Nebraska vs Colorado: How to watch, odds, and injuries for Week 2
Nebraska vs Colorado will be the Buffs’ second straight Big Noon Kickoff on September 9 in Week 2; this after defeating TCU 45-42as a three-touchdown underdog in the first major upset of the 2023 season behind 565 yards of total offense from CU.
Coach Prime had his team prepared for Sonny Dykes’ dramatically altered College Football Playoff Championship Horned Frogs roster from a season ago in Week 1. Matt Rhule, meanwhile, couldn’t get his Cornhuskers past Minnesota — though Nebraska did cover the spread in a 13-10 loss to the Golden Gophers as a touchdown underdog.
What will happen when an all-time great rivalry makes its return to the mainstream with both programs relevant again on a national scale?
Nebraska vs Colorado: How to Watch, Stream and Series History
Date: Sept. 9, 2023
Venue: Folsom Field – Boulder, Colorado
Kickoff Time: 10 AM MT
TV: FOX
Streaming: fuboTV
Overall series history: Nebraska leads 49-20-2
Last Meeting: September 7, 2019, Colorado won 34-31
Nebraska vs Colorado injury report
Nebraska avoids major injury losses with left tackle Teddy Prochazka, “Jack” linebacker Jimari Butler, and linebacker Nick Henrich all expected to suit up, per Rhule. Colorado will be mostly healthy but will be missing key defensive contributor Myles Slusher in the secondary.
Nebraska vs Colorado odds
The point spread for Week 1 has Colorado as a -2.5-favorite. Nebraska is a +125 underdog on the moneyline, while Colorado is a -130 favorite. The over/under is set at 58.5, meaning that the oddsmakers are expecting a high-scoring affair. All lines are courtesy of BetMGM and are subject to change.
Nebraska vs Colorado prediction
On September 7, I predicted a Buffs cover in Coach Prime’s home debut in Boulder.
“Nebraska may be in over its head with Rhule at the helm,” I wrote. “Unlike his last run at the Power Five level with Baylor, college football is in a new era of NIL and transfer portal transactions. A No. 28 transfer class doesn’t seem likely to cut.
“It definitely won’t against Coach Prime’s top-ranked transfer class, which helped CU look like a potential Pac-12 dark horse in Week 1.”