Big start to the week and we at CUSportsNation.com recap Monday with a rundown from an action packed day of Colorado Athletics.

BOULDER-- When the 2016 football season started the Buffs set out to be PAC 12 Champions, nobody believed them when they said they would get there but now they are one game away from making their dream a reality.

They will have to face a tough Washington team on Friday to have it all come to fruition.

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Colorado hosted 6-foot-1, 185 pound Dante Wigley out of Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi over the weekend. We caught up with Wigley to get his thoughts on the Buffs following their impressive 27-22 victory over Utah.

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No. 9 Colorado defeated Utah Saturday Night 27-22 in front of a capacity crowd at Folsom Field. In attendance was Buff Commit Isaiah Lewis a 6-foot-0, 195-pound prospect out of Granite Bay, California. We caught up with Lewis after his visit to get his thoughts on attending his first game in front of more than 50,000 fans.

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Rosheem Collins a 6-foot-2, 305 pound Defensive Tackle out of East Central Community College was offered during his trip to Colorado this past weekend. We'll have a full Q and A with him posted on Tuesday morning.

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While you're catching your final hours of sleep, Colorado Defensive Coordinator Jim Leavitt is out for his morning stroll eating a snack cake and drinking Pepsi. Leavitt who is in his second year as the Buffs' defensive coordinator has the Buffaloes' defense ranked 12th in the nation and was just announced as a 2016 Broyles Award Finalist, which goes to the best assistant coach in college football. Leavitt's name was also mentioned as a possible name for the Florida Atlantic Head Football Coaching Position which recently opened.

Boulder, Colorado - 100/1. Those were the odds at the beginning of the season for the Buffaloes to win the PAC 12 Championship. After Saturday Night’s 27-22 victory over Utah, Colorado is 10-2 and ranked No. 9 in the Country. Head Colorado Football Coach Mike MacIntyre and the Buffs were 1-8 last year in Conference Play, this year they are 8-1, and PAC 12 South Champions.

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User @dtownbuff has a great thread going regarding questions to what will happen with Coach MacIntyre and Jim Leavitt at the end of the season.

MacIntyre's name was also brought up in a Baylor Coaching Thread

https://colorado.forums.rivals.com/threads/247-sports.31128/

The Notre Dame Rival Board has been talking about Mike MacIntyre recently as well. You can read some of the comments here

Great thread going here Talking about where this 10-2 season ranks among Colorado fans, how MacIntyre differs from other coaches, is Liufau one of the greatest QB's ever at CU, and is this the best Colorado defense in more than a decade

Tedric Thompson was named PAC 12 Defensive Player of the Week

Colorado now 10-2 on the season and ranked No. 9 overall in the latest Coaches Poll continues to impress on the field and with their season victories come weekly awards. In fact, this is the 9th time this season a Colorado Football Player has earned either an offensive or defensive Player or Special teams Player of the Week Award.

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Colorado Senior Corner Chidobe Awuzie has accepted an invitation to play in the 2017 Reese's Senior Bowl.

One University of Colorado football player is facing drug charges and another was cited for assault after police say the two got into a fight outside a bar in downtown Boulder just hours after the Buffs defeated Utah at Folsom Field.

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For those not going to the game or heading to other large watch parties we would love to have you join us. We expect this to be a full house again and being a Friday night will be busy so please come early. The Rosedale is located at 1135 E Evans Avenue Denver, Colorado.