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ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit: “Shocked” if Colorado doesn’t make Pac-12 Championship

A bold prediction from one of the best college football analyst.

Texas V Colorado

Kirk Herbstreit went on 104.3 The Fan's "Schlereth and Evans" in Denver to talk about the Buffs upcoming matchup with Stanford and made a bold prediction by saying he would be "shocked" if the Buffaloes don't win the Pac-12 South division. He also gave credit to coach Mike MacIntyre and his staff for CU's success with the best team in a decade.

Here's the full interview:

The national notoriety for the Buffaloes has come a long way, even from just four months ago.

The Pac-12 preseason rankings had Colorado finishing the season second to last in the conference and dead last in the south division.

Preseason conference rankings— The Rise is real!
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CU’s now one win away from the possibility of going to a bowl game, after arguably the worst decade in the school’s 126 year history.