's entire season.
Now 4-6 with a four-game losing streak in hand, the Buffs have played seven one-score games this season and another that wasn't decided until well into the fourth quarter. Those one-score games include wins over TCU, Colorado State and Arizona State; and losses to USC, Stanford, Oregon State and Arizona.
Three of those defeats were to ranked teams and while the loss to UCLA — another ranked squad — was ultimately a 12-point difference, that game was still anyone's ballgame until late in the fourth quarter.