HOUSTON – Colorado football coach Deion Sanders sat down on a folding chair in a warm, cramped room Friday night and tried to provide some answers about what just happened.
But he didn’t really have any.
He said he was “dumbfounded” after his team fell apart in various ways during a 36-20 loss to Houston. The loss dropped Colorado to 1-2 this season in front of an announced crowd of 37,899 at TDECU Stadium. Houston improved to 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams.
“Nobody could have told me that was gonna go down like that,” Sanders told reporters afterward. “There’s no way.”
Sanders even blamed “night games” for his team’s sluggishness before backtracking and noting that the opponent is playing at night, too. Sanders’ laundry list to clean up otherwise included his defense, his coaching and his quarterback situation, which remains unresolved.
