Best bet: Colorado -2.5 (-134)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe spotlight on Colorado wasn’t as bright this season as in Deion Sanders’ first year as head coach, yet the results for the Buffaloes were far better. Funny how that works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If not for a late-season slip-up against Kansas, the Buffaloes might’ve been the Big 12’s entrant into the College Football Playoff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
BYU was also in CFP contention, but Colorado’s recent form has me siding with the Buffaloes on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Led by Hunter and Shedeur Sanders, Colorado has two potential top-five NFL draft picks on the field. Also, the Buffs went 9-1 ATS down the stretch and rank better in EPA per play (22nd) than BYU (41st), per gameonpaper.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their most recent game, the Buffs demolished Oklahoma State, 52-0. BYU snuck by Oklahoma State, 38-35, earlier this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key stat:<\/strong> Colorado covered the spread in six of its final seven games as a favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPick made at 12:45 p.m. on 12\/28\/24.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 23 Colorado Buffaloes face the No. 17 BYU Cougars on Saturday night in the most anticipated non-playoff bowl game of the season. The pregame narrative: With two ranked squads, a Heisman Trophy winner and very few opt-outs, the Alamo Bowl is must-see TV for college football fans. I’m backing Colorado to cover as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":317525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,77],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-317567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-college-football","tag-college-football-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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