DENVER (KDVR) — The University of Colorado Buffaloes are looking to right the ship after a tough loss to Kansas State. Now, the Buffs are on the road to Arizona for an afternoon matchup against the Wildcats.
The 4-2 Buffaloes are expected to have banged-up receivers Travis Hunter and Jimmy Horn Jr. available this weekend.
How to watch Colorado vs. Arizona on TV
The Colorado Buffaloes are back on FOX31 this weekend as they visit the Arizona Wildcats.
- Kickoff: Saturday at 2 p.m. MT
- Channel: FOX31
- Antenna: 31.1
- Comcast Xfinity: 13 / 1013
- DISH: 31
- Hulu + Live TV: 3
- YouTube TV: 4
- FuboTV: 3
Kickoff between the Buffaloes and Wildcats takes place Saturday at 2 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast live on FOX31.
Tickets for Colorado vs. Arizona
The Wildcats have sold out Arizona Stadium for their matchup against CU, but there are tickets available on the secondary market.
SeatGeek has seats starting around $60 each, while Vivid Seats has tickets starting slightly lower at $45.
This is a road trip, but the weather is supposed to be nice (more on that below), so the 13-hour drive or $600 round-trip flight might not be a bad decision.
Forecast for Colorado vs. Arizona
Saturday is the coolest day of the week in Tucson, with a high temperature in the low-to-mid 70s. This is significantly cooler than the remainder of the seven-day forecast which has highs in the 80s and 90s.
The sun will be shining for fans in the stands or watching elsewhere around Arizona.
Here in Colorado, you’ll want to find an indoor venue to watch the game with Denver’s high temperature forecast in the low 50s with scattered showers across the Front Range.
Key things to know for Colorado vs. Arizona
The Colorado Buffaloes are expected to have banged-up receivers Travis Hunter and Jimmy Horn Jr. available this weekend at Arizona.
It wasn’t all positive news on the injury front for Colorado’s deep corps of wideouts. While coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday at his weekly news conference that Hunter (shoulder) and Horn (knee) “should play for certain,” Omarion Miller (broken lower left leg) and Terrell Timmons Jr. (unspecified) are out indefinitely. Miller underwent surgery Monday and may be done for the season.
“Our receiving room is really deep,” receiver LaJohntay Wester said. “Even the young guys who don’t have actual game-time experience, just the way they practice and attack the day, I’m real confident in our group. I don’t think it’s going to be any fall off.”
Hunter, a Heisman hopeful for his elite play on both sides of the ball, hurt his shoulder and left the game in the first half of a 31-28 loss to No. 17 Kansas State. Losing Hunter for any significant time would’ve been a big blow for the Buffaloes (4-2, 2-1 Big 12). He’s also the team’s top defensive back and rarely comes off the field.
On the play he got hurt, Hunter hauled in a pass from Shedeur Sanders on a crossing pattern before running full speed into Kansas State safety Daniel Cobbs. Hunter held onto the ball but signaled to the sideline that he needed a sub.
Hunter missed three games last season with a lacerated liver after taking a hard hit against Colorado State.
This season, Hunter’s caught a team-leading 49 passes for 587 yards. On defense, he’s picked off two passes and forced a fumble. He’s a constant fixture on the field.
Meanwhile, safety Shilo Sanders got called out by his coach/father for some shaky tackling.
It was just the honest truth he needed to hear from his dad, Deion Sanders. He’s taken it to heart.
In his return from a broken forearm, Shilo Sanders had what he labeled the “worst game of my life” in Colorado’s 31-28 loss to No. 17 Kansas State. He and the defense saw Wildcats tailback DJ Giddens gallop for 182 yards rushing, along with receiver Jayce Brown catching a go-ahead 50-yard touchdown with 2:14 remaining.
“I’m the Ziploc of the defense, I can’t be going out there, not being on my game,” Shilo Sanders said Tuesday after practice.
After the Kansas State game, his dad offered a blunt critique of his son: “I thought he played horrible. I thought he was rusty.”
It was Shilo Sanders’ first game back since Sept. 7 at Nebraska, when he suffered a forearm injury that required surgery. And while he had 10 tackles against Kansas State on Saturday, he also missed several opportunities to wrap up the Wildcats.
“I know I played horrible. He knows I played horrible,” Sanders said. “That’s what happened.”
This week, it’s back to the basics for Shilo Sanders — paying attention to the little details and his technique.
“I know I’m good at football. I know I’ve been doing this for a long time. I know how to tackle,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of tackles in my career. One game, I’m not going to let everybody (be like), ‘Oh, you’re trash. You can’t do this. You can’t do that.’
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
