BOULER, Colo. — For the primary time in his three-year tenure at Colorado, soccer coach Deion Sanders didn’t enable any of his gamers to speak postgame following Saturday’s 52-17 loss to Arizona.
Sanders mentioned that was as a result of he was solely guilty for the bedraggled Buffaloes’ second straight blowout loss. Colorado (3-6, 1-5 Massive 12) trailed 38-7 at halftime after racking up 9 first-half penalties and completed the competition with 14 penalties. The Buffs additionally dedicated 5 turnovers.
“Don’t assault the coordinators. Come at me. Don’t assault the gamers. Come at me,” Sanders mentioned.
Sanders had no solutions as to why the Buffs performed so poorly once more, insisting good practices had given no inkling one other rout was forthcoming. He bristled when requested if his staff had checked out: “I do know a quitter once I see one. I haven’t seen that.”
Sanders added that he’s assured he can coach Colorado again into successful methods, saying, “I don’t doubt me. Let’s get that straight: I. Don’t. Doubt. Me.”
Buffaloes quarterback Kaidon Salter was benched late within the first half for Ryan Staub, who additionally was benched after each of his passes had been intercepted within the third quarter. Freshman Ju-Ju Lewis got here on and threw a 59-yard landing strike — the primary of his profession — to Omarion Miller. That cross additionally was 10 yards longer than the 49 yards passing Salter managed whereas finishing 11-of-15.
Lewis left the sport within the last minute with an damage to his throwing hand.
Colorado’s two most damaging first-half flags worn out a 75-yard landing catch and an interception.
The Buffs had been coming off a 53-7 bashing at Utah per week earlier. Over their previous two video games, they’ve been outscored 81-7 within the first half.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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