Buffzone · Aug 28, 2018
Veterans from CU Buffs defense ready for new script in 2018
CU senior linebacker Rick Gamboa said he knows the defense has to step up this season after a not-so-stellar 2017. (Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
As far as senior linebacker Rick Gamboa is concerned, it's defense that wins championships.
By that standard, the Colorado Buffaloes were almost as far from a Pac-12 Conference championship last year as Fairview or Boulder High. Other than the occasional pass breakup from defensive backs Evan Worthington and Isaiah Oliver, who later was a second-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons, Buffs fans often were better off getting a drink refill or taking a restroom break when CU's defense hit the field.