Watching commissioner Larry Scott hand the Pac-12 Championship game trophy over to Washington head coach Chris Petersen Saturday night in Santa Clara, I couldn't help but wonder what could have been. Down 14-7 at halftime, the Colorado Buffaloes were thirty minutes away from potentially hoisting that trophy themselves. Instead the Buffs were outscored 27-3 in the 2nd half by an impressive Huskies team that is every bit deserving of calling themselves ‘Pac-12 Champions.'
"Yeah, we hurt. We lost." Mike MacIntyre said following Colorado's 41-10 loss to Washington. "We lost to a good team and made some mistakes that kind of gave them a chance to pull away from us.