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September 18, 2011
Jon Embree during the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Mile High Stadium on Sept. 17, 2011. (CU Independent/James Bradbury)
Two straight losses were never part of his plan. When Jon Embree returned to Boulder as head coach, he talked a big game of restoring confidence.
Finally, his program has a base to build upon. His staff and his boys, as he speaks with the inflection of a proud papa, defeated Front Range rival CSU by fighting back when down and finishing when ahead.
“Obviously all those people stepped up and refused to let it go away without a fight,” Embree said. “We put in too much work to let it just go away without fighting.”