PREMIUM
Rogers' 10* NCAAF Game of the Week >> TOP PLAY!
(NCAAF) Arizona State vs. Colorado,
Point Spread: 13.00 | -115.00 Arizona State (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: 13.00 | -115.00 Arizona State (Away)
Result: Loss
The set-up: Arizona State (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) visits Boulder to take on Colorado (4-2, 2-1 Pac 12). The two schools are currently tied atop the Pac-12's South Division with Utah, so the winners will be no worse than tied at the top regardless of how Utah does at Oregon St.
Arizona State: QB questions will be front and center this week as ASU saw its third QB, redshirt freshman Brady White, go down with a season-ending foot injury in the fourth quarter of last week's 23-20 win over UCLA. The Sun Devils were able to bounce back nicely from a 41-20 loss at USC on October 1 but White being lost for the season puts a damper on that victory. Head coach Todd Graham was forced to pull the redshirt off of Dillon Sterling-Cole, as the Sun Devils' regular starter, Manny Wilkins, has been out with a high-ankle sprain. However, the latest update is that Wilkins will play Saturday.
Colorado: The Buffs' redshirt freshman Steven Montez has played well in winning two of three starts after senior QB Sefo Liufau suffered an ankle injury September 17 against Michigan but Liufau's now close to full health and head coach Mike MacIntyre likely will have a tough decision to make before Saturday's game. The Buffaloes have made great strides on both sides of the ball in 2016, improving offensively from averaging 397 YPG and 24.6 PPG last season, to ranking 17th in offense at 504.4 YPG while scoring 38.8 PPG (28th). On the defensive side of the ball, Colorado's gone from allowing 417 YPG and 27.5 PPG to holding opponents to 331.8 YPG (23rd) and 20.7 PPG (31st).
The pick: The return of dual-threat Wilkins (1,233 passing yards, 254 rushing on the season) is great news for ASU fans. Colorado fans (and maybe the Buffs themselves) have to be down after rolling to back-to-back wins 41-38 at Oregon and 47-6 at home to Oregon St, as Colorado was held under 28 points for the first time all season in last Saturday's 21-17 loss to USC. It also made Colorado's stay in the AP's top-25 rankings (at No. 21), its first since November of 2005, last just one week. Colorado's home win over Oregon St. was somewhat of an outlier, as the victory was just the Buffs' third home win in 23 Pac 12 home games going back to the start of 2011 when the school joined the Pac 12. What's more, Arizona's 48-23 win in Tempe in 2015 makes the Sun Devils 5-0 vs. the Buffs in the schools' five Pac 12 meetings, with ASU winning by an average margin of 30.0 PPG. Arizona St. is a 10* play.
Arizona State: QB questions will be front and center this week as ASU saw its third QB, redshirt freshman Brady White, go down with a season-ending foot injury in the fourth quarter of last week's 23-20 win over UCLA. The Sun Devils were able to bounce back nicely from a 41-20 loss at USC on October 1 but White being lost for the season puts a damper on that victory. Head coach Todd Graham was forced to pull the redshirt off of Dillon Sterling-Cole, as the Sun Devils' regular starter, Manny Wilkins, has been out with a high-ankle sprain. However, the latest update is that Wilkins will play Saturday.
Colorado: The Buffs' redshirt freshman Steven Montez has played well in winning two of three starts after senior QB Sefo Liufau suffered an ankle injury September 17 against Michigan but Liufau's now close to full health and head coach Mike MacIntyre likely will have a tough decision to make before Saturday's game. The Buffaloes have made great strides on both sides of the ball in 2016, improving offensively from averaging 397 YPG and 24.6 PPG last season, to ranking 17th in offense at 504.4 YPG while scoring 38.8 PPG (28th). On the defensive side of the ball, Colorado's gone from allowing 417 YPG and 27.5 PPG to holding opponents to 331.8 YPG (23rd) and 20.7 PPG (31st).
The pick: The return of dual-threat Wilkins (1,233 passing yards, 254 rushing on the season) is great news for ASU fans. Colorado fans (and maybe the Buffs themselves) have to be down after rolling to back-to-back wins 41-38 at Oregon and 47-6 at home to Oregon St, as Colorado was held under 28 points for the first time all season in last Saturday's 21-17 loss to USC. It also made Colorado's stay in the AP's top-25 rankings (at No. 21), its first since November of 2005, last just one week. Colorado's home win over Oregon St. was somewhat of an outlier, as the victory was just the Buffs' third home win in 23 Pac 12 home games going back to the start of 2011 when the school joined the Pac 12. What's more, Arizona's 48-23 win in Tempe in 2015 makes the Sun Devils 5-0 vs. the Buffs in the schools' five Pac 12 meetings, with ASU winning by an average margin of 30.0 PPG. Arizona St. is a 10* play.
