The battle fought before a completely sold-out Folsom Field on a chilly Friday night recorded two extremes in college football history. While one team celebrated their biggest comeback to date, the other was shocked with their inability to pull through a match that could have been their blowout victory. Despite holding a commanding 29-0 halftime lead, Deion Sanders’ Colorado team suffered a heart-wrenching 46-43 double-overtime defeat in front of a capacity crowd at Folsom Field. Stanford mounted an extraordinary comeback to claim the victory.

Coach Prime displayed visible frustration and openly expressed his disbelief and extreme discomfort. It wasn’t just the loss that bothered him, but the manner in which his team surrendered. He was quick to identify the real devil lurking in the dark and called it out via his iconic monologue in the locker room. 

“You are your own responsibility” Coach Prime addresses the devil 

The devil that plagues the team is complacency. “You count on somebody else to make it happen for you,” says the coach, referring to the drive that he feels is missing in the team’s performance. He urged his players to implore and understand if they were in love with the game or “in like” with it. “Because when you love something, you give to it unconditionally. You give everything you’ve got to, but when you like it, that’s just the button you push,” he explained. Complacency becomes hard for the coach to bear with since he loves the game 100% and gives it his all, “And it’s hard for me because I love this.”

He urged his players to match him, “Just match my passion, match my heart, match my love, match my consistency, just match my mannerisms, just match every darn thing I give to this game,” said the two-sport legend who is disheartened at the lack of drive in his players. In Colorado’s match against Stanford, the Buffaloes blundered brutally, including the Coaches’s son and star quarterback, Shedeur. However, his approach to moving on from a grave loss does not bode well with many.

Shedeur compares himself to another American legend

“I just threw it up,” admitted the young athlete in the post-match interview, “That was just a dumb play.” Referring to the interception he threw, which concluded Colorado’s second overtime drive on a third-and-goal from the 2-yard line. It only took Stanford to execute three plays, leading to kicker Joshua Karty’s game-winning field goal. Coach and father, Deion Sanders acknowledged the same, “He should have never thrown the ball.” 

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However, when one reporter compared his efforts and contributions to the team and community to that of NBA legend Michael Jordan, who too faced “setbacks” on his way to success, he replied with a smug, “For sure, I appreciate it…I feel the same way.” Though his contribution to the team and his personal performance have been phenomenal, his claim to the status of a legend is still a long way to go. Do you feel Shedeur will achieve the heights of an icon in the future? Let us know in the comments below.

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