Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders discusses a 42-6 loss to the Oregon Ducks.
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00:00 First and foremost, thank the Lord for
00:05 allowing all this to transpire.
00:10 It's a good old fashioned buck kicking.
00:12 No excuses, no nothing.
00:15 Their coaches did a heck of a job preparing their team.
00:18 Obviously we didn't.
00:19 That was good.
00:22 That was a really good old fashioned buck kicking.
00:27 We went into the game wanting to dominate several,
00:29 wanting to dominate several phases.
00:32 We lost offensively, defensively, as well as special teams.
00:34 That fake punt kind of got them really rolling and
00:39 they didn't stop ever since they secured that first down.
00:44 Well coached team, Bo Nix played his butt off.
00:47 Defensively, they presented some things that I guess we just couldn't get around.
00:50 We couldn't advance the ball rushing or throwing the ball as well.
00:55 Seemed like they had our number.
00:56 But hats off to their coaching staff, to their head coach.
00:59 Great job and they're truly prepared.
01:00 >> How are you doing, Eric?
01:06 >> I'm doing well, how are you?
01:07 >> Excellent.
01:08 >> With the good old fashioned buck kicking like that,
01:11 is there anything you can really learn and take from it?
01:14 Or is it really easier just to kind of wipe the slate clean?
01:17 >> No, you can't wipe the slate clean.
01:18 You gotta watch the film and evaluate.
01:20 I'll do that on a plane, but I saw a lot of it live.
01:23 Just players that went in position that didn't do the job that we expected.
01:28 You evaluate players, you evaluate coaches, you evaluate everything.
01:32 When it's a game of that nature and
01:34 you had no opportunity to win period from the kickoff on.
01:37 >> [INAUDIBLE]
01:41 >> Yes, sir.
01:41 >> [INAUDIBLE]
01:43 >> Yeah.
01:43 >> Something like this, maybe hammer home that message to players and
01:46 say see what happened when you don't do it.
01:47 >> No, you don't need to hammer home a player.
01:49 Our player knows, I mean, he could fool himself and
01:52 trick himself, but when he looks at the mirror, he knows what he's looking at.
01:56 Something like this is, I'm not gonna say, people around the country would say,
02:00 this is what they needed to humble themselves.
02:01 We wasn't arrogant or whatever, we're confident people.
02:05 If our confidence offends your insecurity, that's a problem with you, it's not us.
02:09 We expect to do well, we expect to play well,
02:11 we expect to win every game we step out there.
02:13 We expect to practice to perfection and go out there and
02:16 execute the things that we practice.
02:18 We just didn't do it today.
02:20 But it's not something that was needed.
02:22 It's just like saying you get in a car wreck or something.
02:25 He needed that to slow him down.
02:26 You don't need that.
02:27 That's just stupid.
02:28 It's just something that happened and they got the best of us today.
02:30 That's just it.
02:31 >> Coach, it seemed like Oregon was doing things you were prepared for.
02:36 >> No, no, no, it's not like we were being tricked.
02:40 We knew everything was coming.
02:42 Even at one of the TV timeout, we were saying, they're gonna take a shot.
02:47 They're gonna take a shot, they took a shot, scored a touchdown.
02:49 I mean, sometimes your message just don't translate.
02:54 You gotta really get on the same page as the youngsters is out there playing.
03:01 >> [INAUDIBLE]
03:07 >> No, definitely not.
03:08 If we had a talent gap, we wouldn't be three and one right now.
03:11 And it's not a talent gap.
03:12 You just got your butt kicked.
03:14 It just happens sometimes.
03:15 It's just like a fighter.
03:17 You just got caught.
03:18 It happens.
03:19 It's not a huge talent gap.
03:21 I just think they played a really concise game.
03:25 Penalties murdered us.
03:26 I don't have the statistics, but I'm pretty darn sure.
03:28 We, during the double-dimin penalties, we don't,
03:31 usually we don't really sound fundamentally sound team.
03:34 We don't make foolish mistakes and
03:36 implement danger or harm on ourselves.
03:41 Field position wise, we just kept making mistakes.
03:46 That's not indicative of who we are.
03:47 >> How much was Travis missing?
03:52 >> Travis always gonna be missing.
03:53 The best darn football player in college football.
03:56 How is he not missed?
03:57 It's just like saying you're writing an article and your pen is missing.
04:00 [LAUGH] That's how much he means.
04:05 Yes, go ahead.
04:06 >> Characteristics wise, maybe surprise wise,
04:09 did you learn anything about your team today?
04:12 >> I'm not gonna say that.
04:14 You don't always have to get your butt kicked to learn.
04:16 You can win and learn.
04:18 I mean, that's not something to learn.
04:21 It's something to glean from.
04:22 It's not just the kids.
04:25 The coaches are accountable too.
04:27 We are all accountable.
04:28 Let's start with me.
04:29 We're accountable for this.
04:30 It's not just the kids.
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