Colorado Buffaloes vs TCU Horned Frogs Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/02/2023

Game Time: 12:00 pm ET, Saturday, September 2, 2023

Venue:  Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX

Where to Watch:  FOX

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Colorado +20.5, TCU -20.5; Over/Under:  59.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Colorado +21, TCU -21; Over/Under:  59.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Colorado +21, TCU -21; Over/Under:  59.5 points

Colorado Buffaloes:  0-0 (Pac-12)

TCU Horned Frogs:  0-0 (Big 12)

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Colorado Buffaloes:  N/A

TCU Horned Frogs:  N/A

Colorado finished last season with a 1-11 record overall and they had a 1-8 record in their conference games too.  They were 1-5 in their home games, 0-6 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be on the road for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 15.4 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 44.5 points per game. Their offense also averaged 281.3 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 509.8 yards per game. JT Shrout led the team in passing yards with 1220, Deion Smith led the team in rushing yards with 393, and Jordyn Tyson led the team in receiving yards with 470.

 

 

 

TCU finished last season with a 13-2 record overall and they had a 9-0 record in their conference games too.  They were 6-0 in their home games, 6-0 in their road games, and they were also 1-2 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be at home for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 38.8 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 29 points per game. Their offense also averaged 455 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 408.2 yards per game. Max Duggan led the team in passing yards with 3698, Kendre Miller led the team in rushing yards with 1399, and Quentin Johnston led the team in receiving yards with 1069.

The current betting odds have TCU listed as a 20.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. TCU lost a ton of talent in the transfer portal and they are nowhere near the same team that went to the National Championship last year, but they still have a really good coach that led that team last season and they will be looking to come out strong this season after the way they were embarrassed last season in the college football playoff finals. Colorado obviously has a ton of hype around them this season with the hiring of new head coach Deion Sanders, but this team has gone through so many changes in the portal too that they really have all new players and no one who was on the team last season. Colorado should be an improved team this year with all of the talent they have picked up in the portal but it is still going to be really tough for them to put everything together in their very 1st game, especially with so many new faces on the team who have never even played with each other. Sanders still has a lot of work to do in Colorado and they aren't just going to come out as this strong team that dominates everyone they play. TCU may have lost a lot of talent but they still have the coach and the pedigree from last season and they will show it here. The best way to place a bet here is on TCU to cover the spread in this game. 

Colorado TCU Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 2, 2023 (12:00 pm ET start time) is TCU 41 Colorado 17.

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Colorado Buffaloes: 8-16 ATS in all games. 0-7 ATS when the total is between 56.5 and 63. 9-2 OVER as a road underdog. 11-3 OVER as a road underdog of 17.5 to 21 points.

TCU Horned Frogs: 7-1 ATS as a home favorite of 17.5 to 21 points. 8-2 OVER against Pac Twelve conference opponents. 11-6 OVER in games played on a grass field.

Colorado Buffaloes:  L. Passarello (TE) Out indefinitely - Knee. C. Fauria (TE) Ques Sept 2 - Foot.

TCU Horned Frogs:  None.

“Well, when you said a proving ground, I’m trying to figure out what do I have to prove? Like you said that I had to prove myself to somebody, like what do I have to prove? I’ve been in professional football for 14 years. I’ve been in college for another four years, so I think that gives me 17. I’ve been on television for 18 years. I think the credentials are good. I got a couple of jackets in the closet I ain’t buy. One of them, I think, is from a College Hall of Fame, the other one from an NFL Hall of Fame, and I’m thinking, one from high school in Florida State Hall of Fame. I think I got this, dawg.” - Deion Sanders on himself coming into this 1st season as the Colorado head coach.

“We just didn’t play good; that’s the bottom line. The big thing is you get something out of the experience. I don’t know if you get something out of going back and watching the film.” - Sonny Dykes on his team’s performance in the National Championship last season.

WR Hunter, Travis 

WR Weaver, Xavier 

WR Horn Jr., Jimmy 

TE Passarello, Louis 

QB Sanders, Shedeur 

RB McCaskill IV, Alton 

FB Johnson, Champion 

WR Williams, Savion 

WR Richardson, JP 

WR Earle, JoJo 

TE Wiley, Jared 

QB Morris, Chandler 

RB Bailey, Emani 

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Coaches:

Colorado Buffaloes: Deion Sanders (1st season)

TCU Horned Frogs: Sonny Dykes (2nd season)