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Under head coach Mike MacIntyre, the Colorado football team has finished last in the Pac-12 Conference South Division in four of five seasons.
The Buffaloes are well on their way to making that five out of six.
The anomaly in that run, of course, was the unexpected and program-rejuvenating march to the 2016 Pac-12 championship game, a spotlight that dims a little more with each defeat that is turning this season's 5-0 start into one long, gut-wrenching nose dive.
If that 5-0 start turns into a 5-7 finish, a possibility that edged a little closer to reality after Friday night's 42-34 loss at Arizona, it will be difficult to justify giving MacIntyre a chance to make it six last-place finishes in seven years in 2019.