Sanders addressed the viral play-sheet mishap and a special teams mix-up that left Colorado short-handed during the 29-3 defeat.
Deion Sanders finally broke his silence Tuesday on the play script that surfaced before Colorado's October 3 home loss to Texas Tech, a 29-3 defeat that came right after the Buffaloes' bye week. Asked whether the apparent leak of the offensive play sheet affected the outcome, Sanders was blunt: "It didn't work."
The leaked playbook wasn't the only oddity from that game. Colorado also committed a special teams blunder, sending out just eight players for a field goal block attempt, forcing a timeout, and then returning with only nine. Sanders explained the mix-up as a communication breakdown, saying someone misheard his instruction to "go block it" for the punt block as applying to the field goal block instead.
The explanations come after a week off gave Sanders time to address what he called "the elephant in the room." Colorado has faced criticism both for the leaked play sheet going viral and for the special teams confusion, but Sanders made clear he isn't treating either as a turning point in the loss.