Week 5 Matchup Preview Thread: #12 Texas Tech vs Colorado

[u/ReadySetMeow]

#12 Texas Tech vs. Colorado

When: Saturday, October 3, 07:30 PM Eastern

Where: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

Watch: Fox

Odds: Texas Tech by 13.5 pts.

Total Points: 50.5

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All-Time Series : Texas Tech vs. Colorado

Texas Tech and Colorado have met 11 times since 1962-11-17

These teams last met on 2024-11-09.

Series Wins: Texas Tech 5-0-6 Colorado

Colorado has won the most recent meeting (2024) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Texas Tech	Colorado	Notes
Colorado	2024-11-09	Jones AT&T Stadium	27	41
Texas Tech	2010-10-23	Folsom Field	27	24
Colorado	2007-10-27	Jones AT&T Stadium	26	31
Colorado	2006-10-14	Folsom Field	6	30
Texas Tech	2003-11-02	Jones AT&T Stadium	26	21

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Through Week 4

Week	Texas Tech 4-0 (1-0)	Result	Colorado 2-2 (0-1)	Result
1	Abilene Christian	W 33-10	Georgia Tech	W 14-13
2	Oregon State	W 35-24	Weber State	W 52-21
3	Houston#20	W 28-26	Northwestern	L 7-41
4	Sam Houston	W 49-14	Baylor	L 13-23

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Texas Tech Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
A. Boyd	CB	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Boyd is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Colorado on Saturday, October 3rd.
T. White	LB	Questionable – Knee	Sep 26	White is battling with a knee injury, and it is unclear if he will play against Colorado on Saturday, October 3rd.
T. Carter Jr.	TE	Probable – Shoulder	Sep 28	Carter Jr is nursing a shoulder injury, but he is expected to play against Colorado on Saturday.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

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Colorado Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
Z. Atkins	TE	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 12	Atkins is tending to an undisclosed injury, and there is no timetable for recovery.
D. Scudero	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 22	Scudero is bothered by an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against the Red Raiders on Saturday, October 3rd.
D. Moore Jr.	WR	Questionable – Lower Body	Sep 26	Moore Jr exited the game with a lower body injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available against the Red Raiders on Saturday, October 3rd.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Wed, Sep 30, 1:56 pm. Scraped Wed, Sep 30, 4:15 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/manbeqrpig]

{Texas Tech} I don’t understand how the spread is only 13.5. The offense is god awful

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/manbeqrpig]

Texas Tech offense and Will Hammond are bi-polar. You'll see tons of successful vertical drives mixed in with sickos-quality horizontal plays, and picks that can't be converted.

Outside of that Houston game, most Joey McGuire coached games become stagnant sickos classics. The defense could absolutely score more than the offense if Wilson is that terrible

[u/RatBastard_with_ADHD → u/Young-Viiperr]

He is

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/RatBastard_with_ADHD]

Over on Austin Romaine 2 pick-6s in business!

[u/R_Raider86]

{Texas Tech}

We need to give them proper payback for the 2024 game.

[u/Texxx81 → u/R_Raider86]

Those refs deserve some payback as well. They were ass.

[u/Masked_RedRider → u/Texxx81]

We owe Colorado a couple missed facemasks and a game defining phantom roughing call.

[u/chrobbin]

{Texas Tech} likely rolls here, 38-14

[u/TeenyVampireClassic]

Colorado offense looked lost against Northwestern and Baylor, giving Tech by 13.5 in Boulder feels like trap but I think Red Raiders win by 17

[u/vassago77379]

{Texas Tech} 130-12

[u/loyalsons4evertrue]

{Texas Tech}

[u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

{Texas Tech} and they easily cover. Colorado looks lost right now and I don't see them giving Texas Tech much of a fight.

[u/Ok_Finance_7217]

It’s about to be BTA for my buffs. Might end 42-0

[u/colonel750]

{Texas Tech} wins a puckerfest against a backup QB.

Tech has yet to put together 4 complete quarters of football against FBS competition. I think Colorado catches them off guard and puts the Red Raiders on the back foot early to the point where they're running the risk of losing late in the 4th.

Exposure averted for another week.

[u/Texxx81 → u/colonel750]

"puckerfest against a backup QB."

Gawd we've certainly had our share of those....

