Deion Sanders just doubled down on his horrendous clock management error in Week 1

A reporter gave Deion Sanders an opportunity on Tuesday to clarify the comments he made in the postgame of Colorado's season-opening loss to Georgia Tech, where he defended obviously poor clock management.

It was Coach Prime's chance to walk-back the comments he made in the heat of the moment. He could have easily said "my bad." He could have admitted he made a mistake and wishes he had that time back because those timeouts he took home with from Folsom Field on Friday night did nothing for him.

If you need a refresher on the situation: Colorado trailed 27-20 with 1:07 on the clock following Georgia Tech's go-ahead touchdown. In that time frame, the Buffs managed only six plays. The most egregious error of the entire sequence was on a 2nd-and-12 at their own 23. The ball is snapped with just under 50 seconds to play. Kaidon Salter completes an 11-yard pass to Hykeem Williams, who comes up one yard short of the first down.

The next snap didn't occur until there were only 28 seconds left on the clock. Sanders defended that in the post-game and again on Tuesday by stating you don't take a timeout on a 3rd-and-1 play because you only need one yard for a first down, and then the clock stops anyway. But guess what? The clock wasn't stopped in between that time, and it bled and bled.

The fact remains that Colorado ended the game with two timeouts it didn't take, and the last play of the game was a 1st-and-10 at midfield. That's not acceptable. The Buffs should have gotten at least a couple more snaps of the football with a chance to put it into the endzone and tie the game.

It's completely baffling that Coach Prime still can't see that. You can watch his comments for yourself:

Deion Sanders can't own up to his own mistakes

A lot of good has come from Coach Prime's confidence and belief in himself. He has completely revitalized a dormant program in Boulder, turning it from a laughingstock into a legitimate Big 12 contender in a short period of time.

Colorado fans are thankful he's the team's football coach. But that doesn't make him above reproach, either. His clock management error directly cost his football team an opportunity at the end of the game. As a coach, you're responsibility is to put your team in the best position to win games. He didn't do that last week. Worse, he can't seem to understand how he didn't do that.

When the situation arises again, I wouldn't expect anything different. From a clock management statement, or an accountability standpoint.