There was certainly a scenario where Colorado had to go through the final 20 minutes of Saturday night's blowout loss to Kansas without star QB Shedule Sanders.
Sanders, the son of Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders and projected to be the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, was sacked on third down with Colorado leading by nine points in the third quarter. Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira said on the broadcast that he was “lucky” not to get sent off for shoving referee Kevin Marr.
Asked about Sanders pushing Mahr, Pereira said: “There's no question he did that.” They try to maintain order. But he can't come back as a player and push the officials.
“In the chaos, the officials were unaware of it, but I was lucky that I wasn't sent off from the game.”
After the sack, Sanders approached Marr from behind, who was surrounded by a group of players, and shoved the longtime official with his right arm.
By that point, three other referees had approached the scuffle and tried to separate the players and Saunders while defending Mar Mar.
Sanders went 23-of-29 for 266 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-21 loss to No. 16 Colorado, and was not penalized for the play, but was frustrated. was starting to boil.
The game featured a lot of physical attacks as Colorado's hopes of making the College Football Playoff were at stake and Kansas was trying to make a strong push toward a bowl berth.
At one point in the first half, defensive end Dean Miller lowered his head and threw himself toward Sanders' lap as he attempted a pass.
After the game, Sanders was asked about Miller's hit and told reporters, “I mean, I don't know how it's legal as a whole.” “I don't know about that, but that's the way it is. There were some plays like that.”
The Buffaloes were trailing 17-0 at one point, but early in the third quarter, Travis Hunter (also expected to be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft) and Sanders connected for touchdown passes, and they managed to cut the difference to two points. I was able to reduce it to .
However, Devin Neal scored the final two touchdowns, giving the Jayhawks a cushion and ensuring Colorado finished the night in a four-way tie at the top of the Big 12 standings.
Dion said after the game that Colorado was “drunk with success.”
“We started to smell ourselves little by little,” Dion said. According to ESPN. “…We were intoxicated by numerous articles and the delusions that we were this and the delusions that we were that. And we didn't play CU football. So we got our butts kicked. That's the reality.
