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Colorado vs. Arizona FREE STREAM: How to watch today
TUCSON, Ariz. – After taking their shot at the top 25, Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes will turn the page as they face off against the Arizona Wildcats today – Saturday, Oct. 19 – at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This game is available on multiple streaming services for free.
This Big 12 matchup will broadcast live on FOX at 4 p.m. Eastern. (2 p.m. Mountain). Fans without cable can catch the game at no cost via FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, which both offer free trials. Another option is SlingTV, which has promotional offers for new customers.
The Buffaloes (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) are coming off a 31-28 barn burning loss to Kansas State and sit in a five-way tie for fourth place in the Big 12. That game left Colorado reeling with a slew of key injuries.
Travis Hunter exited the game against Kansas State but is expected to suit up against Arizona. The two-way savant has 49 receptions for 587 yards and six touchdowns on offense while also tallying 16 tackles, three interceptions and one forced fumble on the defensive side. He averages 124.4 snaps per game.
Colorado’s pass-heavy offense is guided by senior Shedeur Sanders, who has amassed 2,018 yards and 17 touchdowns with just four interceptions. Sanders, who is in consideration for the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, has notched three touchdowns in back-to-back games and is completing 72.6% of his passes this season.
The Buffaloes throw the rock 61% of the time.
His cupboard is a bit bare as Jimmy Horn Jr and Omarion Miller suffered injuries against Kansas State. Horn could play but Miller is likely out indefinitely after undergoing surgery on his leg this week.
Seniors Will Sheppard and LaJohntay Wester are thrust into the spotlight. Sheppard has 22 receptions for 330 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 15 yards per reception. Wester has 26 receptions for 318 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 12.2 yards per reception.
After a strong performance against UCF, the Buffaloes run game reverted back to its inept performance through most of the season. They tallied -29 rushing yards, including -50 from Sanders, who was sacked six times. Colorado averages just 4.3 yards per carry and does not have a running back over 150 yards this season.
Though it has been beefed up considerably, Colorado’s offense line still has question marks. They have allowed the third-most sacks in the nation with 23.
Colorado’s passing defense will be tested, averaging 226 yards per game. With choppy quarterback play, Arizona has struggled at times this season, but can explode on a dime.
The Buffaloes have allowed 21 points or more in five of their six games.
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The Wildcats (3-3, 1-2) were blasted by BYU, 41-19, last week as they have lost three of their last four games.
Arizona’s offensive production is predicated on the performance from the duo of sophomore quarterback Noah Fifita and junior receiver Tetairoa McMillan.
Fifita has tallied 1,636 yards with eight touchdowns and nine interceptions, including five picks in his last two games. Fifita threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns against Colorado last year.
One of the most prolific pass catchers in the game, McMillan has garnered 42 receptions for 742 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 17.7 yards per reception. All four of his touchdowns came in the season opener. He is third in the nation in receiving yards. Hunter is expected to grab the assignment against McMillan.
Senior receiver Montana Lemonious-Craig spent three years at Colorado. He has hauled in 17 receptions for 172 yards and one touchdown, averaging 10.1 yards per reception.
The Wildcats also have a potent back in senior Quali Conley, who has racked up 82 carries for 458 yards and six touchdowns. He has also snagged 22 receptions for 151 yards. The Wildcats have recorded just two games where a running back has rushed for over 100 yards.
Arizona’s defense has tallied 11 sacks this season, which is the same number as Colorado.
Arizona has won five of the last seven matchups against Colorado, including last year’s 34-31 victory in Boulder on a Tyler Loop Field goal as time expired.
With two high-powered offenses on tap, homecoming in Tucson is sure to have some fireworks for this year’s rendition.
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Who is announcing Colorado vs. Arizona?
Jason Benetti (play-by-play) and Brock Huard (analyst) will be the announcers while Allison Williams reports from the sidelines.
What are the latest odds for Colorado vs. Arizona?
Spread: CU: (+2.5), ARIZ: (-2.5)
Moneyline: CU: (+110), ARIZ: (-130)
Point total: 58
Odds from DraftKings
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What: College football: Colorado vs. Arizona
When: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
Time: 4 p.m. Eastern (2 p.m. Mountain)
Where: Arizona Stadium | Tucson, Arizona
Channel: FOX
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Avalanche discipline, power play falters, Central Division lead shrinks in 5-2 loss to Wild
The Colorado Avalanche had a chance Thursday night to regain some real separation between them and the Minnesota Wild.
It didn’t happen, and special teams were again an issue.
Minnesota’s Joel Eriksson Ek scored a pair of power-play goals, while the Avalanche took too many penalties and did not convert its chances with the extra man in a 5-2 loss at Ball Arena. The Wild scored on two of six power plays, both in the second period, then added a shorthanded goal into an empty net for good measure.
