Sure there figures to be plenty of points scored here. I just don't see Texas Tech and its quarterback, Behren Morton, keeping up with Colorado and its Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback, Shedeur Sanders.

And Sanders isn't even the best player on the Buffaloes. That honor goes to two-way superstar Travis Hunter, who dominates at wide receiver and in the secondary.

Colorado's defense has an athletic secondary led by Hunter and a good pass rush. Texas Tech doesn't offer that. The Red Raiders rank second-to-last in the nation in pass defense and are 130th in total defense. They are last in the Big 12, too, with only 11 sacks. Sanders should feast, throwing to Hunter and LaJohntay Wester among his deep receiving corps.

The Buffaloes were idle last week. Not so with Texas Tech. The Red Raiders went into Ames, Iowa and upset Iowa State, 23-22, as 13 1/2-point road underdogs. That made the 6-3 Red Raiders bowl eligible and could mean a letdown for this game.

Morton didn't have a good game against Iowa State completing a season-low 52.5 percent of his passes while being intercepted twice. The Red Raiders have a top running back, Tahj Brooks. But he won't be enough to elevate Texas Tech past ascending Colorado, which is 5-1 in its last six games.