The Colorado Buffaloes were once the darlings of the 2023 NCAA college football season.
The Buffs were 3-0 but signs could be seen that the team was very beatable and that’s exactly what opposing teams keep doing. Colorado lost its fifth straight game on Friday night, this time a 56–14 blowout at Washington State, dropping the Buffaloes to 4–7 on the year.
What started out as a promising year now means Colorado cannot become bowl-eligible despite starting the season 3–0.
Sanders is not used to this as he went 23–3 in two seasons at Jackson State following a Hall of Fame NFL career. After the loss to Washington State, Sanders admitted how difficult this losing streak has been for him.
“I’m sorry, my head is throbbing right now,” Sanders said.
“This is the toughest stretch of probably my life.”
Sanders said that an illness had been going around the team but that had nothing to do with the way Colorado performed.
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“They kicked our butts with or without that,” Sanders said.
Washington State led 42-7 at halftime as QB Shedeur Sanders left the game in the first half due to an injury. The team got outscored 42–7 before intermission.
Sanders credited his team for listening to him at halftime and continuing to play hard despite the large deficit.
“I challenged them to go out there and stand up for themselves, for their family, for the name on the front and the name on the back,” Sanders said. “I challenged them to stand up for that, and they responded. They didn’t lay down. They went out there and fought, so I’m proud of them. I really am.”
Colorado is now 1–7 in conference play.
The team will wrap up its season at No. 22 Utah next Saturday.
