Utah vs Colorado Pick: College Football Week 15
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Dec 11, 2020
Utah vs Colorado Pick: – College Football Week 15: No team has exceeded expectations more than the Colorado Buffaloes. A 100/1 pick to win the Pac-12 when the conference finally got on the field in November, Colorado can close out an undefeated season on Saturday at home against the Utah Utes.
A win won’t necessarily get the Buffaloes into the Pac-12 Championship, which is a fine example of just how nutty this season has been. A win also won’t come easy, at least according to the numbers at DraftKings. Colorado is currently giving up 2 points on what promises to be a chilly and possibly snowy evening in Boulder. Scoreboard bettors are tasked with a decision on a 50-point total.
Match-Up and Trends
A win won’t necessarily get the Buffaloes into the Pac-12 Championship, which is a fine example of just how nutty this season has been. A win also won’t come easy, at least according to the numbers at DraftKings. Colorado is currently giving up 2 points on what promises to be a chilly and possibly snowy evening in Boulder. Scoreboard bettors are tasked with a decision on a 50-point total.
Measure of Expectation
Kyle Whittingham and the Utes were among the favorites in the Pac-12, but their season was derailed by early cancellations that kept them off the field until the week before Thanksgiving. Utah dropped its first two games at home to USC and on the road at Washington, and finally picked up a win last week in a 30-24 triumph against Oregon State. After the two losses fell short of the NCAA odds, last week’s final had enough to get ‘over’ the mark.
Karl Dorrell and the Buffaloes have also endured their share of games being waved off, and they missed three weeks of action before getting back on the gridiron this past weekend. Colorado spotted Arizona a 13-0 lead before rallying for a 24-13 win. The Buffaloes kept things on the ground in Tucson, and for good reason as Jarek Broussard ripped off 301 yards on 25 totes. It was Broussard’s fourth 100+ yard effort on the season, and he is second in the nation averaging more than 183 yards rushing per game.
Utah vs Colorado Pick:
The late-night boot on FS1 renews a rivalry that began nearly 120 years ago, and has seen the Utes and Buffaloes compete against one another in three conferences. Colorado holds a slim 32-31-3 advantage in the series, though Utah has won the last three and come out on top in seven of the nine Pac-12 clashes.
Utah has covered the last four meetings, three of those as the favorite. It snowed when the teams met two years ago in Boulder, and the Utes rode a big second half to a 30-7 final. Six of the last nine have been ‘under’ winners, and with snow in the forecast for this one, that will be my play for this Saturday’s Rumble in the Rockies.
