Deion Sanders isn’t making much of Colorado’s alleged play-call leak before the Buffaloes’ loss to Texas Tech.
During Tuesday’s press conference ahead of this weekend’s matchup with No. 11 Utah, Sanders confirmed the internet chatter around a Colorado script that was reportedly found and later surfaced on social media before kickoff. But he made clear he wasn’t losing sleep over it.
“A whole playbook? Somebody left a whole playbook, or was it a script of several plays?
I don't think we even have a whole playbook," Sanders said. "I think week to week they get a script.
I thought we scored the first drive, so what's the purpose of the question? Why would we (look into that)?
The game's over.
"We probably know a lot more than you think we do. That happens sometimes.
I've heard of that on the pro level as well as the collegiate level. But we scored on the first drive, so I guess it didn't work."
The speculation started the night before Colorado’s game against Texas Tech, when a fan on a Texas Tech message board said they had found the Buffaloes’ game script at the bar inside the team hotel. The poster didn’t share photos on the board at the time, but images later appeared on social media before the game and appeared to match Colorado’s opening script.
And that opening script did produce points. Colorado marched 75 yards in nine plays and scored a touchdown on its first possession against the Red Raiders.
That was about as good as it got. The Buffaloes managed only that touchdown in a 29-7 loss.
Sanders wasn’t interested in turning the leak into a bigger story.
"I think if someone had left that, they left it, mistake," Sanders said. "What are we going to do about it?
It's over. Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go.
We could have the opposing team's first 10-15 plays, but we still have to stop it. When you get something like that, do you really trust it as a coach?
Was it a dummy script or was that real? That's what you're thinking as a coach."
The idea of a decoy script isn’t far-fetched. The source material pointed to examples of teams using fake information to throw off opponents, including Mike Leach famously leaving a fake playbook in the trash can ahead of the Red River Rivalry against Texas when he was an offensive coordinator at Oklahoma.
Colorado’s offense, meanwhile, is still searching for answers. The Buffaloes are turning back to Isaac Wilson as the starter for Saturday’s game against unbeaten Utah.
Wilson transferred from the Utes this offseason and opened the year as Julian Lewis’ backup. He then earned first-team reps after impressing Sanders and the Colorado staff during a Week 4 loss at Baylor.
Last week against Texas Tech, Wilson threw for 290 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.
"Isaac's always up to the task," Sanders said. "Isaac is the same Isaac, man.
He don't flinch. He don't place blame.
He is what he is."
Through Week 7, Colorado sits 14th in the Big 12 in total offense, last in scoring offense and last in turnover margin at minus-6.
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