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The Colorado Buffaloes marching band is not allowed to play the school’s fight song after Shedeur Sanders touchdowns, and it has Deion Sanders to thank.
That anecdote comes from Jake Shapiro of Denver radio station 104.3 The Fan.
“Deion Sanders told the band they couldn’t play if his son Shedeur Sanders scores a touchdown so that the loudspeaker can play a recording of his son’s song ‘Perfect Timing,'” Shapiro reported after Colorado’s blowout loss to Nebraska.
Colorado fell to the Huskers, 28-10, in Lincoln on Saturday night. The Buffs trailed 14-0 after the first quarter and 28-0 to half. Despite a much better second half showing, they were never actually in the game.
Shedeur Sanders, meanwhile, finished the night 23-of-38 for 244 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He then blamed his offensive line for the miserable showing.
Deion took a different approach. He called out his son for an early pick six and then praised his team for the way it competed in the second half.
“Tough game for us. Starting out, felt good about matchups and what we brought to the table. After the Shedeur pick six, we were trying to play catch up,” he said. “Overall, certainly not happy with the outcome. Positive things, the way we competed in the second half. We gotta do a better job offensively in protection and trying to establish a run game and be consistent with that.”
Colorado’s loss to Nebraska was the culmination of everything that fans and media members said could go wrong for the Buffaloes.
They couldn’t block. They couldn’t run the ball, and they did little to affect Nebraska freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola, who was making just his second-career star.
Deion isn’t the only person trying to phase out college bands, however. Florida State dealt with a similar controversy recently when it tried to stop its band from playing the famed “War Chant” on third downs.
Though at least the Noles didn’t try to replace it with a rap song made by the coach’s son.