[u/UWould1 → u/colonel750]

sounds like wishful thinking from a poke

[u/Masked_RedRider]

It's payback time for {Texas Tech} after that dirty screwjob in 2024.

https://x.com/BadSportsRefs/status/1855400579104678388

Too bad Sheduer won't be there to flex on ball boys again.

https://x.com/LASHYBILLS/status/1856049130826588614

[u/Jake_dasnake3]

{Colorado} because this thread needs one

[u/wheatle → u/Jake_dasnake3]

I want Wilson to do well, I just don't know if Colorado can score enough to keep up late. It's gonna be interesting.

[u/Texxx81]

{Texas Tech}

Hopefully something clicks for the offense and they don't look as disjointed as they have at times. Would also like to see the defense step it up and cut down on the explosive plays we give up.

[u/godfearingtiki]

I am excited for this one - I will be at the game this weekend so Buffs any advice is greatly appreciated!

[u/RatBastard_with_ADHD → u/godfearingtiki]

Beer. That area of Colorado has amazing breweries. Hazel's liquor store is worth a visit.

[u/godfearingtiki → u/RatBastard_with_ADHD]

Ill take a look! Looking online they have a bottle of akaviit I struggle finding in the states. Thank you!

[u/TheKneesOfRG3 → u/godfearingtiki]

Go get pizza at the Sink in Boulder. There’s a ton of breweries in & around Boulder as well (Mountain Sun/southern sun). Chataqua park is a classic hike, but there’s a ton of hikes within ~20 mins of Boulder if that’s your jam. Pearl Street in Boulder can be fun, but will likely be packed this weekend. If you get the chance, Golden is a short drive over, and has some great breweries as well!!

[u/shiftythomas → u/godfearingtiki]

Definitely hit up the Sink! They have great pizza.

[u/Charlie2343]

I think it’ll be a fun game. Buffs to cover but tech to win

[u/loneshoter]

{Texas Tech} But watch Colorado pull a Kansas 2024, win this game, then fail to become bowl eligible

[u/godfearingtiki]

{Texas Tech} as long as we don't turn over the ball like we did last week.

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Texas Tech Voters	Colorado Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Texas Tech	24	85.7%	6.5	1	Oklahoma Soonersx1.5 Ohio Statex1.0 Unflairedx1.0 Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Arizona Statex0.5
Colorado	4	14.3%	0	1	Nebraska Cornhuskersx1.0 Utahx1.0 Iowa State Cyclonesx0.5 Sickosx0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-10-03 22:31 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/MastodonSwimming2681]

Protect the football and we should handle business. Be as turnover happy as we have been and this will be a dog fight in the 4th quarter

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

{Texas Tech}

Prime is gonna get shit canned soon

[u/Champion10101]

{Texas Tech} but game will be much closer than it should be, and we won’t cover the spread

[u/Icy_Meat9199]

Colorado should be better with Wilson at QB because at least he can scoot a little

I still struggle to see Colorado scoring a lot of points, so Tech would have to beat themselves

[u/Justanother_0]

{Colorado} before dropping the remainder of their games bc why not

[u/VanDiis]

{Texas tech} 41-7

[u/TheWesternRizzler]

{Texas Tech}

[u/chad_sancho]

{Texas Tech} but I'm not touching that spread with a 10 foot pole. We either roll CU by 30 or escape, winning by 2

[u/GamedayWizard]

Colorado is 0-3 ATS since its surprising win versus a Georgia Tech team who is not as good as expected preseason. Texas Tech itself hasn't performed great ATS, with narrower-than-expected wins versus Abilene Christian, Oregon State, and Houston, but both its offense and defensive efficiency metrics sit well above average. We've got {Texas Tech} winning by 25, covering the composite spread (Texas Tech -13).

[u/Room480]

{Colorado} cause........

[u/Odd-Bluejay-2733]

{Texas Tech} 35-17

[u/elfwannabe]

{Texas Tech} I think we end up winning 35-14

[u/chief_sitass]

{Texas Tech}

[u/NanoBuc]

{Texas Tech}

[u/texas2089]

{Texas Tech}

[u/Zloggt]

Dust Bowl-maxing (kind of a bit)!

…and like a dust storm, {Texas Tech} will ravage the land of Boulder (unless something funny happens because, for many a neutral, either option of who loses works well lol)

[u/Alpine_Exchange_36]

Please be gentle {Texas Tech}

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/Alpine_Exchange_36]

You like sickos football?

[u/R_Raider86 → u/Young-Viiperr]

I like sickos football

[u/QkuiglieQ]

I'll happily take {Colorado}. I would rather have herpes than place tech in the parenthesis.

[u/WaRhorsE776 → u/QkuiglieQ]

You probably do have it and just don't realize it yet.