Every victory by Mel Tucker is a punch in the gut to the Colorado Buffaloes. On Saturday afternoon, I turned on the television in search of Colorado’s game at Oregon, only to find Midnight Mel wearing the satisfied smile of an undefeated coach chasing a national championship dream. Tucker stood in a rain-soaked stadium filled to the brim with football passion, after his Michigan State squad rallied from 16 points down in the second half to beat archrival Michigan 37-33 and thrust the Spartans firmly into the debate about the most-worthy participants in the College Football Playoff. “It isn’t about me,” Tucker bellowed to the national audience watching on Fox.