Strictly speaking, this is off-topic.

But many here will recall that I had closely followed the University of Colorado Buffaloes during the era of Travis Hunter.

It was only a season opener — on the road in Atlanta — but all the critics had predicted that they would lose by a full touchdown, and look ugly doing it. And, at points they did look ugly. But they ran the ball when they needed to and stopped the run — also when they needed to.

They were losing almost the entire game until 30 seconds left — when they took a one point lead with their highly touted but lightly experienced quarterback who’s only made three career starts. He threw several spot on dart passes and managed the field under pressure — perfectly.

But on the ensuing series, Georgia Tech gained an improbable amount of yardage via a pass over the middle. Still 23 seconds on the clock, and in field goal range with their big footed kicker.

And so GT was (with three seconds left) sitting 43 yards away from the winning field goal.

But the Buff defense blocked Georgia Tech’s ace field goal kicker! Game over — CU wins down in Hotlanta — on a steamy night.

नमस्ते