Colorado coach Deion Sanders confirmed internet suspicions this week that a call sheet of the Buffaloes' offensive plays were mistakenly dropped -- and later found -- prior to Saturday's loss to Texas Tech. The night before Colorado's loss to the Red Raiders, a fan on a Texas Tech message board claimed to have found the Buffaloes' game script at the bar inside the team hotel. The fan declined to share photos of the playbook on the message board last week, but images were later posted on social media before kickoff -- and they did seem to match Colorado's opening script.
Sanders addressed the speculation during Tuesday's press conference ahead of this weekend's bout with 11th-ranked Utah. 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)?
"We probably know a lot more than you think we do. 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." Coach Prime on Colorado’s opening script being leaked before the Texas Tech game: “That happens sometimes…I think we scored on the first drive so I guess it didn’t work” pic.twitter.com/dJBV40d7gN Mired in offensive disarray this season, Sanders is right -- the Buffaloes did go 75 yards in nine plays and scored a touchdown on their opening possession last week against Texas Tech.
That was Colorado's only points during a 29-7 loss. Pressed about the importance of the accidental leak, Sanders shut down more discussion on the subject. "I think if someone had left that, they left it, mistake," Sanders said.
"What are we going to do about it? 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?
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