Friday Night Lights: Colorado Looks to Rebound at Toledo (9 pm ET)

Looking to rebound from a disastrous opening weekend home loss to Colorado State, the Colorado Buffaloes (0-1) visit the Toledo Rockets (0-1) in an oddly scheduled Friday night game on ESPN (9 p.m. ET). Of course, if the Buffs lose, head coach Dan Hawkins may be hoping that no one sees the game, as it would be Colorado's third straight loss, and fifth in six games, dating back to last year.

Toledo's offense matchups up very well against Colorado if the Buffs don't get pressure on the quarterback and we think the Buffs offense is at an advantage when they have the ball. So that puts the extra pressure on the defenses tonight. I have to think that the back seven for the Buffs will play better than they did last week and be up for the challenge against a strong passing team. Other than S Barry Church for Toledo, the Buffs defense is stronger than Toledo's.

I give the Buffs the nod over Toledo tonight solely because I don't want doomsday part two to occur on Saturday morning.
I think both teams have the ability to win by 10+ points because, let's face it, Toledo is rebuilding in a lot of areas and everyone saw the Buffs play last Sunday night. For me, Colorado wins 27-24 in a close one, certainly not the dominating performance to make people feel a lot better.