Deion Sanders Taking Heat After Fans Accuse Of Him Stat-Padding For Shedeur Sanders
By Max Weisman
Shedeur Sanders had a great bounce-back game. After throwing for 244 yards, one touchdown and one interception in Colorado's 28-10 loss to rival Nebraska, Sanders went off on another of Colorado's rivals, Colorado State.
Saturday night in a 28-9 win at Colorado State, Sanders went 36-for-49 with 310 yards and four touchdowns, two to Travis Hunter, and two to LaJohntay Wester.
Following the game, though, Colorado coach and Sheduer's father Deion Sanders was accused of stat-padding for his quarterback, leaving his first team offense on the field in a game that was already decided.
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Sanders defended his decision in his postgame press conference.
Coach Prime was asked if the first team offense playing late was “personal”.
— Jake Schwanitz (@JakeDNVR) September 15, 2024
“No. We wanted to score, the game is about scoring isn’t it? As long as the other team is trying to score we’re trying to score.”
"We wanted to score," Sanders said. "The game is about scoring isn't it? As long as the other team is trying to score we're trying to score."
Fans noticed Sanders was still out on the field late in the fourth quarter, and called out Colorado's coach.
Someone tell Prime to just end the game. Stop padding (or trying to) Shedeur’s stats.
— Terry Kelly (@kellytm) September 15, 2024
Up 3 scores with 3 minutes left in the 4Q, shedeur is still stat padding with travis hunter on deep routes…
— Chugs (@ChugDeezNutz) September 15, 2024
This is why the Heisman committee won’t take these opportunists seriously, not cause their coach is deion
The Buffs ran 13 combined plays on their final two drives of the game and eight of them were passing plays. Another two passing plays by Colorado were wiped out by penalties. Normally, teams run the ball to run the clock out and end the game, but Colorado was still throwing the ball, drawing stat-padding accusations on social media.
Colorado's win gives them a seven game winning streak in the rivalry known as the Rocky Mountain Showdown. They now enter their conference schedule, hosting Baylor next Saturday.
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