Next on the schedule for the Colorado football team is an Iowa State squad ranked No. 22 in the country.
The most difficult challenge for the Buffaloes this week, however, might come within their own locker room.
Back-to-back come-from-ahead losses have put the Buffs at 2-4 at the midpoint of the season, including 0-3 in the Big 12 Conference.
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Goals of winning the conference and getting to the College Football Playoff are gone. Bowl eligibility is slipping away, too.
But, for CU to salvage this season, it has to first keep the team together.
“That’s the most important thing going forward; 2-4, at this time, players start to think other things,” sophomore safety Tawfiq Byard said after the Buffs’ 35-21 loss at TCU on Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas. “As leaders, w