Deion Sanders is understood for telling it like it’s, and he didn’t maintain again when speaking about Colorado’s protection on Friday night time.
Sanders’ Buffaloes have been going through the Houston Cougars at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, and trailed 10-0 after the primary quarter. Sanders was interviewed by ESPN after the quarter and didn’t sugar-coat issues. He referred to as Colorado’s protection “sizzling rubbish” and bluntly acknowledged that Colorado’s protection couldn’t cease Houston on first downs.
Deion Sanders tore into his protection on dwell TV
“Scorching rubbish,” Sanders stated of his protection. “Can’t cease them on first downs. First downs, that’s once they’re making the massive performs.”
As of the primary half, Houston’s offense had put up 229 yards and scored on 4 of their 5 possessions. The one factor conserving Colorado within the sport was the Buffs offense placing collectively consecutive landing drives late within the second quarter.
The second half did not go a lot better for Colorado. The Buffs offense could not sustain with Cougars, scoring solely six factors in comparison with Houston’s 20. With the 36-20 loss, Colorado is now 1-2.
Colorado’s outlook
Colorado entered the sport 1-1 with a win over Delaware and loss to Georgia Tech. With a convention loss to Houston, the beginning of the 2025 season has not appeared nice for Colorado. The Buffaloes are of their first season with out Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders, so some bumpiness was to be anticipated. That’s precisely what we’re getting.
That stated, with Colorado failing to deal with opponents early within the season and looking out dangerous within the losses, it is truthful to surprise if Sanders’ workforce will even be bowl-eligible. The Buffs have bouts in opposition to 2-0 Wyoming, 2-0 BYU and 1-0 TCU looming. Then they’ve back-to-back showdowns in opposition to ranked groups — No. 14 Iowa State and No. 20 Utah. Then they shut out the season to 2-0 Arizona, 1-1 West Virginia, 1-1 Arizona State and 1-2 Kansas State. The place will 5 extra wins come from?
