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Bettors hammering Deion Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes win total

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Published June 6, 2024, 11:07 p.m. ET
Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes have a preseason over/under of 5.5 wins.
Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes have a preseason over/under of 5.5 wins. Getty Images

Colorado football is once again extremely popular among sports bettors.

The Buffaloes are attracting more bets on both the Over and Under of their 5.5 preseason win total for the 2024 college football season at BetMGM Sportsbook.

Bettors have been a little more inclined to take Colorado to beat their win total, with 63 percent of bets and 71 percent of the handle on the Buffalos to go over 5.5 wins. 

It’s the second straight season that bettors hammered the Deion Sanders-led Buffaloes. 

At one point in September of last season, Colorado was garnering more betting action than some NFL teams.

Colorado is coming off an eventful 4-8 season in 2023 in the first year of the Sanders era. 

The Buffaloes jumped out to a 3-0 start, upsetting the reigning national champion runner-up TCU in their season-opening game. 

Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes are attracting a ton of betting action -- again.
Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes are attracting a ton of betting action — again. Getty Images

But they went 1-8 in conference play from then on, finishing the season on a six-game losing streak. 

Sanders and Co. will have to overcome their fair share of off-field drama if they want to improve in 2024.

The team has suffered a mass exodus through the transfer portal this spring, though Sanders has countered with 42 incoming transfers, according to 247Sports. 

Sanders and his son Shedeur, Colorado’s quarterback, have clapped back at former players who were pushed out of the program by the head coach over the past year. 

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Shedeur’s draft stock took a slight hit after the back-and-forth, dropping from +100 on DraftKings to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to +300.

Both Shedeur (+3500) and two-way player Travis Hunter (+6000) are long shots to win the Heisman Trophy after being early contenders during the 2023 season. 

In May, Sanders’ other son, Shilo, a cornerback for the Buffaloes, filed for bankruptcy in an apparent attempt to avoid liability for a nearly $12 million judgment from a Texas court over an incident in which he was accused of assaulting a school security guard in high school.