Nebraska football vs Colorado: Odds, how to watch, and a prediction

Looking ahead to Nebraska football vs. Colorado, here’s how to watch, odds, and a prediction.

One thing Nebraska football fans can agree on is that they don’t want the Huskers to start 0-2. But as we found out on Saturday, beating Colorado on the road this Saturday will be anything but easy.

The Buffaloes rolled up 45 points last week against TCU. Shedeur Sanders passed for over 500 yards and Travis Hunter was a two-way sensation.

As Matt Rhule said on Monday, Colorado is likely going to be ranked this week. I don’t know about the Buffaloes being in the top 10, but they’ll be ranked. That provides Nebraska football the chance to notch its first-ranked win since 2016.

Matt Rhule needs to start busting some of those streaks of ineptitude and Saturday would be a good start. In terms of the odds, they have been all over the place for this matchup.

Nebraska was an 8.5-point favorite last week via some bookmakers. By Sunday, Colorado was a 1.5-point favorite, and as of Monday night, Colorado was favored by 3.5 points via DraftKings.

The old Big 8 rivalry will be renewed on Saturday and here’s a full look at the odds, how to watch, and our prediction against the spread for Nebraska vs. Colorado.

Nebraska vs. Colorado odds

Nebraska football is currently a 3-point underdog according to DraftKings. The line is still moving a little but should settle in this range for Colorado. That tells you this is a fairly even matchup. The home team generally gets three points, so if it was a neutral field, it would be about even money. 81 percent of the bets are on Colorado right now. The over/under is 58 and the money line is +140 for the Huskers, as well as -162 for Colorado.

Nebraska vs. Colorado How to watch

Date: Sept. 9
Game Time: 12:00 PM EST
Venue: Folsom Field
How to Watch: Fox Sports | Fox Sports Go/Fubo TV
Listen: Huskers.com

Nebraska football vs. Colorado prediction against the spread

Colorado looked like a world-beater in Week 1. But let’s remember that TCU has allowed 40 points or more in its last three games. The Horned Frogs also rushed for 262 yards against Colorado.

If Nebraska is able to do that and limit the Buffs to under 100, as TCU also did last week, the Huskers should have a shot to win.

Nebraska is also a different team than TCU. The Horned Frogs run an air-raid offense. They want to play fast and they want to play a Big-12 kind of game, which suits Colorado. The Huskers don’t want to get into a shootout. They want a Big Ten game and they achieve it by running the ball and playing keep away.

The fact Nebraska will be missing its top pass rusher, Ty Robinson, for the first half, doesn’t help. But the corners are solid and so was the tackling last week.

The offensive game plan should be similar. I’d run Gabe Ervin and Jeff Sims. Nebraska football needs to get Thomas Fidone and Billy Kemp involved. They should also find a way to get Malachi Coleman into the game.

The freshman wideouts don’t have experience but they do have speed and Sims, whatever his faults, has a big arm. I also think Nebraska will use the new clock rules to its advantage. It will shorten the game if it can run the ball effectively and keep Shedeur Sanders on the sideline as a spectator as much as possible.

That’s the path to victory. I’m not prepared to say Nebraska will win outright. But as the odds trend up for Colorado, I feel like the Huskers either win or lose a classic by three points or less.

Colorado 24, Nebraska 23

Season record: 1-0; Against the spread 1-0 

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