Five takeaways from Colorado’s narrow road win over Arizona State

What did you learn from Colorado’s narrow victory over Arizona State?

If you bet the over on the Colorado Buffaloes’ season win total of 3.5, you’ve made some money. The Buffs weathered a constant Arizona State Sun Devils pass rush and some bad special teams play on Saturday to leave the Grand Canyon State with a 27-24 win.

The game wasn’t pretty, but as it usually does, Las Vegas got the spread almost perfectly right, even after I begged to bet the over all week. After it was all said and done, CU moved to 4-2 and took an essential step toward bowl eligibility.

Here are my takeaways from Colorado’s first Pac-12 win under head coach Deion Sanders: