Paul Finebaum: Colorado had one of the 'great' days in modern college football history in Week 1
In one of the great days in modern college football history, Deion Sanders and Colorado stunned the sport, so says Paul Finebaum.
The ESPN commentator took a look at that game, a magnificent performance all around from the Buffaloes’ squad, and said it was the peak of Sanders. “Coach Prime” pushed all of the right buttons all offseason long and it paid off with an upset victory over TCU.
Finebaum tried to quantify what it meant for the sport after Sanders proved the doubters wrong.
“For Colorado, they have another opportunity this week against a once-big-name school,” Finebaum said on McElroy and Cubelic. “But really, I don’t know Deion Sanders has to do another thing all year because that’s the biggest game he will likely play, unless they keep winning and then you’ve got some games in the middle to the end of the season that are showcases.
“I think they’ll have good and bad days. But that was one of the great days in modern college football history. To see literally a dream, a fantasy story come true.”
Regardless of how the rest of the season goes for Colorado, this was a moment for the ages for Sanders and his team. It seems like only he and his crew saw this coming amid a lot of doubters throughout the sport.
Well, he kept receipts and plans on using them this fall. When asked about expectations on the FOX broadcast postgame, Sanders responded firmly.
“We told you we coming,” Sanders said. “We told you we coming. You thought we was joking. Guess what? We keep receipts. God bless you America. God is good.”
In a back and forth affair, it looked like TCU would get the last laugh with their response to Colorado’s punches. However, Sanders’ crew proved strong.
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“There were some big plays throughout the game and all we kept teaching was just getting one stop,” Sanders said. “But what about the offense? How did they respond? How do these guys respond? I don’t know how many snaps (Travis Hunter) played, but we’ll put a hot tub on the plane for him to make sure he’s straight.”
Shedeur Sanders finished 38-of-47 passing for 510 yards (a school record) and four touchdown passes. Edwards had six carries for 24 yards and a touchdown but caught five passes for 135 yards and three touchdowns.
Hunter already started his Heisman campaign under Deion Sanders. He caught 11 passes for 119 yards, had three tackles, an interception and a pass deflection.