The scoreline says one thing, but sometimes the result says another. Digging into Week 3’s notable results, we here at SI are determined to find the answer to the question: Which team does the final score say more about?
Colorado 43, Colorado State 35 (2OT) says more about: Colorado State
You would be forgiven if you see everything involving Colorado through the lens of the in-your-face Buffs, but this result is more about what CSU didn’t do more than even CU’s heroics at the end. Rams head coach Jay Norvell went on a radio show midweek and said the now infamous quote, “I sat down with ESPN today, and I don’t care if they hear it in Boulder, I told them, ‘I took my hat off, and I took my glasses off,’” Norvell said. “When I talk to grown-ups, I take my hat and my glasses off. That’s what my mother taught me.” He was referencing Sanders’s habit of wearing sunglasses pretty much all the time.