Colorado stars, including Shedeur Sanders, ‘listened’ to Jay Norvell shot

The stars of the surprisingly (to some) 2-0 Colorado football program, most notably quarterback Shedeur Sanders, definitely “listened” to what Jay Norvell had to say about Coach Prime — notably that he didn’t act like an adult by wearing hats and sunglasses — according to CBS Sports’ Will Backus.

“Colorado’s players — especially Deion’s son and star quarterback Shedeur Sanders — have shown that they do listen to all the talk surrounding games,” Backus prefaced before saying, “In fact, the younger Sanders took aim at Nebraska coach Matt Rhule after the Buffaloes’ Week 2 win for an apparent slight at Deion.” What Backus was referring to was Shedeur’s scolding of Matt Rhule’s February comments about how to build a program and his team’s faux prayer on the Buffs logo at midfield before the game.

“The coach said a lot of things about my Pops, about the program,” Sanders said. “But now that he wants to act nice? I don’t respect that because you’re hating on another man. You shouldn’t do that. It was just — all respect was gone for them and their program. I like playing against their DC. I like playing against them. But the respect level, it ain’t there because you disrespected us first.”

Colorado football by 50 starts trending after Jay Norvell’s comments

Oh Jay, why did you have to say that?

There’s no going back now for the Rams head coach, who just sent his guys into Folsom Field as live targets. Nebraska got throttled by three scores after Rhule poked the Buff, and Norvell has now done the same thing. Sonny Dykes had nothing but respect for Coach Prime, even pointing out the scouting advantage CU had due to their roster turnover.

The Rocky Mountain Showdown may have actually just lost some watch-ability since a lack of motivation from Colorado was the only thing saving the Rams on September 16.