. >> reporter: buffs team physician eric mccarty has a sideline view of the rise, although he's seen this turnaround before. through as a player from 1984, 1-10 where we barely won one game. >> reporter: mccarty was part of bill mccartney's first recruiting class at cu. he played through that one win season and then head the team to bowl games in two of the next three years. more importantly his class helped lay the groundwork for the 1990 national championship. >> no. 1 for colorado. >> our dream came true hoping we'd be voted national champions. >> we take great satisfaction with what's going on now with coach macintyre and guys that play knowing this team went through the same thing we went through. >> reporter: the boulder high school graduate rejoined the buffs in 2003. >> some people wrote off colorado years ago. they're never going to be good >> reporter: 10 wins, more than any other year since mccarty took over as team doc. his contribution is different now, but he is assisting in another buffs renaissance. >> in gets us so emotional to see them playing so hard and to see the