Deion Sanders, Shedeur Trolled by CFB Fans as Colorado Fails to Become Bowl Eligible | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Colorado's season hit its nadir on Friday night with a 56-14 loss to Washington State in a game that also saw star quarterback Shedeur Sanders leave with an injury.

Sanders initially suffered what appeared to be an upper-body injury when he was strip-sacked in the first quarter. He missed one offensive series before returning to the game and throwing a 45-yard touchdown pass to Travis Hunter.

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SHEDEUR SANDERS TO TRAVIS HUNTER 😤<br><br>WHAT A PLAY FOR <a href="">@CUBuffsFootball</a> 🦬 <a href="">

That would be about as good as things got for the Buffaloes. Sanders was injured again two possessions later when he was tackled on a keeper. He remained on the ground for a brief period and appeared to be favoring his right arm.

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Ryan Staub enters for Sanders after an apparent injury <a href="">

Freshman Ryan Staub took over the offense for most of the game. He finished 5-of-14 for 56 yards. Gavin Kuld also saw playing time, but he only went 1-of-3 for 22 yards with one interception.

Head coach Deion Sanders' team has now lost seven of its past eight games after a 3-0 start. Friday's loss means the Buffaloes won't be bowl eligible for the third consecutive season.

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Colorado started 3-0 in non-conference.<br><br>They really seemed to be a Cinderella story in action.<br><br>Today, they are 4-7 and just got eliminated from bowl game contention.<br><br>What a disastrous finish to the season for the Buffaloes 😬 <a href="">

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"The 2023 Colorado Buffaloes from Weeks 1-3"<br><br> <a href="">

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Deion Sanders showing Colorado fans which bowl game they're going to <a href="">

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Me telling my kids what it was like when Coach Prime was 1-0 at Colorado and the greatest coach of all time…. <a href="">

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This is the type of hype Colorado was getting after starting 2-0 against TCU and Nebraska <a href="">

Bud Elliott @BudElliott3

Said it all year. <br><br>It's hard getting everyone's max effort when you're a bad team. <br><br>But that's what Colorado gets every week because of how much it talked to start the year. <br><br>Every opponent knows it'll be social media famous if they don't show up.

Things got so out of hand early in this game that Washington State fans, despite coming into Friday with the same record as Colorado, decided to break out "overrated" chants.

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'Overrated' chants break out from the Washington State student section <a href="">

The problems in this game are the same issues Colorado has had all season. The offensive line couldn't block anyone. The quarterbacks were running around constantly, trying to make something happen. The defense is completely overmatched against even average competition.

Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini

So Colorado ended up having the season most of us expected. <br><br>Get destroyed on the lines, Shedeur gets banged up, Buffs get everyone's best shot, won't be bowling in a tough P12. <br><br>Still a big improvement from last year, but the nature of the TCU game warped everything.

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Last year Colorado won just 1 conference game. With a win over #22 Utah next week, Colorado has an opportunity to DOUBLE that total in Deion Sanders' first season with the team.

Coach Prime told reporters after the game he wouldn't expect Shedeur to be shut down for the remainder of the season if his injury isn't serious, but they will discuss it at some point.

Expectations for Colorado were completely warped because of early wins against a TCU team that was ranked No. 17 to start the season, but was dramatically overrated based on its 4-6 record coming into this weekend.

This is still a successful first season for Sanders and his staff with the Buffaloes. They basically brought in a whole new roster of transfer players and led the program to three more wins than they had in all of 2022.

The next step for Deion will be recruiting and filling out the holes on his roster to make the team better in 2024.

Before putting a bow on 2023, though, the Buffaloes will wrap up the regular season on Nov. 25 against No. 16 Utah at Rice-Eccles Stadium.