Colorado head coach Deion Sanders didn’t mince words following his team’s ugly 53-7 loss to Utah on Saturday. “This is bad. It’s probably the worst beating I’ve ever had,” he told reporters .
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders didn’t mince words following his team’s ugly 53-7 loss to Utah on Saturday.
“This is bad. It’s probably the worst beating I’ve ever had,” he told reporters.
“… Four hundred and twenty-two yards rushing. You ain’t winning, Three hundred yards, you’re not winning, 250 you’re not winning. It’s not capable. Total offense, 140 yards, you’re not winning. They had 587 yards of total offense; you’re not winning with that. Special teams gave up a fake punt as well as a blocked punt; you’re not winning. So all three phases, we got our butts kicked.”
Sanders also gave credit to Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham and said, “I got a lot of respect for coach Whittingham, and he kicked my butt today. It was one-on-one with me and him, and he won by a significant margin. Love him, appreciate him. Love his endurance, his longevity. The attitude of his team resembles the attitude that he has for himself.”
As Sanders explained, there was no silver lining in defeat for Colorado to point to if it was looking for optimism moving forward.
The defense gave up 422 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground at a head-turning 15 yards per carry.
And the offense didn’t score until the fourth quarter when the game was already well in hand and managed an astounding minus-18 total yards at halftime. The Utes built a 43-0 lead by intermission as a result and were able to put things on cruise control the rest of the way like they were playing an FCS team in early September.
Quarterback Kaidon Salter started for the Buffaloes and went 9-of-22 for 37 yards, zero touchdown and one interception. Ryan Staub wasn’t significantly better in relief at 4-of-8 for 65 yards, zero touchdowns and zero interceptions, although he scored the team’s only touchdown using his legs.
He was also facing a Utah defense playing with much less urgency in the fourth quarter of a blowout win.
Sanders put Colorado back on the national map when he took over prior to the 2023 campaign and led it to a 9-4 record and Alamo Bowl appearance last season. It was the program’s second-most wins since the 2002 season and seemed to indicate the Buffaloes were turning the corner moving forward.
However, there hasn’t been much consistency in 2025 with Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders no longer on the roster.
Colorado is 3-5 and facing an uphill battle just to reach a bowl game, especially after Saturday’s blowout loss.
Source: Utah News