Prime Time: Belief in Boulder

09/05/2023

By: Jeff Yoder

Deion Sanders & His Band of Buffs Deliver Shock Upset in Week 1

Do you believe now?! Plenty of storylines and amazing highlights filled the airwaves after Week 1 of the college football season, but one story was the talk of the nation. Deion Sanders and Colorado — coming of a 1-11 season and the biggest roster overhaul in college football history — went into Fort Worth and handed #17 TCU a stunning upset (45-42). The Buffs entered the season with the lowest projected win total in the Big 12 (3.5 games), while TCU was the CFB National Championship runner-up just eight months ago. Sanders hasn’t stopped making headlines since he left Jackson State for Colorado last offseason, and his band of Buffs just took college football by storm. Sparked by Sanders’ two sons — Shedeur (QB) and Shilo (CB) — as well as two-way superstar WR/CB Travis Hunter and RB Dylan Edwards, Colorado rang up 45 on the road against one of the conference’s best teams. And they looked good doing it. Shedeur broke the school record for passing yards (510) while Travis Hunter looks like Deion reincarnated at cornerback.

After the game, Coach Prime walked his swaggy (but deserving) attitude into the press conference where he reminded reporters that he kept receipts of disbelief in his program and coaching style. “Do you believe now?! You still don’t believe…”

Deion and the boys from Boulder will have more chances to captivate the non-believers in the months ahead — Nebraska, #15 Oregon, #6 USC, Stanford, #18 Oregon State, and #14 Utah are waiting. We’ll be watching. But for now? This new brand of Buffs is simply unbelievable.

Colorado Stat Stuffers

QB Shedeur Sanders: 38/47, 510 yards, 4 TDs

RB Dylan Edwards: 11 touches, 180 yards, 4 TDs

WR/CB Travis Hunter: 11 catches, 119 yards, 1 INT

WR Jimmy Horn Jr.: 11 catches, 117 yards, 1 TD

CB Shilo Sanders: 9 tackles

Watch: Colorado Shocks #17 TCU (45-42) on the Road to Open Deion Sanders Era

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