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BOULDER, Colo. -- Mike MacIntyre has the reputation as a turnaround artist. Give him a program, any program, and he will transform it.Colorado, though, had the looks of being the sort of program that not even MacIntyre could fix.After three years that resulted in a grand total of 10 victories, MacIntyre led the 11th-ranked Buffaloes to a 10-win season, a spot in the Pac-12 Championship game and even onto the fringes of the national-title conversation for a week or two. Colorado also will make its first bowl appearance since 2007.For that, MacIntyre is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year. He received 109 points and 25 first-place votes from the AP college football poll panel, while Penn States James Franklin was second with 98 and 16. Alabamas Nick Saban was third with 57 and 13.We played a lot of young guys and they worked hard and got better, explained MacIntyre, who became the first Colorado coach to win the award since it began in 1998. They grew into their talent and kept right on going.To comprehend just how far Colorado has come, its important to know where the Buffaloes were before MacIntyre arrived. In 2012, they led the nation in games started by true freshmen, got outscored by a 552-214 margin and lost a school-high 11 games that ultimately cost coach Jon Embree his job.MacIntyre realized he was inheriting a program that had fallen on hard times. But the depths of that decline caught him off guard.Overall, to be able to compete, to be in the Pac-12 Championship game, we werent very close, MacIntyre said.MacIntyre gradually revamped the program -- just like he did at San Jose State when he inherited a 2-10 squad and in three seasons turned the Spartans into a double-digit win team.All he needed was time and a chance to develop his talent. After going 2-25 in conference games over his first three seasons at Colorado, some publications listed him on the hot seat heading into the season.Now, hes one of the hottest coaches in the business.Its been remarkable, whats occurred this season, said former Colorado coach Gary Barnett, whos now a radio analyst for Buffs football games. Theyve acted like theyve been there before, acted like a mature team thats used to winning. They have this resiliency to find a way to win, every single game theyve been in.The Rise -- as Colorado has labeled it -- has been no surprise to his players. They bought in from the beginning. Take junior running back Phillip Lindsay. He was recruited by the previous regime and didnt know if his scholarship would still be honored after suffering a serious knee injury in high school.MacIntyre visited him and assured Lindsay that one day he would play a role in leading this team back to prominence. Lindsay rushed for 1,189 yards and 16 scores this season. He wont forget that trust from MacIntyre.He believed. His teammates believed -- even as the Buffaloes struggled.Rome wasnt built in one day. He just needed time to build a program, Lindsay said. Hes a big reason we are where we are today.And thats a program trending in the right direction -- with big crowds showing up again at Folsom Field. They appeared in their first conference title game -- losing 41-10 to No. 4 Washington -- since 2005, when they were in the Big 12. Theyre also heading to the Alamo Bowl against Oklahoma State -- with a chance to become just the fourth team in school history to win 11 games.Weve been making steps. Some of them were baby steps, but we were moving forward, said MacIntyre, whose late father, George MacIntyre, was the coach at Vanderbilt from 1979 to 1985. We werent going backward at all.This helped, too -- upgrades to the athletic facilities, including a new indoor practice field. Recently, MacIntyre took the team over to their old digs, just as a reminder of how far theyve come.Those young freshmen were like, `Whats this? MacIntyre recounted. You cant kick it high, the lights are weird. But this is what it was for us all the time.There might be some times we go back down there and do some morning drills like we used to and make them realize how nice weve got it.MacIntyres always been an emotional coach. After a win at Oregon, MacIntyre hugged his son Jay, a sophomore receiver, as he wiped away tears. His players appreciate that side of him.A lot of ups and downs, a lot of heartbreaks, a lot of happy times, a lot of crying over the years, Lindsay said. We are a figure of him. Now, youre seeing the final product.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org Jackson Yueill Jersey . -- Ty Montgomery had 290 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and fifth-ranked Stanford held on to beat No. Nick Lima Jersey . 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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Olympic champion Alexander Tretiakov of Russia won the gold medal at a World Cup mens skeleton race on Friday, holding off Matt Antoine of the U.S.Tretiakov finished his two runs at Mount Van Hoevenberg in 1 minute, 46.49 seconds. It was the first competition since international officials elected to pull this seasons world bobsled and skeleton championships out of Russia, where Tretiakov won his Olympic gold in 2014.Antoine was second in 1:46.92. South Koreas Yun Sungbin was third in 1:46.94.Tretiakov, Yun and Antoine have shared the medals in each of the first two World Cup stops this season. Latvias Martins Dukurs, the seven-time reigning overall World Cup champion, failed to reach the podium for the second time in as many races, placing fifth on Friday behind his brother Tomass Dukurs.The silver was the best finish of Antoines World Cup sliding career.Hes stronger, hes faster, hes a lot more competitive at the start and its put him in a great position at the start, U.ddddddddddddS. skeleton coach Tuffy Latour said. Were really excited about where Matt is right now and looking forward to carrying it into the second half of the season.Antoine was third after the first heat, then rallied in the second to claim the silver. The air temperature was minus-14 when the competition started Friday morning.I think this is the coldest weather Ive ever raced in, Antoine said. Fortunately yesterday, we got the opportunity to slide, which gave us an idea of what it was going to be like today. On the whole, Im pretty happy with my runs, there were a couple of small mistakes that Id maybe like to have back. But overall, Im pretty pleased.Also for the U.S., Nathan Crumpton was 11th place and Kyle Tress was 19th.The womens skeleton race at Mount Van Hoevenberg starts Saturday morning. ' ' '