Colorado Under Fire For Not Shaking Stanford's Hands After Historic Loss

Stanford was able to pull off what was their biggest comeback win in program history

Deion Sanders and Colorado went into halftime of their Friday night game against Stanford with a 29-0 lead.

They came out of the locker room like a team that had their abilities taken by the "monstars" from Space Jam, with Stanford looking far superior after the break. The Buffs' offense went from racking up over 330 yards of offense in the first half on over 9 yards per play to just 169 yards on 6.6 yards per play in the second half. Defensively, the Buffaloes went from giving up just 115 yards in the first half to 366 yards of offense in the second, while allowing Stanford to score 26 unanswered points.

The Cardinal eventually went on to win in double overtime by a score of 46-43, in a game that was the most-watched Friday night game on ESPN since 2018, and in what was the biggest comeback in program history.

On top of being upset with his team for the way they performed during the game, Sanders likely has a couple of other reasons now after the fact. For starters, his son and quarterback had an Instagram story posted at halftime from his account advertising his merchandise, his team was penalized profusely all game and showed a lack of discipline, and based on a video that has since surfaced; they didn't shake hands with Stanford players after the game showing a lack of sportsmanship.

Hats off to No. 47 on Colorado for being the only player to shake hands with Stanford after the game.

What a stunning finish! pic.twitter.com/0RDB4m3InQ

— B.J. Rains (@BJRains) October 14, 2023

In an article by Pac-12 insider John Canzano, a question to Canzano was posed about the incident which he said was an all-around bad look. 

"It was a bad look In fact, there was a lot of finger-pointing and bad body language on the Colorado sideline in the second half of Friday’s loss to Stanford. I watched a video of the post-game scene and saw a couple of Colorado players make their way over to shake hands — so it wasn’t just one — but the vast majority of the Buffaloes just turned and headed to the locker room."

At the conclusion of the game, Deion Sanders told the media that he wasn't sure if his team loved football as he did, and also went viral for telling the team their collapse was pathetic. In most cases, teams love having a bye week, but for Colorado, this likely couldn't have come at a worse time.