Deion Sanders called out for familiar mistake in loss to BYU

Someone needs to check if Deion Sanders has a secret stash of unused timeouts hiding somewhere in his basement.

The Colorado head coach was widely panned Saturday for his bizarre clock management methods in his team’s loss to BYU at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. Fans started asking questions midway through the fourth quarter with the Buffaloes trailing 24-21.

Facing 3rd-and-6 at its own 41, Colorado burned a timeout to talk things over. But instead of going for it like most expected them to, the Buffaloes simply punted, thereby wasting a timeout for no reason in particular. At worst, Colorado could have taken the delay of game penalty rather than burn a timeout.

Colorado was able to force a punt and regained possession with 1:34 left. Rather than use one of his two timeouts, Sanders opted to let the drive play out without stopping the clock. The game ended after Buffaloes quarterback Kaidon Salter gave up an interception with 50 seconds left.