Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes football team take on Kenny Dillingham and the ASU football team in a Pac-12 Week 6 game on Saturday at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe.
Arizona State (1-4) is coming off a 24-21 loss against California.
Colorado (3-2) is coming off a 48-41 loss against USC.
ASU football holds a 10-3 advantage in the all-time series against Colorado, including a 42-34 win in Boulder last season.
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ASU couldn’t keep its early momentum going on offense on its second possession of the game.
The Sun Devils went 3-and-out, gaining just one yard on three plays, to give the ball back to Colorado.
Limiting penalties is going to be key for ASU and the Sun Devils were called for an illegal motion penalty on the possession.
Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders has thrown for 1,781 yards in five games this season.
He’s going to be very hard to try to contain for the Arizona State defense.
But it got off to a good start.
The Sun Devils forced Colorado to punt after a 3-play drive in which the Buffaloes lost 12 yards on their opening possession of the game on offense.
Sanders was sacked for a 12-yard loss on the drive. He was also called for intentional grounding. His only pass attempt went incomplete.
It’s only one possession, but it was a great possession on defense for ASU football.
Trenton Bourguet got the start for ASU football at quarterback again with Jaden Rashada and Drew Pyne out for the Sun Devils.
He got off to a good start against the Buffaloes.
Bourguet led ASU on a 9-play, 66-yard drive that took 4:29, scoring a touchdown on a 2-yard run to give ASU a 7-0 lead over Colorado.
Bourguet went 5-for-6 passing for 76 yards on the drive.
That was just the start ASU needed if it hopes to pull off an upset of the Buffaloes.
Could this game end up being a shootout? Colorado certainly has the offense, but the question entering the game was whether or not ASU could score enough points to hang with the Buffaloes.
It’s off to a good start.
Score: ASU 7, Colorado 0 (10:23 left in first quarter)
The game can be seen at 3:30 p.m. MST time on Pac-12 Networks.
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This will be Colorado’s first game on Pac-12 Networks this season after playing games on FOX, FOX, ESPN, ABC and FOX.
It will be ASU’s third game on Pac-12 Networks. The Sun Devils have played two games on FS1 and one on FOX.
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Colorado is a 4.5-point favorite in the game, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
The Buffaloes are -200 on the moneyline. The Sun Devils are +164.
The over/under for the game is set at 60.5 points.
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Most sites seem to be going with the Buffaloes over the Sun Devils, but not all of them think that Colorado will cover the point spread against ASU.
ESPN gives Colorado a 64.7% chance to beat ASU in the game.
The Arizona Republic’s Michelle Gardner previewed and predicted the game in her Colorado vs. ASU scouting report.
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We have Colorado at No. 8 in our Pac-12 football power rankings this week, the same spot as last week.
Arizona State comes in at No. 11, up one spot from a week ago, when it was last in the conference.
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