BOULDER — Nuts, right? Just think: If only Mel Tucker had managed the clock and used Laviska Shenault against USC the way he did against Stanford.
The CU Buffs would be 5-5 right now, with a bye and one more home game left on the docket. Clay Helton would still be trying to hitch a ride back to University Park to collect what was left of his belongings.
But every step forward during a rebuild, even a baby one, is sweet progress. In terms of warm fuzzies, the first week of November capped the best seven days — not the most profitable, as Nebraskans took care of that one ages ago — for Buffs football since Tucker was handed the keys last December.