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Thursday, October 11, 9:00 p.m. (et)

College Football Prediction:
Arizona State Sun Devils  (4-1) at Colorado Buffaloes (1-4) Pick
Folsom Field - Boulder, Colorado

Home Record: Arizona State 3-0, Colorado 0-2
Away Record: Arizona State 1-1, Colorado 1-2.
Series Record: Arizona State leads 3-0.



Team records:
Arizona State: 4-1 SU, 4-0-1 ATS
Colorado: 1-4 SU, 1-4 ATS

Trends:
Arizona State is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Arizona State is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Oddsmakers currently has Arizona State  as 23-point favorite, with the total at 57.

Coming off a bye week, the Arizona State Sun Devils will look to keep their perfect conference record intact when they take on the Colorado Buffaloes in a Thursday night. Pac-12 battle at Folsom Field

Arizona State wants nothing more than to break the Top 25. This game will give them a good opportunity to get ranked. The most telling sign about this football team is that Head Coach Todd Graham has an enormous amount of confidence in his QB. That’s almost always the sign of great things to come. Taylor Kelly isn’t Geno Smith, but he has completed 67.6% of his passes and he has 9 TDs versus 2 INTs. ASU also uses a unique approach to the running game by mixing carriers between several running backs. This keeps everyone fresh.

Jon Embree, Head Coach of Colorado, has a much different tone when asked about his team. He has pretty much put the blame on his players instead of on himself. This is never a good sign when it comes to quality leadership. Embree might be frustrated, but it’s still the wrong approach. Colorado is also poor against the pass, which plays right into ASU’s hands.

Prediction: Arizona State 45, Colorado 21