BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders has turned the page on a playbook that was reportedly lost and dismissed any kind of bearing it could have had on a loss to Texas Tech.
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it → turn → Tech
The Colorado coach minimized the incident in which pages of his team’s game plan were supposedly left behind at the hotel where the Buffaloes stay before home games.
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Buffaloes → minimize → games
It was posted on a Red Raider Sports message board before the Buffaloes lost 29-7 to No. 10 Texas Tech on Oct. 3 and gained traction on social media in the aftermath.
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Buffaloes → post → aftermath
There won’t be any further digging into what may or may not have transpired, Sanders said Tuesday.
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Sanders → transpire → ?
It’s over.
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Game’s over,” Sanders said as his team prepares to play No. 11 Utah (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) on Saturday night at Folsom Field.
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team → ’ → Field
“We probably know a lot more you think we do.
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we → know → more
“That happens sometimes,” Sanders said.
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“I’ve seen that, heard of that on the pro level as well as the collegiate level.
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But I think we scored on the first drive, so I guess it didn’t work.”
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it → think → drive
Colorado (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) did indeed score on a nine-play, 75-yard drive to open the game.
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Colorado → score → game
The Red Raiders responded, however, with 29 straight points.
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Raiders → respond → points
“If someone had left that, they left it.
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Mistake,” Sanders said.
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“What are we going to do about it?
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It’s over.
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Let’s go.
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Let’s go.
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Let’s go.
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“We could have the opposing team’s first 10 or 15 plays, and you still got to go stop it.”
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Plus, Sanders maintained, there’s a decision of whether to trust the credibility of the play script in the first place.
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Sanders → maintain → place
“As an opposing coach, if somebody called us and said, ‘Hey, Utah left the play script of the first 20 plays,’ I wouldn’t believe that,” Sanders said.
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And then you’ve got to match it up and then they score on the first drive?
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“I don’t major on the minors, man.
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I try to major on the major.”
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Sanders will roll with quarterback Isaac Wilson against Utah
More pressing for Sanders is fixing the offense.
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pressing → roll → offense
The Buffaloes are averaging 18.6 points a game — last in the conference — under offensive coordinator Brennan Marion and his “Go-Go” system.
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Buffaloes → average → Marion
Sanders is sticking with quarterback Isaac Wilson, who will face his former team on Saturday.
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who → stick → Saturday
Sanders recounted a story of riding the elevator with Wilson the other day and just as Wilson was about to step out
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, Sanders offered him some friendly advice.
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“I said, ‘Isaac, make sure you throw the ball to the guys on our team,’” Sanders cracked.
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It was a little playful banter after Wilson threw three interceptions, including a pick-6, against the Red Raiders.
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It’s just the nature of their relationship.
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“He ain’t taking that to heart,” said Sanders, whose team is on a three-game skid.
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team → take → skid
“We can get down like that.
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When he does something, he’ll be like, ‘Yeah, what have you got to say now?’
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“That’s how Isaac gets down with me: ‘What do you have to say about that, coach?
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What do you got?’
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So that’s how he is.”
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Sanders pushed back on the idea that special teams needs any sort of overhaul.
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