Canada's Elic Ayomanor helps spark huge Stanford comeback over Deion Sanders-coached Colorado
Deion Sanders had an uneasy feeling, even up 29-0 at halftime. Maybe not the worst collapse in Colorado history about to unfold uneasy, but uneasy anyway.
Stanford coach Troy Taylor didn't really change a thing, just watched as the Cardinal steadily staged the largest comeback in school history.
In a late-night thriller — the game started on Friday the 13th and finished on Saturday the 14th ion Boulder, Colo.— this is a game that will be etched in the history of both programs.
Joshua Karty connected on a 31-yard field goal in the second overtime after tying the game in regulation, Canada's Elic Ayomanor had a school-record 294 yards receiving and Stanford rallied for a 46-43 victory over Colorado early Saturday.
"It's a special game for these guys to be down 29-nothing against a really good football team and just not quit," Taylor said. "We'll enjoy this one."
Not so for the Buffaloes, who were reeling from the largest blown lead in school history. The old mark was 28, set at Kansas on Nov. 6, 2010.
Sanders sensed something was amiss, too. Just a little bit of complacency creeping in.
"I talked to them about the old cliche people say — it's 0-0 but that's not true. It's not 0-0, it's 29-nothing," the Colorado coach said. "I felt complacency going into the half because we stalled offensively, gave up some yardage as well. Just didn't like how I felt going in at halftime. We come back out and here comes complacency. Here comes that team that I can't stand, that you can't stand it. You can't understand how in the world that happens to us. But it did."
Stanford safety Alaka'i Gilman picked off a floating Shedeur Sanders pass in the end zone to set the stage in the second OT for Karty, who also drilled a 46-yarder with no