Colorado vs Nebraska Prediction, Game Preview, and Betting Lines

If Colorado’s win over TCU last season made a splash, the 36-14 victory over Nebraska created a tidal wave.

The sports world went Coach Prime crazy, and it’s all still going. The Buffaloes started the season with a win over North Dakota State, Nebraska roared past UTEP, and now this meeting means something more.

This time around, both teams are expected to be good.

Colorado vs Nebraska Preview

Colorado vs Nebraska How to Watch
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Game Time: 7:30 pm ET
Venue: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
How to Watch: NBC
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Why Colorado Will Win

The passing game continues to be amazing.

Don’t let the 31-26 victory over an FCS team fool you - North Dakota State is good enough to win the FCS national title, and Shedeur Sanders ripped it apart.

Okay, so there’s no running game, but that’s because the offense is put in the hands of 2. Sanders completed 26-of-34 passes for 445 yards and four scores with a pick, Travis Hunter played like the best all-around player in college football, and Nebraska has to be ready to handle all of it.

It’s a better Husker team than the won that got rocked in Boulder, but the defense is still untested, and the offense has to prove it can keep up the pace without a slew of turnovers, and …

Why Nebraska Will Win

Colorado didn’t fix the glitches that turned last season so sour.

How did it beat Nebraska last season?

Yeah, Sanders was wonderful - he threw for almost 400 yards - but the Huskers gave the ball away four times.

That’s still a concern with a freshman quarterback in his second game, but Dylan Raiola isn’t just an average newbie.

Raiola was terrific and poised against UTEP last week, the running game was good, the team played with more confidence than it showed in years, and …

Colorado vs Nebraska: Who Will Win

Oh yeah, that whole Colorado not fixing the glitch thing.

The defensive line was meh against North Dakota State, the offensive line continues to play like it’s designed to get Sanders hit as many times as humanly possible, and there’s going to be a HUGE time of possession disparity.

Nebraska had the ball for almost 39 minutes against UTEP. Colorado had the ball for 23 minutes against NDSU. Sanders will come up with his yards and moments, but there won’t be enough of them to overcome the lack of any ground game and a porous defense.

Colorado vs Nebraska Prediction, Betting Lines

Nebraska 38, Colorado 23
Line: Nebraska -7.5, o/u: 58.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Colorado vs Nebraska Must See Rating: 3.5

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