Following a 27-13 loss at Washington on Oct. 20, Colorado head football coach Mike MacIntyre brushed aside the notion that injuries had anything to do with the defeat.
Star receiver Laviska Shenault, cornerback Delrick Abrams Jr., kicker James Stefanou and others were out of the lineup that day in Seattle.
"We have good football players out there," MacIntyre said after that defeat. "We're not going to any make excuses about who is there or not there; we have to find a way to win."
The Buffaloes (5-5, 2-5 Pac-12) haven't found a way to win since then, and with a once-promising season unraveling in a hurry, MacIntyre's gone from injuries being no excuse to making them the No.