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BOULDER, Colo. -- Colorados comeback isnt complete just yet. So, consider this party just a prelude.Were one win away! It feels great, senior defensive end Jordan Carrell said as he weaved his way through a sea of Buffs fans who stormed the field following ninth-ranked Colorados 27-22 win over No. 21 Utah on Saturday night.Sporting a black and gold Make CU Great Again cap, wide receiver Devin Ross swore the message still represented more of an ambition than an arrival.Not yet, he said. But were close.The Buffs (11-2, 8-1) secured a trip to the conference championship against sixth-ranked Washington (11-1, 8-1) next weekend with another dazzling defensive performance, one that included:-Ten pass breakups.-Eight tackles for loss.-Four takeaways.-Three sacks.-Two fourth-down stops.They got my back, said senior quarterback Sefo Liufau, who had a rare off night, fumbling the ball away twice and throwing just one touchdown pass.The Buffaloes lost 40 of their first 45 league games after joining the Pac-12 in 2011, including a 1-8 mark just a year ago.Worst to first, not many people can say they did that, coach Mike MacIntyre said. Our young men did that and now weve got one more to do that is our ultimate, thats what we set out to do. ... We just got to go get one against Washington.With the first sellout crowd in Boulder since 2008 itching to storm the field, the Utes (8-4, 5-4) pulled to 27-22 on Demari Simpkins 7-yard TD catch with 1:34 remaining.The 2-point conversion toss by Troy Williams was incomplete, and the Utes onside kick failed when Kabion Ento recovered for Colorado.Nobody thought wed be here, especially four years ago, said CU senior safety Tedric Thompson, who had two interceptions and broke up four passes.As soon as the clock hit all zeros, thousands among the crowd of 52,301 ignored the public address announcers plea to wait a minute before storming the field.Linebacker Kenneth Olugbode scooped up Joe Williams second fumble and returned it 10 yards for a TD that made it 27-16 early in the fourth quarter.In the third quarter, Chidobe Awuzie recovered when Williams fumbled at the Colorado 2 after a 12-yard gain.Joe was a huge part of our success this season, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. He was a huge value to our football team. He struggled tonight, put the ball on the ground a few times. But I love Joe Williams.Liufaus 6-yard TD toss to Shay Fields on the final play of the third quarter was the seniors 60th, tying Cody Hawkins school record and breaking a 13-13 tie.Kyle Fulks returned the ensuing kickoff 93 yards but a diving Awuzie knocked Fulks out of bounds at the 3, a tackle that proved pivotal when the Utes had to settle for a field goal that made it 20-16.THE TAKEAWAYUtah: The Utes had another fine season but they lost three of their last four games with close defeats at home to Washington and Oregon before losing in Boulder for the first time since Sept. 28, 1957. Boobie Hobbs 55-yard return on Alex Kinneys line-drive punt gave the Utes a quick 7-0 lead but he later left with an unspecified injury.Colorado: The Buffs held Joe Williams to 97 yards on 26 carries, 58 yards below his average, and they limited Troy Williams to 160 yards on 13 of 40 passing. So, they roll into the Pac-12 title game on the strength of their first six-game winning streak since 1996.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Buffs could inch up in the poll and the Utes did nothing to merit slipping.UP NEXTUtah: Despite a second straight loss, the Utes await another bowl bid, their 11th in 14 seasons under Whittingham.Colorado: The Buffs play for their first Pac-12 championship.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Cheap Custom Flames Jersey . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. Authentic Custom Flames Jersey . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. http://www.customflamesjersey.com/ .4 million title. 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Virginia wont be going to a bowl game again, the fifth consecutive season without a postseason appearance for the Cavaliers.Its a first in Bronco Mendenhalls 12 years as a head coach, but the Cavaliers (2-7, 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) are not saying his first season at Virginia is a failure.Graduating senior center Jackson Matteo, one of three captains, said the foundation Mendenhall is establishing supersedes everything, and a 27-20 loss at Wake Forest last weekend that ended the Cavaliers bowl hopes has done little to dampen their enthusiasm.There is so much more to play for than a bowl game, the former walk-on said this week. Everyone who is not a part of the University of Virginia football program does not understand that. ... There is so much more at stake than really what meets the eye. This program, these coaches, theyre trying to build a legacy, a dynasty.Thats also true in Miami, which Virginia hosts on Saturday.The once-mighty Hurricanes (5-4, 2-3) havent won a national championship since 2001, and havent even played for an ACC championship since their heralded move from the Big East to the league in 2004. The Hurricanes started this season 4-0 and rose to No. 10 in the Top 25 , but then lost four in a row under their first-year coach Mark Richt.Quarterback Brad Kaaya, coming off one of his best games -- a four-TD-passing, one-TD-rushing, 356-yard gem against Pittsburgh -- isnt ready to write off the rest of the season, and thinks the Hurricanes might be able to regain some lost steam.I think the moods great in terms of players, Kaaya said.The Hurricanes, at least, still have several chances to qualify for a bowl game.Many Cavaliers thought they would, too, after Mendenhall arrived with a resume that showed 99 victories and 11 consecutive bowl appearances in 11 years at BYU. But despite their elimination from consideraation, Matteo said the players buy-in remains powerful, and the seniors role in changing the culture remains steadfast.dddddddddddd.I think that a couple of the things that are going to change this program is the amount of people that have fully, wholeheartedly bought in completely to showing up every day, to building good habits, and to being selfless, he said. I think in the past, the type of guy that we had in our locker room generally speaking (were) kinda `me guys, and its really tough to be successful when youve got those guys.Matteo isnt alone in his disappointment, or his confidence that change is happening.Its just how you approach even the small things, said senior wide receiver Keeon Johnson, the teams No. 2 receiver with 40 catches. How you approach practice. If you approach it being sluggish like, `Im not really feeling this, then youre not going to have a good practice nine times out of 10. So were all really focused on approaching everything with a positive attitude, and that translates to the field, which translates to game days.The Cavaliers finish the season at Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech so this game will be the last at home for Virginias seniors, 17 of whom appear on the two-deep depth chart.Senior nose tackle Donte Wilkins shared a conversation with linebacker and fellow tri-captain Micah Kiser that summed up their careers.Were going out there every day and were just fighting as hard as we can. Talking to Micah after the game, he immediately said, `I cant give no more.When you give all youve got, theres no frustration.---AP sports writer Tim Reynolds in Miami contributed.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr ' ' '