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Daniel Chavkin

College Football World Awestruck by Colorado’s Turnaround Under Deion Sanders

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In Colorado’s first game under head coach Deion Sanders, the Buffaloes exploded onto the scene against last year’s national runner-up TCU. Despite entering the game as 20.5-point underdogs, Colorado pulled off the upset with a 45–42 victory over the Horned Frogs.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who is also Deion’s son, came with his father after two years as the starter at Jackson State. In his Colardo debut, Sanders put up 510 passing yards and four touchdowns, breaking a Colorado record for most passing yards in a game. Former top recruit Travis Hunter also made the move from Jackson State, and the two-way player impressed on both sides of the ball with 119 yards receiving and an interception.

All in all, fans and analysts were stunned and impressed by Colorado’s performance after a 1–11 season last year.

All of a sudden, Sanders has thrust Colorado to the front of the national stage with multiple potential Heisman candidates after the Buffaloes had a disastrous 2022 season. The NFL Hall of Famer hyped his team up a lot during the offseason, and one game into the season, Colorado has backed it up.

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