Deion Sanders has stars in Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter - ESPN

FORT WORTH, Texas — On the first weekend of the 2023 season, hype gave way to history.

Deion Sanders arrived in Texas with 86 new Colorado players — an unprecedented remodel — and took down No. 17 TCU 45-42 in the Horned Frogs' first game since a College Football Playoff National Championship game appearance.

The Buffaloes were a 21-point underdog, giving Coach Prime the first win by an underdog of more than 20 points in his full-time FBS coaching debut since the 1978 FBS/FCS split.

«We're going to continuously be questioned because we do things that have never been done,» Deion Sanders said. «We do things that have never been done and that makes people uncomfortable.»

The cornerstone stars of Sanders' transfer congregation — Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter, who both came with him from Jackson State — definitely made the Horned Frogs uncomfortable. Along the way, they erased years of futility for Colorado in just one game:

• Shedeur Sanders completed 38 of 47 passes for 510 yards, the most passing yards by a player in his FBS debut over the past 25 years, while also becoming the first Colorado quarterback ever to top the 500-yard mark. He threw more touchdowns Saturday (4) than Colorado did in six road games last season (3). Over the past three years, Colorado had been one of three Power 5 teams without a 300-yard passer.

• Hunter played 129 snaps and became the first Division I player in the past 20 seasons to have 100 receiving yards (he finished with 119 on 11 catches) and an interception in the same game. He also had three tackles and a pass breakup.

«We had some guys that singled themselves out with their playing and their playing ability,» Deion Sanders said. «A lot of guys you doubted — one of them from an HBCU