Game predictions
Matt Schubert, sports editor: This place is ready to explode. Will the Buffs deliver in Coach Prime’s debut? That probably boils down to this: stopping Nebraska’s run game. Given what happened last week against TCU, that’s not a given. But … Colorado 27, Nebraska 21.
Kyle Newman, sports reporter: It comes down to the wire and the Huskers physicality is all the Buffs can handle. But ultimately, the Colorado defense shows some backbone in the second half and Shedeur Sanders’ late TD pass to Xavier Weaver is the difference. CU 28, Nebraska 27.
Pre-game updates
Fashion critique (9:08 a.m.): Love CU’s black jerseys, but are we sure this was the game to break them out for? The sun is absolutely baking. Feels like white would’ve been the way to go today. — Matt Schubert
(9:01 a.m.): Historically the Buffs have been the little brother to Nebraska, who owns a 49-20-2 mark against Colorado including 23-11-2 in Boulder. But CU has won both meetings since both teams left Big-12 in 2010, the last one 34-31 in OT in 2019. — Kyle Newman
(8:50 a.m.): Matt Schubert is “guaranteeing” that the Folsom Frenzies will storm the field if CU wins today, by blowout or by last-second dramatics. I would probably also put money down on that prop. — Kyle Newman
College rules (8:46 a.m.): The student section is roughly 75% full … and they are IN A LATHER more than an hour before kickoff. Over/under on hours slept over the last day: 0.5. And I’m taking the under. — Matt Schubert
Early arrival (8:16 a.m.): As of 7:20 a.m. US 36 westbound was already backed up slow-and-go 10 miles outside of Boulder. Gonna be a packed day at Folsom Field and the land surrounding. — Kyle Newman
BOULDER, COLORADO – AUGUST 9: Players for the Colorado Buffaloes arrive to Folsom Field on September 9, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. Head Coach Deion Sanders will lead the Colorado Buffaloes in a matchup against their long-time rivals, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, during Coach Prime’s highly anticipated home debut. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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BOULDER, COLORADO – AUGUST 9: Students arrived early to Folsom Field on September 9, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. Head Coach Deion Sanders will lead the Colorado Buffaloes in a matchup against their long-time rivals, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, during Coach Prime’s highly anticipated home debut. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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BOULDER, COLORADO – AUGUST 9: Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) arrives at Folsom Field on September 9, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. The Colorado Buffaloes will matchup against their long-time rivals, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, during Coach Prime’s highly anticipated home debut. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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BOULDER, COLORADO – AUGUST 9: Kris Miceli, left, wears her Colorado Buffaloes shoes while Melody Zorgdrager is in her Nebraska Cornhuskers shoes outside Folsom Field on September 9, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. Head Coach Deion Sanders will lead the Colorado Buffaloes in a matchup against their long-time rivals, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, during Coach Prime’s highly anticipated home debut. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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BOULDER, COLORADO – AUGUST 9: Ethan Pyke, a senior at the University.of Colorado, arrived early to Folsom Field on September 9, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. Head Coach Deion Sanders will lead the Colorado Buffaloes in a matchup against their long-time rivals, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, during Coach Prime’s highly anticipated home debut. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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BOULDER, COLORADO – AUGUST 9: Fans arrive early to Folsom Field on September 9, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. Head Coach Deion Sanders will lead the Colorado Buffaloes in a matchup against their long-time rivals, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, during Coach Prime’s highly anticipated home debut. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
CU Buffs vs. Nebraska: Must reads
Keeler: Is Heisman Trophy Travis Hunter’s to lose? Only one man can stop CU Buffs star right now. And that’s Deion Sanders.
BOULDER — Only one man in the free world can stop Travis Hunter. And that’s Deion Sanders.
“He gets upset,” Sanders, coach of the No. 22 CU Buffs and king of the college football world, said Tuesday. “Like I told he and (CU running back) Dylan (Edwards), ‘I don’t want to see (you) practicing until Wednesday.’ So they’re gonna start work (Wednesday), which gives them a few days off to get their body recuperated.”
TH12 set college football back years in Week 1. And by years, we mean decades. According to ProFootballFocus.com charting, the lithe, smooth, 6-foot-1 sophomore celebrated his Buffs debut by kicking it old-school, logging 144 snaps for CU — 80 at cornerback and 64 at wide receiver.
Context: The NCAA record for FBS team offensive plays a game is 118. The FBS mark for combined plays, by two teams, is 209. Read more…
They here: Deion Sanders’ CU Buffs football ranked No. 22 in AP poll, 25 in coaches’ poll
BOULDER — The Prime Effect just crossed another line off the bucket list. Because the Buffs are officially back.
Back in the top 25, at any rate.
CU is ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press national ranking released this afternoon following a 45-42 win at then-No. 17 TCU last Saturday. The Buffs were also part of the AFCA coaches’ poll released Monday, at No. 25.
It’s the Buffs’ first appearance in the AP Top 25 since Dec. 6, 2020, when Karl Dorrell’s team opened their campaign 4-0 in a COVID-shortened season. Read more…
Tom Brady to CU Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders after TCU win: “Don’t be satisfied”
BOULDER — Shedeur Sanders is even more careful about his phone number than he is with passing windows. But of all the congratulatory texts the CU’s new QB 1 landed after piloting the Buffs to a 45-42 win at then-No. 17 TCU, one stood out.
“Don’t be satisfied,” it read.
The sender?
Tom Brady.
“It (was) cool,” the CU quarterback said Tuesday when asked about getting a shout from the NFL icon, who retired earlier this year. “It was cool hearing from him, knowing he’s still watching and stuff like that.” Read more…
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