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Deion Sanders, Colorado get roasted after dismal first half against Oregon
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Deion Sanders did not enjoy the first half of his first Pac-12 game.
On the road against No. 10 Oregon, Colorado went into the halftime break trailing 35-0. Oregon poured it on. The only time Colorado was able to stop the Oregon offense was a second-play interception on the Ducks’ fourth drive. Oregon scored touchdowns on its first three drives, and it scored touchdowns on the two drives after the pick.
Oregon outgained Colorado 378-21. Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was sacked four times. What was that Tyson quote? Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth? Colorado took more than a couple of shots to the face.
Sanders and his team were taking plenty of hits on social media as well. There were a handful of media members who took a more measured approach to the first half, but there were plenty of others who were just waiting to fire off jokes after Sanders and the Buffs opened the season 3-0.
Here’s some of the reaction:
Colorado’s defense been hitting that weight room pic.twitter.com/ZoVkctjY4s
— Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) September 23, 2023
Colorado isn’t going to compete with a legit team especially without their best player at this stage. 3-0 is still amazing considering where they were.
— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) September 23, 2023
colorado looks like how when you get in a fight and the other guy hits you that first time and it’s way harder than you were expecting and your brain goes “okay yeah no this was a bad idea”
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) September 23, 2023
"They’re fighting for clicks, we’re fighting for wins."
This might be why Oregon is currently taking a frying pan to Colorado's face. ???pic.twitter.com/qqN81Y44uR
— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) September 23, 2023
Colorado with Travis Hunter vs Colorado without Travis Hunter pic.twitter.com/jSJG1NCCW4
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) September 23, 2023
Most of us were very wrong about Colorado. Today is important because now the "Deion can win a national title here" crew can join the rest of us in recalibrating
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) September 23, 2023
Yes, Deion has done a lot talking … because he's great at it and he's trying to send a recruiting message that Colorado is THE PLACE TO BE. The Lannings of the world are SCARED TO DEATH of what Deion is building. So Lanning can take his shots now, while he can. But #HeComing.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 23, 2023
Deion when he plays a real team pic.twitter.com/6dK4WIcAUR
— John Ewing (@johnewing) September 23, 2023
Deion may need to call in a bigger gun than the Rock for the halftime speech.
This is ugly.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 23, 2023
Colorado fans realizing they arent a good team pic.twitter.com/jFWAEKBMaM
— Quez (@QuezIsGodly) September 23, 2023
You don't need to have a hot take about Oregon-Colorado. None of this is very surprising.
– Colorado has greatly improved
– Colorado was still a very flawed roster
– Oregon is several levels better in talent
– In the world of recruiting, Oregon wants to send a message— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) September 23, 2023
Everyone who bet on Colorado to beat Oregon because they “believed” pic.twitter.com/xhhghquhrB
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) September 23, 2023
Colorado’s defense trying to stop Oregon https://t.co/bnf7lBK9pk
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) September 23, 2023
Colorado punter right now pic.twitter.com/GMXQ2aMIis
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) September 23, 2023
Colorado is already ahead of schedule winning their first three games, but nobody should’ve realistically thought they had a shot at beating Oregon today or USC next week. You can root for Prime and still be real about the situation. Both things can be true.
— Mark Gunnels (@MarkAGunnels) September 23, 2023
Colorado defense in the first half: pic.twitter.com/DRK58G2Epj
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) September 23, 2023
The Colorado o-line trying to protect Shedeur from Oregon’s defense pic.twitter.com/LYnBWPvQdc
— Paulos (@yosephpaulos) September 23, 2023
Oregon: 28 points
Colorado: 23 total yards pic.twitter.com/VDdmhZ3TsU
— Barstool Colorado (@CUBarstool) September 23, 2023
Before folks overreact, I just want to make it very clear. The Colorado Buffaloes were never suppose to go undefeated and that’s completely fine
— The Hood Therapist (@OhhMar24) September 23, 2023
Dan Lanning when he saw Colorado on the schedule this week pic.twitter.com/TbLL0cp75R
— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) September 23, 2023
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