“We took six (penalties). Six is too many, especially against a power play like theirs,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “We had a slow start to the second and then just kind of started getting going, then took a bunch of penalties and kind of took the momentum away and swung it back in their favor again.”
Mackenzie Blackwood was excellent early in this contest and stopped 31 of 34 shots for the Avs in his first start since the Olympic break. Colorado, which went 0-for-3 on the power play, has not scored an extra-man goal in back-to-back games since Dec. 31 and Jan. 3. The Avs are 2-for-31 with the man advantage since Jan. 16, and at 15.1% are last in the NHL.
The Wild are now just five points behind the Avs in the Central Division, though Colorado has two games in hand. Filip Gustavsson made 44 saves for the visitors.
“I think we crated enough chances to win the hockey game,” Bednar said. “We give up the (second power-play goal) and that’s the difference in the hockey game for me. We had a chance (on the power play) … we score and it’s a tie game. We haven’t had an easy time capitalizing on some of our chances that we created in the last month.
“I’d like to see that turn around a little bit.”
Minnesota took advantage of three penalties on Colorado in a span of 53 seconds to take the lead with 2:23 left in the second period. Captain Gabe Landeskog was sent to the box for elbowing Eriksson Ek away from the play at 14:15 and Valeri Nichushkin was called for cross-checking at 15:04.
That gave the Wild a 5-on-3, but it went from bad to worse in a hurry for the home side. Brock Nelson won the 3-on-5 in his own end, but Brent Burns’ backhanded attempt to clear the puck out of the zone went into the stands for a delay of game.
Minnesota had a 5-on-3 for 1:56, which Colorado successfully killed off, but because Burns’ two minutes didn’t start until Landeskog’s penalty ended, there was more 5-on-4 time and Eriksson Ek scored his second of the night. The Swedish Olympian was trying to send a cross-crease pass to Kirill Kaprizov, but it hit the inside of Blackwood’s right leg and pinballed across the goal line.
Because of the extended penalty time, both Eriksson Ek and Boldy officially logged a shift of more than four minutes, leading to that goal.
“I’m not a big fan of the penalties we took, necessarily,” Landeskog said. “Obviously, mine is a penalty. Val, I felt like he was protecting himself and Burns, that’s a penalty. There’s nothing to argue about there. But yeah, that tilts the ice for sure and just gives them unnecessary momentum.
“So yeah, undisciplined and we’ve got to be better there for sure.”
Eriksson Ek put Minnesota in front at 7:48 of the second period. Cale Makar was called for slashing when his one-handed swipe while Yakov Trenin was attempting to shoot from the left wing. Trenin’s stick broke, so Makar went to the box.
Blackwood made the initial save on Matt Boldy’s shot from the high slot, but Eriksson Ek was there near the left post to clean up the rebound.
Martin Necas continued his hot run with a goal to even the score at 13:30 of the middle frame. Nathan MacKinnon picked up the puck in his own zone and carried it into the offensive end. He left a drop pass for Necas near the right point and then played fullback, driving Wild defenseman Daemon Hunt back to give Necas space and then providing a screen on a lethal wrist shot from his Czech linemate.
That was Necas’ 24th goal of the season. He added a second goal in the final minute after the Wild had built a three-goal advantage to give him 25 on the season.
It’s also three in two games since the Olympic break. Necas had three goals and eight points in five games for Czechia at the Olympics in Milan, equaling his country’s record for points at the event.
MacKinnon missed Colorado’s first game back on Wednesday because of maintenance. He actually slipped to third in the NHL scoring race as of Thursday morning, in part because Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov has now has 53 points in his past 23 games to track down MacKinnon and Edmonton’s Connor McDavid to make it a three-man race for the Art Ross Trophy.
McDavid (five times) and Kucherov (three) have combined to win the Art Ross in eight of the past nine years. MacKinnon has never won it, but has finished second each of the past two seasons.
Minnesota scored a second goal off a Colorado player to make it a 3-1 game and then added two empty-net tallies around Necas’ second goal to seal the Wild’s sixth win in a row.
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Firefighters stop spread of wildfire in Colorado’s Golden Gate Canyon
Late Thursday morning, a house fire spreading into the nearby woods in Colorado’s Golden Gate Canyon prompted officials to issue a pre-evacuation order to nearby residents. Firefighters have since brought the blaze under control.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, a house fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. in the 10600 block of Ralston Creek Road in Golden Gate Canyon, located around 25 miles west of Denver. The fire then began to spread into the nearby trees and grass.
Multiple fire units quickly responded to the scene, and the JCSO issued a pre-evacuation notice to all residents within a three-mile radius, warning them to be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice.
At 12:34 p.m., the sheriff’s office announced that the fire is no longer spreading and the burn area has been contained to less than an acre. A photo shared by JCSO shows a structure nearly completely destroyed by the fire.
Pre-evacuation orders were lifted around 1 p.m.
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