Deion Sanders calls for coaching staff to respond after blowout loss

Deion Sanders wants not only his players to get back on the horse, but his Colorado coaches to respond after the blowout loss to Oregon.

Losing 42-6 was eye opening for the program. After a 3-0 start, the Buffaloes were shallacked on the road in Eugene.

But now, Sanders is putting it in his and the staff’s hands to get it right with USC on deck.

“I want to see the coaches respond first,” Sanders said. “That’s the thing. I know that leaders are handling a lot, but I want to see how the coaches respond first and the coaches, they have been responding they’ve taken it upon themselves as making the necessary changes.

“Scheming a little differently because you got to understand that there are four games of film on us right now to really predicate what we’re going to do and where we are.”

Sanders said the scouting report was “tremendous” this week.

“That opened a lot of eyes, I think the theme of the scouting report, what was it, what was the Scripture,” Sanders said. “Yeah, it’s the truth that shall set you free. And we wanted to really give them the truth about some matters going on around here. So prayerfully they’d be free to do and they’re capable of doing a tremendous job.”

With the way USC plays, this could be a shootout when Colorado plays host Saturday.

Through four games, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders has 1,410 yards, 11 touchdowns, 1 interception and a 76.9% completion percentage.

On the flip side, reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams has 1,200 yards, 15 touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 74.3% completion percentage.

There’s no trash talk, at least yet, just respect between the two coaches. Lincoln Riley was really impressed with Sanders and his coaches.

“Yeah, he’s playing really well,” Riley said of Shedeur Sanders to start on Trojans Live. “You know, he’s a really good player. They’ve done a nice job with their scheme, they’ve done a nice job surrounding him with some really good weapons and he’s really just a terrific distributor, you know, and that gets those skill guys the ball and they do it in a lot of very efficient and creative ways. And so he’s largely played very, very well this season.”

The work of Deion Sanders is hard to ignore. The Buffaloes went 1-11 last season and are already 3-1 through four games in 2023. Plus, Colorado was ranked No. 19 going into Week 4.

“The improvement’s drastic, you know, you got to give their staff a lot of credit,” Riley said. “You got to give all the different players that came in there a lot of credit. We kind of know how that feels. Right?”