Colorado enters the Oregon game as three-touchdown underdogs and the injury list has a lot to do with it.
Deion Sanders’ club will be shorthanded on Saturday with several key players out or still waiting to make their 2023 debuts. The biggest name on the list is two-way player Travis Hunter, who suffered a lacerated liver. The injury definitely sounds worse than it is, but the ailment will cause Hunter to miss the Buffaloes’ two biggest games of the season, including this week.
As for the Ducks, considering it’s Week 4, their injury list is relatively small and hopefully, it stays that way with a bye week coming up in a little over a week. Oregon will need all hands on deck after the bye as the Ducks go to Seattle to face the Huskies.
But first, Oregon has to get through the Buffs and Stanford next week before a much-earned rest before the season intensifies.