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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.orgMax Muncy Youth Jersey . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. 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He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record.CHICAGO -- The Blackhawks found themselves down two goals late in the third period before capitalizing on two mistakes by Toronto to force overtime and win in a shootout.Jonathan Toews and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout to give Chicago a 5-4 win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday night.Artem Anisimov scored his second goal of the game on a rebound with 2:28 left to cut it to 4-3, then Richard Panik knocked in a loose puck in front of the goal 60 seconds later.We needed it, Toews said. It wasnt pretty for a while there in the third sometimes. It looked like wherever we were going they were there and shut us down. Everything was going against us again.But Anisimov connected as Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling was heading to the bench for an extra attacker. Darling was on the bench when Panik tied it with his team-leading sixth goal.We found a way to score a couple late ones, coach Joel Quenneviille said. Were certainly fortunate to come back in a game like that.That was a little different way of going about it.Toronto rookie William Nylander scored twice for his first multi-goal game, with the 20-year-olds second goal putting the Maple Leafs ahead 4-2 early in the third. But Toronto blew a lead in the final period for the third straight game and dropped its third straight, going 0-1-2 on a road trip.And the Maple Leafs failed again to win at Chicago for the first time since February 2003.I thought we made two mistakes down the stretch, coach Mike Babcock said. I didnt think we were on our heels at all. It was two blatant ones there, too. You cant give those up.James van Riemsdyk scored a tie-breaking goal late in the second period and Tyler Bozak also connected for Toronto. Rookie Auston Matthews, the NHLs top 2016 draft pick, set up both of Nylanders goals and had the lone Toronto goal in the shootout.You just try to get open and he finds you pretty well there, Nylander said.And Babcock and the Leafs werent totally upset in settling for one point.All in all, Im very pleased with the way we played here, Babcock said. I thought Matthews had some great shifts. I think were going in the right direction trendiing the right way.ddddddddddddRookie Tyler Motte also scored for Chicago. Motte connected for the second straight game after getting his first NHL goal in a 3-2 loss at Columbus on Friday.Chicagos Brian Campbell had three assists.Torontos Frederik Andersen made 31 saves through overtime. Darling blocked 30 shots.Chicago forward Marian Hossa returned to the lineup after missing Fridays game. He scored his 500th NHL goal in a 7-4 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday, but left in the third period after blocking a shot.Anisimov opened the scoring 3:36 in, completing a 2-on-1 break created when Panarin beat Nazem Kadri with a nifty move after entering the Toronto zone.Bozak tied it 1-all with 14 seconds left in the first on a deflection from the slot despite being covered. Jake Gardiners low shot ticked off Bozaks stick.Nylanders power-play goal at 9:28 second put Toronto ahead 2-1.Motte tied it 2-all 1:40 later. Andersen stopped Mottes initial deflection of Campbells shot, but Motte batted in the rebound.Van Riemsdyk made it 3-2 with 1:44 left in the second when he swept in a loose rebound from the edge of the crease.Nylander connected again 4:46 into the third period, firing into a half-open net from the slot after taking Matthews slick feed to make it 4-2.Game notesBlackhawks D Trevor van Riemsdyk, James brother, will miss about a month with an upper-body injury, coach Joel Quenneville said before the game. The defenseman left Fridays game in Columbus in the second period, holding his right arm after crashing into the net. He appeared in 82 games last season, but van Riemsdyk was a healthy scratch for three games following Chicagos season opener and returned to the lineup against the Blue Jackets. ... Quenneville said theres no change in F Andrew Desjardins (lower-body) status and doesnt know when hell resume skating. ... Toronto D Martin Marincin (lower body) missed his second game.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: Return home to face Tampa Bay on Tuesday.Blackhawks: Face Calgary at home on Monday. ' ' '