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Joel Klatt Sends 3-Word Message to Deion Sanders' Critics

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Andrew McCarty | Last updated Nov 17, 2024 9:27 AM ET

On Saturday afternoon the Colorado Buffaloes cruised to an impressive 49-24 victory over the Utah Utes.

The win moved the Buffaloes to 8-2 on the season and put Deion Sanders in prime position for a Big 12 title. Despite the win, Sanders admitted he doesn't believe his team has played a complete game just yet.

"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."

After the team's impressive start to the season, college football analyst Joel Klatt issued a stern message for critics of Sanders and his team: the "silence is deafening."

"Pretty incredible scene today in Boulder. @CUBuffsFootball is explosive on O while that defense is disruptive and productive. The silence is deafening from the @DeionSanders critics," Klatt said on social media early Sunday morning.

Sanders is proud of his program, which is "trending in the right direction" heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.

"I think that speaks a lot about the program and where we are," 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 and he's 30-for-41 for 340 [yards] and three [touchdowns]. Like, c'mon man. I guess I'm just a hard dad to please at times, as well as a hard head coach."

Colorado closes out the season with a road trip to Kansas - which just handed BYU its first loss of the season - and a home game against Oklahoma State.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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