Overview
- Saturday’s game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas, opens with BetMGM installing Kansas State -17.5 (moneyline -900) and a total near 49.
- Deion Sanders redshirted true freshman quarterback Julian Lewis for the rest of the season, with Kaidon Salter returning as Colorado’s starter.
- The Big 12 injury report lists four Wildcats out — CB Jayden Rowe, S Colby McCalister, WR Bryce Noernberg and K Leyton Simmering — with TE Garrett Oakley questionable.
- Colorado enters on a prolonged skid without a win for over a month, having been outscored 176-63 during that stretch.
- Kansas State has topped 40 points in three of its past five games and needs one more victory to reach bowl eligibility, while Colorado’s staff is in flux with RBs coach Marshall Faulk reported to be leaving for Southern.