One bad loss does not a program make. Florida got blown out by Nebraska in the 96' Fiesta Bowl and came back to win it all the very next year. Bad financial planning and bad head coaching hires did-in Colorado.
The game was a multi car crash in slow motion. The final score of this game. This was a championship game. In the Big 8 days (talking 1980 folks), you got national scores from Nebraska and Oklahoma. And you knew who was better based on their scores against Kansas and Kansas State. 63-7 was cute. 70-7 was expected. But if one of them got to a 77-7 win versus either bottom feeder, they were likely playing in Miami on New Years Day. Big 8 was terrible. Just 2 schools effing the other 6, just to brag to their friends.
