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Richard Johnson

Week 3 College Football Takeaways: Alabama, Tennessee Face Major Questions

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.

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