There's nothing that Deion Sanders wants more on Saturday than a win. Colorado needs it. For a variety of reasons.
At 3-5, another loss wouldn't completely shut the door on the possibility for bowl eligibility, but it would require the Buffaloes to win out from there. But it's deeper than that. Everything around the program feels sullen and downtrodden in the aftermath of last week's blowout loss to Utah.
Colorado needs to win just to show that things aren't as bad as they seemed after that embarrassing performance in Salt Lake City.
But regardless of what happens at Folsom Field on Saturday night, Colorado could walk away from the weekend as major winners, even in defeat.