Shedeur Sanders throws TD pass to Dylan Edwards for Colorado 7-0 lead over TCU
Colorado took an early 7-0 lead over No. 17 TCU with a touchdown pass from Shedeur Sanders to Dylan Edwards in the first quarter.
That came on the heels of Colorado forcing a three-and-out on the Horned Frogs’ opening drive. The BUffaloes opened the game as a three touchdown underdog to last year’s runner ups.
The first touchdown in the Deion Sanders era at Colorado can be seen below.
ESPN’s Chris Fowler chimed in while watching the game and seeing Colorado take the early lead.
“Um. I could not have envisioned @CUBuffsFootball start to Coach Prime era like this: Force 3/out. then drive efficiently for a TD at TCU. Superb plan, Execution off the charts. I KNOW IT IS VERY EARLY! but wow, this is different,” Fowler wrote on Twitter.
As TCU drove down the field on the ensuing drive, Trevor Woods nabbed an interception in the end zone to give Colorado the ball back.
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Deion Sanders explains why he had no nerves for Colorado-TCU matchup
Coach Prime deflected any pressure that he might feel, knowing the big moments he’s been in throughout his career as an athlete. He wanted to talk about his players and how excited he was for them to maximize their opportunity against TCU.
So essentially, there are no nerves. It’s just football.
“I know it may seem like it but it’s not about me,” Sanders said this week. “And you talking about a big state. I think I played the Super Bowl and World Series. I’m good. I’m good. It was great. This is about the kids, man. I want them to go out there and maximize the moment and take advantage of the exposure in the light that they have and I feel like they will, 100%.”
If Colorado is to upset TCU in Week 1, the Buffaloes have to play fundamentally sound and do it better than the Horned Frogs, something Sanders complimented. Sanders doesn’t want any self-inflicted mistakes to cost Colorado a football game.
“I don’t know what too tight or too loose means really,” Sanders said. “But foolishness means jumping offsides, stupid stuff, just to stop the self-inflicted type of wounds that teams deal with. Practice wise man, these guys have been going after it and I’m proud of them. They’ve been working their butts off and they’ve kind of challenging one another …
“(They were) telling me what they need to do to be dominant in his game. And everything they said we wrote on the board and we said okay, now go out there and practice and do it. Don’t wait until Saturday to do it. Do it now. So I’m happy with our young men. I really am.”