Colorado-Nebraska showdown listed as one of most anticipated rivalry games in 2024

The Big 12 Conference landed four teams from the Pac-12 Conference in 2024, including one team that will have more media attention than perhaps any in the country once the season begins with Colorado and second-year head coach Deion Sanders.

FOX Sports listed Colorado’s game at Nebraska on Sept. 7 as one of the 10 most anticipated rivalry games of the season. Colorado won last year’s game in Boulder, 36-14, in Sanders’ first home game as the Buffs’ head coach.

From FOX Sports: “With Colorado returning both of Sanders' sons and (Travis) Hunter, the Buffaloes are among the early frontrunners to win the Big 12. On the flip side, Rhule hopes that Nebraska's issues at quarterback will be solved in Year 2. The Cornhuskers brought in one of the top quarterback recruits in the Class of 2024, Dylan Raiola, to compete for the starting job. Along with optimism at quarterback, Nebraska brings back seven starters from a defense that ranked 13th in yards allowed last season.”

Colorado and Nebraska's rivalry goes way back — the two schools were two of the nation's best programs in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Big Eight Conference.