The Colorado football team desperately needed a bounce back win on Saturday when they went on the road to take on Arizona State. After starting the season 3-0 and getting up to #18 in the AP Poll, the Buffaloes lost two straight to Oregon and USC, and their hype died down quite a bit. This team went from being the talk of college football to wondering if they were going to make it to a bowl game. The Pac-12 is absolutely loaded this season, and Colorado had to have a win on Saturday against the Sun Devils, and they got it. The Buffaloes are now 4-2 on the season, and head coach Deion Sanders continues to look like one of the best hires in the game.

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Colorado football only won one game last season, so seeing where they are now is a little bit shocking. Since Deion Sanders was hired, Colorado has sold-out every home game, had a $14 million ticket sales boost, 42% increase in sponsorship revenue, a 7x spike in mentions online, a 40% rise in out-of-state applications to the school and a 892% increase in merchandise sales, according to a tweet from Front Office Sports. This hire was a major home-run for Colorado.

The Buffaloes are in great shape regardless of what happens this year as they have already taken a big stride, but this team obviously wants to win every game on their schedule. However, the Pac-12 is so loaded that there are probably only two more games on the schedule that the Buffaloes will be favored in. The back half of the schedule is a gauntlet, so it's a good thing that Colorado won on Saturday.