BOULDER — Cue the 2016 Pac-12 football championship game tape to one minute left in the first quarter.
Colorado tailback Phillip Lindsay dives into the end zone to cap a seven-play, 55-yard touchdown drive with backup quarterback Steven Montez against Washington amid a raucous crowd of 47,000-plus at Levi’s Stadium. “Touchdown Colorado! What a response by the Buffs!” said FOX play-by-play announcer Joe Davis on the TV broadcast, as CU trailed the Huskies just 14-7 entering halftime.
The Buffaloes’ first outright conference championship since 2001 was in sight.
“The first 35 minutes, I thought we were pretty much toe-to-toe with them,” CU coach Mike MacIntyre said.