Big 12 Battle: Colorado vs. BYU in the Alamo Bowl Showdown

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00:00A battle of big twelve foes, but in the Alamo Bowl, which is

00:10always a game circled in ball season because of the teams

00:14that will play in the outlook for the season following. It is

00:18Colorado and BYU today in San Antonio where the buffs will

00:24have both Shannor Sanders and Travis Hunter in this football

00:28game and because of it, Lacey Guy, Colorado booked is a

00:31three and a half point. Yeah, it could be a fast track right

00:34Alamo Bowl is always typically a high scoring game. Yeah. Both

00:37teams averaging well over 30 points per game. Colorado,

00:40which your door Sanders averaging 327 passing yards

00:44per game. They don't run it all that much 70 yards per game

00:47heading into this match up more balance on BYU. They're

00:50averaging 159 on the ground with LJ Martin 258 through the

00:54air and this was potentially a big twelve championship in the

00:58making right around week fourteen. They were on a

01:01collision course to potentially be in the big twelve

01:03championship. I expect fireworks in this match up. I

01:06think Colorado will we, but I still believe BYU can run the

01:10football on that front seven of Colorado camp. They're giving

01:13up around 140 rushing yards per game. I expect a big day out of

01:17LJ Martin this game. I think sales through the total, but I

01:20like BYU with the points. Yeah right now you have more threes

01:23and three and a half on the market that certainly could be

01:27a key factor. I played Colorado laying the three points. I

01:30think this is a situation of out of sight out of mind had

01:33these teams played at the back end of the big twelve season.

01:35I think this is a much bigger number BYU were viewed as one

01:38of the frauds of the sport. Quite frankly, I'm not a bit

01:42like that's by the odds makers perspective for sure. Yeah,

01:45right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's every single game people look

01:48wow that BYU numbers too low and then oh wow they just

01:51barely escaped and then eventually you know it came due

01:55now the Kansas team that kind of stopped the BYU train

01:58ultimately stopped the Colorado one as well. The difference

02:01though being Colorado was on the road and BYU was I mean

02:05almost a home dog at that point to a sub 500 Jayhawks team

02:09that ultimately didn't even end up finishing bowl eligible,

02:13but this is also a battle right now between the best pass

02:15offense within this league and the best pass defense in the

02:18big twelve. It's very interesting to have that type

02:20of situation where we're going conference on conference here.

02:23Well, if you look at the elite pass offenses within the big

02:27twelve two of the final three games for BYU came against two

02:31of the better pass offenses in this league in Jalen Daniels

02:34and Sam Leavitt Arizona State and K State combined those

02:38quarterbacks 9.5 yards per attempt. Shooter Sanders is not

02:43here to do anything other than like this team on fire. I'll be

02:47looking for Shooter Sanders props, but I do. I think the

02:50nature of Colorado showing up with their guys in this game

02:53is why I'm laying it with Colorado. Not only a big twelve

02:56battle as you said, Kev both teams had their season up ended

02:59in a way by those pesky Kansas Jayhawks who salvaged a

03:03disappointing season by playing spoiler to many in the big twelve

03:07championship race, but a top twenty-five tilt as well. The

03:11Cougs ranked seventeenth in the final college football

03:13playoff top twenty-five CU still in that top twenty-five as

03:17well at number twenty-three six of the last eight full college

03:21football seasons. We have seen a top twenty-five tilt in the

03:24Alamo Bowl. It's why it's one of the best games each and every

03:28bowl season and it often projects for the year following

03:31for instance in the 2022 Alamo Bowl. It was Texas and

03:36Washington two teams that went on to play in the college

03:39football playoff the year following and for CU Kev this

03:43game has its importance. It's rather shocking. In fact that

03:47we are going to see two top five picks this coming April in

03:50the 2025 NFL draft, both playing in this football game

03:54in Sanders, who is a minus 200 favorite to go first overall in

03:58the Heisman Trophy winner in Travis Hunter, but I think it

04:02speaks to what Deion Sanders has done in this rebuild in

04:06Boulder in the fact that CU is seeking its first bowl victory

04:09since 2004. How is Deion Sanders anything other than like

04:13the greatest gift to college football? How is he not

04:16everything that everybody could ever possibly want? We have

04:19seen bowl season right take hit after hit with playoffs and

04:24NIL or whatever everything that everybody blames it on. He has

04:28two guys that could go off the board one and two potentially

04:31and he's like, yeah, we're playing. We're all good here.

04:33We're ready to rock. I mean that is remarkable to to to

04:39think about that and yes for Deion. This is a very unique

04:43situation, right? I mean Shador is his son and Travis Hunter is

04:49like a son. He was playing at Jackson State, right? But Deion

04:54is doing he is setting the standard. He is setting a

04:57standard at Colorado and I think it is one that I am sure

05:02some teams some programs are going to try and say, hey

05:05listen you want to opt out. That's all you, but Shador

05:08Sanders is playing like I'm not sure Lacey Sanders showing up

05:12to this game isn't a part of the reason we're going to break

05:14down Cam Ward playing for Miami later today against Iowa State.

05:18No, it's a great point. He's done a fantastic job. I mean

05:20just think about first season. He over exceeds expectations

05:24four wins. The win total was three and a half right. He's

05:27doubled that he has the potential now to have his first

05:29bow win under his belt and that's what you want to see

05:32year over year progression. The one thing I am a little

05:36concerned about is the time off and I know I know Travis

05:40Hunter's geared up. I know Shador is geared up, but there's

05:43twenty-two players on that team when you have a train in

05:46motion, you don't want to disrupt that and to be honest

05:50the three and a half. I was a little shocked at that line was

05:53as low as it was because I do feel Colorado has a speed

05:57advantage, especially on the offensive side of the ball.

06:00I thought it would be more four and a half five in that area to

06:03see three and a half is a little head scratching and the

06:05way that defense performed, especially in the front seven

06:08last year, they gave up almost 200 yards rushing per game this

06:12year. They were down into the area of 148. That's where I

06:15think from a physicality perspective, if they're not

06:18into it in terms of the first half, maybe BYU can have

06:22success on the ground with Retzlaff and LJ Morton as it

06:25relates to the rushing attack.

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