Keyshawn Johnson believes other coaches helped Oregon gameplan for Colorado

Keyshawn Johnson is searching for answers to explain Oregon’s wallopping of Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes over the weekend.

The best story in college football is still a remarkable one, but it took a hit in Eugene on Saturday. The Ducks defeated Colorado by a score of 42-6, a drubbing that many expected, and some hoped wouldn’t come to fruition. 

Nevertheless, Sanders and the Buffaloes handled their loss with grace, and will prepare for the USC Trojans this weekend. As for Johnson, he’s leveling a fascinating accusation against Dan Lanning and the Oregon staff, claiming other coaches helped the Ducks prepare throughout the week to defeat Colorado.

“This is his (Deion Sanders) first year at the Power Five level. This is his first year. They’re 3-1. We can’t sit up here and act like it’s all doomed. It’s over with. They’ll never win another game. That’s not true. They played against an Oregon team that is better. A better football team,” Johnson said, via Undisputed. “You (Skip Bayless) were talking about the jealousy in these coaches, in Deion and the way these guys got here. It’s interesting you said that. I didn’t want to interrupt you, I wanted to let you finish.

“So I spoke to somebody in the coaching fraternity right after the game. They know some people that coach at Oregon. They was telling me, they said, ‘Man, I’ve never heard from another assistant coach of how much information was being given to that staff about,’ — I’m just, I’m just being real with it — ‘about game-planning against Colorado, so they can beat them.’ Everybody was stacked. That’s the reality. I ain’t making this up. I ain’t going to disclose no names, but y’all know who I’m talking about, if y’all was watching. You know.”

Evidently, Johnson is alluding to some sort of collusion against Sanders and the success of the Buffaloes, believing that Oregon needed some outside help to accomplish their victory over Colorado.

While the Buffaloes have been impressive, they were still three touchdown underdogs at the start of Saturday’s game, and Oregon is considered by many to be a national title contender. To say that the Ducks needed the help of outsiders to defeat Sanders’ squad severely diminishes what Oregon has accomplished under Lanning, who’s in just his second season with the program.

Time will tell how Colorado fares against USC this weekend, but it’ll be fascinating to hear what Keyshawn Johnson has to say if his alma mater defeats the Buffaloes in a similar fashion come Saturday.