After three games setting the college football world alight, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders floated gently back to Earth on Saturday afternoon.
A lackluster 159-yard, one-touchdown afternoon against Oregon put a temporary pause on the Sanders-for-Heisman whispers emanating from the Rocky Mountains — especially as conference mates such as the Ducks’ Bo Nix, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., USC’s Caleb Williams and Washington State’s Cameron Ward have thrived.
However, Sanders remains on pace to break several noteworthy Buffaloes school passing records.