Colorado desperately needed its 27-24 win over Arizona State Saturday for two reasons. First, the most obvious reason being that the Buffaloes needed any notch in the Pac-12 win column they could get.
Secondly, Colorado needed to gets its swagger from September back — the effortless cool it demonstrated in beating TCU, Nebraska and Colorado State. The Buffaloes did that against the Sun Devils, and maybe a little bit more.
With 14:32 left in the fourth quarter, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders zipped a nine-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Javon Antonio to propel the Buffaloes to a 20-17 lead.