The primary sport of Yr 3 of the Deion Sanders period at Colorado ended abruptly when he elected to not use his remaining two timeouts on his workforce’s last drive throughout a 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech.
After Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King scored a go-ahead 45-yard speeding landing with 1:07 remaining to place the Yellow Jackets up seven, Colorado acquired the ball again — with two timeouts — with an opportunity to probably ship the sport to additional time. As a substitute, Colorado’s offense managed to go simply 25 yards on six performs, and a Hail Mary try by quarterback Kaidon Salter on the ultimate play of the sport fell incomplete.
After the loss, Sanders defended the choice to not use his timeouts, stating that it “did not make sense” to name them with how the ultimate drive performed out. 4 days later, Sanders doubled down on that call.
“Let’s simply get the cat out of the bag,” Sanders mentioned Tuesday. “First down, we throw a lateral cross and lose 4 or 5 yards, do you name a timeout there? No, you do not name a timeout there. You need to go. You are working tempo, proper? The subsequent play, you acquire 14 yards or no matter and it is third-and-1, do you name a timeout there? Third-and-1, you get the primary down, the clock stops, appropriate? … When was the time to name a timeout? I am simply getting the elephant out of the room.”
Why Deion Sanders opted to not use timeouts in last minute of Colorado’s Week 1 loss to Georgia Tech
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On that last drive, Colorado offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur referred to as back-to-back passing performs that ran 39 seconds off the sport clock earlier than the Buffaloes confronted a third-and-1 at their very own 34-yard line with 28 seconds left. Salter hurried to the road and not using a huddle and picked up a primary down with a scramble out of bounds that picked up 5 yards however wasted an extra 10 seconds off the clock within the course of.
“Every little thing has its function, man. Typically it simply does not go prefer it’s alleged to go,” Sanders mentioned. “We are attempting to repair what was damaged final week and we’re on to this week. We’re not there, final week. We’re previous that.”
Colorado acquired off to a sizzling begin towards Georgia Tech by forcing three turnovers on the primary three offensive possessions. After that, Georgia Tech settled right into a groove on offense and amassed 463 yards of complete offense, together with 320 on the bottom, in an exhilarating Week 1 victory.
The Buffaloes face Delaware on Saturday, and the offense may look totally different in that sport. Sanders already indicated that freshman sign caller Julian Lewis, one of many prized members of Colorado’s 2025 recruiting class, will play in some capability towards the Blue Hens this weekend.
