for leading the buffs turnaround macintyre was named the walter kemp coach of the year again today. last in the season but instead won the south division title. he joins bill mccartney as the only cu man to receive that honor. buffs face washington in the pac-12 championship game tomorrow night and year live. 9news sports reporter aaron matas is in clair, california. hey -- santa clara, california. hey, aaron. >> reporter: hi, drew. the buffs got here to the title game with the greatest turn- around in pac-12 history, 1-8 lastea south division. weave never seen anything quite like it, -- we've never seen anything quite like it, but the buffs team doctor has done some reminiscing. this all has a familiar feel. >> what absolutely should be the finishing blow. >> lots of years of losing, no bowl games. >> 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 t

mike macintyre was given that honor after turning the 1-8 season into 8-1 this year. tonight at the team hotel, the head coach deflected some of the credit. >> it is nice to have the honor but it goes to our assistant coaches, the hard work they have done. very honored. that shows a lot for our program and where we're headed and we're excited about tomorrow night. >> are you ready to call this season a success no matter what happens tomorrow. >> i think we made big strides. i think we put colorado back on the map. it gave us an opportunity to build a program like it wants to be built. and so that is exciting. but our main goal is to win the success. there are levels of success, right? so our goal is to get this done. i think if we do that, it would be an exceptional year. >> reporter: the opponent washington has scored the most points in the pac-12 this year and given up the least. in terms of the odds, they are not expected to win on friday. then again, they weren't expected to be here at all. >> it is thursday night and the broncos don't know who will play quarterba

they are the bill macintyre shooting stars brigade and their show this year. >> phantom's masquerade.> reporter: convention center has been transformed to the mummers parade and show raring with another new year, just hours now, father and son fran and scott macintyre could not be more excited. >> it is a passion for this parade, it is unprecedented. >> reporter: scott says having dad here with him makes ringing in the new year that much more special. >> my dad, my two brothers, my nephews, my son, there is nothing like it in the world. >> reporter: we also stopped by valley forge casino resort where tonight it does not get much busier then this. >> we have actually six private parties, two weddings, a huge concert with over a thousand people, lining the event center. >> reporter: halls, rooms are all deck out for the new year. kitchen staff was all hand on deck. >> probably to go over 3,000 covers, we have a thousand pounds of lobster tail, thousand pound of filet mignon , great event. >> reporter: if you want lobster tail and great food it is definitely one of the places to be tonig

and today coach mike macintyre was named the walter kemp coach of the year for 2016. the foundation was founded in 1967 with the goal of perpetuating the ideals of father kemp. the award is considered among the most prestigious since the honoree is based on a selection of his peers. coach mcintyre is the second coach bill mccartney earned the honor in 1989. on tuesday coach mcintyre was also named pac-12 conference coach of the year. >> so happy for coach mac. it's been one heck of a year. >> something you really have to earn. >> he earned it. >> the buffs play tomorrow at 7:00 and 9news reporters matt renoux and aaron matas are on their way to levi's stadium. we think they know how to get there. broncos won the super bowl. >> they'll join us coming up in the next half hour. >>> 1st sky9 is over a water main break on york street between east 26th avenue and east 27th avenue. it's reduced to one lane. traffic impacts are probably through the evening rush hour, all lanes on york street to be open by 11 p.m. if that's your typical route home, find another way. water serv

. >> ♪ >> kenney rodgers, remember a macintyre and hank williams junior air monk entertain shore gaveit is personal. tennessee native feels a pen chant to those who lost so much. >> it was really devastating, when this happened, so many of these people, who are like family to us. they are all our people and i'm just so happy that it turned out, and that they turnout to be here to do this. >> the flames killed four people, and spread to more than 2500 homes, and businesses. >>> take a look, mail carrier is called a hero after going above and beyond, the call of duty, when flames erupted, on a mail truck in wake forest, north carolina instead of running away, the mail carrier and good samaritan did the opposite, the two rushed to save as many packages as possible, some members of the neighborhood say, she saved christmas. >> i bet she did. >> holiday spirit is also filling the air in philadelphia's franklin square >> lights show electrical spectacle features 50,000 lights, and "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live there this morning, patrick. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the

we have mike macintyre and his colorado team coming to the bay area, the buffalo, we might even see aation say megan our producer from colorado. okay. now, also, football, raider fans, raider nation, we have the raiders playing host to the buffalo bills. derek carr and the guys partly cloudy cool conditions 61 degrees. go, raiders! meanwhile, if you want to lace up the skates, hovel ice rink in san francisco, 61 degrees. we have more celebration going on. this is so much fun. the downtown pleasanton parade steps off on saturday at 5 p.m. with 57 degrees. holiday ice rink san francisco at 60. we have so much going on in the bay area! east bay ice skating as well at 63 degrees in san jose. mainly sunny this weekend in the low 60s. enjoy your day. >>> looks like a lot of fun, roberta. all right. turning to what's trending this morning, mila and ashton kutcher just welcomed their second baby. no official word if it's a boy or girl but kutcher may have spilled the gender beans. in an october appearance on nbc's today show, kutcher said the couple's 2-year-old daughter wyatt was pointing to