Deion Sanders heard all the noise heading into Saturday night’s Rocky Mountain Showdown and he didn’t appreciate some of things coming out of Fort Collins in the lead-up to the game.
Recapping the this weekend’s 28-9 win over Colorado State with the media during his postgame press conference, Coach Prime made his feelings clear on how the Rams conducted themselves prior and during.
“Wonderful game, personal game, heartfelt game and emotional game … they kind of made it like that and we just wanted to play some football,” Sanders said. “The disrespect was uncalled for throughout the week. Couple of their players took shots at the whole program and a few of our players, so it is what it is.”
“We knew coming into the game it was going to be a bit personal and it was. One of coaches during warmups, coach Phillips, one of the guys ran into him and elbowed him, which is uncalled for.”
The Buffs HC also addressed CSU quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi bumping into Travis Hunter — which appeared to motivate Colorado’s two-way star.
“How stupid is that?” Sanders asked. “This is Travis Hunter. This is Travis Hunter. Who does that? I wouldn’t allow my kids to do that and y’all know that. But when you allow kids to sit in an interview and talk against us and you just got beat by 50-some in Week 1 … c’mon dog. Somebody help me here. Am I missing something? I don’t see where that’s done in sports. That has to be allowed. Ain’t nobody crazy enough to sit up there and say stuff like that. Who does that?”
CU took care of business in a gotta have it game. Now Deion and his team will turn their attention to 2-1 Baylor at home.
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