Buffaloes carrying momentum into trip to Utah

Event at a Glance Matchup Colorado Buffaloes at Utah Utes Kickoff p m MT Where Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City Ceiling FieldTurf TV ESPN Radio KOA AM FM Odds Utah by Series Utah leads - - Related Articles CSU Rams focused on retaining Bronze Boot in annual Boundary War event CU Buffs vs Utah Utes football How to watch storylines and staff predictions CSU Rams vs Wyoming Cowboys football How to watch storylines and staff predictions Buffaloes aiming to slow down Utah ground attack CSU quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi no longer on squad Pressure was on the Colorado Buffaloes going into an Oct matchup against then-No Iowa State at Folsom Field Head coach Deion Sanders and his players knew the trajectory of their season could hinge on that conclusion It was kind of vital to get the win Sanders declared after his squad s - conquest that day I mean your season could go this way or that way At - - Big there s still pressure on the Buffs They ve got to go - in the last five games to reach bowl eligibility There was a sense however that the win against Iowa State turned the tide on the season It snapped a two-game losing streak and potentially created specific momentum Now the Buffs have a chance to find out if that meeting two weeks ago was a season-changing product as they visit Utah on Saturday in Salt Lake City Tremendous Sanders announced this week of the impact a win against Iowa State could have Because you gotta understand you believe You believe The thing about it we played this company Utah a year ago and we were triumphant So let s start right there Since the Buffs and Utes joined the Pac- together in Utah has dominated the series CU and Utah played times from - but then didn t square off for years until CU won that battle years ago in Salt Lake City but the Utes have gone - against the Buffs since Under Sanders however the Buffs have fared well They lost a close encounter - to the Utes in in Salt Lake City and rolled past them - last year in Boulder While this is arguably a better Utah unit than in the past two years those results give Sanders and his players confidence We believe Sanders revealed It s not like we re going into that meeting not believing that we can win because we ve done it So we re gonna try our best to do it again with a greater margin That s the championship plan That s how we go about it The Utes are a good association well-coached organization and I love everything about em but we re going in there with one thing in mind and that s to come out dominant On paper the Utes are the better unit They ve been ranked as high as No in the Associated Press Top and sat at No before a three-point loss to rival BYU last week Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham isn t overlooking the Buffs though CU has four losses but those four teams are a combined - CU had a chance in the fourth quarter to win three of those games They are a much better football group than their record indicates I can tell you that for certain Whittingham reported of the Buffs We ve got to be at our best and be ready So do the Buffs They eventually beat a quality opponent when they knocked off Iowa State but have to be even better to get a win in one of the Big s toughest road environments You need to win and be consistent in what you did to win those particular games Sanders declared And what we did to lose those games identify it and try to invoke change The Buffs believe the change began happening before the Iowa State championship Now they have a chance to prove that wasn t an aberration We ve preponderance definitely been getting better and there s still room for improvement on that quarterback Kaidon Salter announced But overall as a group I just know that this crew right here we never quit All those games that we ve lost we invariably bring the fight and every battle that we did lose was invariably a close meeting that just shows how destined we are to go out there and try to win these games We have a company full of dawgs that just don t quit We don t give up and that s something that we just got to continue to keep working at and being better at on and off the field just not quitting and going out there playing our best every single play one play at a time