cu buffalo team is in the top ten in the country. the buffs are ranked tenth in the latest college football playoff poll. it ranks them ahead of oklahoma state, auburn, lsu, florida >>> kansas jay hawks beat number one duke in a thrilling last-second finish. it was the second game of the champions classic at madison square garden. duke tied it up with five seconds to go. mason took it down the court to make the final two pointer. it won't affect the blue devils much but the jay hawks are celebrating today. >>> windy today. high fire danger out for the foothills and throughout southeastern colorado. checking on moisture. it is moving into the mountains of wyoming and montana. we have the winter storm watch. starts late today. goes through friday morning in the mountains west of vail pass above 8,000 feet. wyoming and nebraska two to five inches of snow. we could see eight to nine inches in the black hills. in the mountains of central and northern wyoming 10 to 18 inches of snow while the valleys will be in the three to six inch range.

buffalo fans line the mall as the marching band plays. then they can go to the stadium and see. washington state cougars, fans greet the number 10 ranked cu football team with pearl street and move down from there. this is big doings for cu. they have not been ranked like this in a long time. you can see how excited the fans are about it. >> they're trying to make the championship game for pac 12. they're playing washington state, number 20 in the country tonight. then utah next week which is also a good team. it's going to come down to two games. >> they've said winning the conference is the goal for the season. it's 5:43 now. colorado's olympic gold medalist is in town this week. she spoke at an event i ic antidepressant yesterday for since institute of life and care. >> she was in an atv accident and paralyzed from the waste down. >> she did rehab at craig hospital in the weeks after the accident. since then, he's become a fierce advocate for disabled and after the luncheon. even with crews cleaning up the tables around us, she was happy to talk about her life. >> it use to be really hard to talk about the accident. i would have nightmares at night.

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cu will reach nine wins for the 15th time in school history. darian hagan was a part of two of those teams. we caught up with him. >> reporter: you played for the colorado buffaloes when they won the national championship. you have been around for a long time. what do you attribute this turn around to? >> it is a lot of things. maturity, talent. the guys are older. the guys have seen it and now they believe that they can win and they can win big. >> reporter: i know people call it the rise, but considering the previous five years, this year, bang, you have already won six. this is not just a rise, but a meteoric rise. >> absolutely man. it has been a blast just to watch and be around it. believe we can do. >> reporter: your first coach was here, you are coaching under mack 2 for a better lack of terms. are there any similarities between the two and the turn arounds they have authored here at colorado? >> absolutely. i think it is with coach mccartney, we knew what he expect. you went straight down the path. with coach mack intire, it's is to be great when you look into these player's eyes are they ready? >> i believe so. i believe they are ready. the practice was