Colorado v. Missouri – 2003
In 2003, Colorado got off to a fast start, knocking off 23rd-ranked CSU and UCLA to climb to #17 in the polls.
After that, the wheels fell off. The Buffs lost six of the next seven games, falling to 3-6 overall. Heading into the Missouri game, CU was coming off a tough loss to Texas Tech, 26-21. For only the 12th time since the start of the 1976 season, a span of 324 games, the Buffs had a two score lead (over nine points) at some point during the game, and lost. CU had an early 14-0 lead on the Red Raiders, but still managed to lose.
Of concern to the Buff faithful was the fact that, of those 12 losses after leading by two or more scores, only eight of them occurred in the 25 seasons between 1976 and 2000. Four now had occurred during the Barnett era, including the second time in 2003 (a 23-14 lead against Baylor becoming a 42-30 loss).
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Numbers can be construed in any number of ways. Fair enough. But for the 2003 Colorado Buffaloes, one statistic could not be misstated or misinterpreted:
3-6.…
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