Shedeur Sanders, Colorado Buffaloes dominate Utah Utes 49-24 - ESPN

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders watched his Colorado offense put up 49 points on the top scoring defense in the Big 12 on Saturday, but he isn't satisfied. The coach expects dominance in all three phases of the game.

The Buffaloes outplayed Utah in two out of three phases and eventually got rolling on offense in a 49-24 victory, extending their win streak to four games and ensuring they'll remain in the Big 12 championship race the rest of the way. Afterward, Sanders delivered a critique that sounded a little more like a warning.

«We haven't even put it all together yet,» Sanders said. «Like, we haven't even played our best game. That should be, in itself, scary. Like, man, when I said we comin', we still comin'. We never stopped comin'. We are comin'. And we ain't nearly there yet.»

Colorado (8-2, 6-1) got a strong start from its defense, which held the Utes (4-6, 1-6) to 83 yards on 33 plays in the first half, and a 76-yard punt return touchdown from receiver LaJohntay Wester to help make up for a bumpy start on offense. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders was intercepted on his first pass of the day and later fumbled away a snap for another turnover.

It may not have been the Buffaloes' finest performance of the season, but it was a 25-point win over the preseason Big 12 frontrunner, snapping a seven-game losing streak against a program whose last win at Folsom Field came by a score of 63-21.

«I think that speaks a lot about the program and where we are,» Deion Sanders said. «We've got to tighten some things up and get some things together, but you see we're trending in the right direction.

»We started off rough. That wasn't indicative to who Shedeur is, and I thought he was kind of OK all game long. Then I look at the stats