Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel and senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger are joined by Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde to discuss how the magnetic head coach has turned the Buffaloes program around and Colorado's chances of reaching the Big 12 title game this season. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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He was right.

He's right, man.

This team was one and 11 that he took over a season and a half ago, they lost those 11 games by 32.4 points a game.

It wasn't close.

Colorado gave up 50 more touchdowns in 2022 than they scored.

They were the worst team.

Their program had no hope they were going nowhere.

He's the ninth coach in like 16 years or something.

It was 16 of 17 years.

We were losing seasons.

Horrible program, no fans showing up nothing.

He gets it going last year and everyone's like, wow, it's flash.

You can sell out because it's exciting.

They sell out again on Saturday.

They're on national television, I think for the seventh time this year and they are bowl eligible in the chase for the big 12 championship in the chase for an automatic bid to the b the college football playoff.

And Colorado football is, I, I don't care who you hired.

If you were sitting there at six and two, you'd be like, man, this guy is doing an unbelievable job.

There were a lot of people waiting for him to fail and rooting, rooting for him to fail, you know, um, you got that sense really, really ever since he took over in, in some of the things he said in his first season and, uh, and during the off season, you know, bringing the Louie and all that, all that stuff, uh, the Louie is, is, uh, appears to be paying off.

Um, and, uh, there, there were, there were a lot of doubters and, and a lot of people rooting against him.

There's no doubt about it when you look at the, the big 12 standings.

I mean, Colorado does not play the top two teams in the league right?

BYU and in Iowa State, um, and they have a, uh, a loss to Kansas State and the, and the last second almost came back and won that game.

That's their only loss.

Kansas State.

And so those two are tied right now behind BYU and Iowa State who are undefeated.

So this big 12 race between those four shaking shaping up to be pretty fun here down the stretch because Kansas State and Iowa State do play, I think to, to end the year.

So there is a chance that you could have like a three way tie to get in the championship game, um, or, or a four way tie for in two of the four get in the championship game.

So it's, uh, as predicted the Big 12 race is, is pretty Crazy.

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