Colorado’s trip to Baylor is suddenly one of the cheapest tickets on the Buffaloes’ schedule, at least for the moment.
The lowest entry point into McLane Stadium dipped to as little as $16 on TickPick and Gametime, undercutting the $17 to $43 range that had been tracked earlier in the week. That number did not hold still for long, though.
A later check showed the floor moving again, with SeatGeek listing the game from $17 on Colorado’s schedule page and Gametime showing higher all-in prices. In other words, the $16 figure looks more like a Wednesday snapshot than a locked-in bargain.
Saturday’s game kicks off at 10 a.m. MT on ESPN2, and it marks Colorado’s first trip to Waco since 2007. Baylor is turning the matchup into its Traditions Game, complete with throwback uniforms and other old-school game-day touches.
Even with the price swings, Baylor still stands out as the cheapest remaining road game on Colorado’s SeatGeek schedule. The Buffaloes’ away page showed Waco starting at $16, while Cincinnati opened at $64, Arizona State at $79 and Oklahoma State at $162.
The home slate is pricier, too. SeatGeek listed UCF from $62, Houston from $63, Kansas State at $96, Texas Tech at $106 and Utah at $144. If the goal is simply to see Deion Sanders’ team in person, Baylor remains the lowest-cost option on that marketplace.
That comes as Colorado is trying to regroup after a 41-7 loss at Evanston. Sanders also said Tuesday that, if you take out the Weber State win, his offense is averaging about 10 points per game.
“It’s not good. It’s not going to win for you whatsoever,” Sanders said.
From Baylor’s side, the matchup is also the cheapest remaining home game on its SeatGeek schedule, even when that page showed a higher $31 starting point. TCU started at $64, Texas Tech at $75 and Iowa State at $77.
McLane Stadium seats around 45,000, and Baylor said 41,343 were on hand for last weekend’s 36-1 win over Louisiana Tech. The Bears are adding another wrinkle for Saturday, with the first 5,000 fans receiving a Bruiser bobblehead as part of the Traditions Game.
There’s also uncertainty around quarterback DJ Lagway. Dave Aranda said Monday that all signs pointed to Lagway being scheduled to return after missing two games with an ankle injury. Aranda said Lagway is in a much better state, but he did not go so far as to call him fully healthy.
Both teams enter the Big 12 opener at 2-1, and Sanders said he was looking forward to getting back to Texas.
“I think we go in there with the same record. It’s going to be a wonderful setting, you know, back in Texas, and I look forward to it. We look forward to it,” Sanders said Tuesday.
For fans thinking about making the trip, the price is likely to keep moving until kickoff.
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