Bo Nix threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns and No. 10 Oregon took some sheen off of Colorado coach Deion Sanders’ showy start to the season with a 42-6 victory over the No. 19 Buffaloes on Saturday.
Sanders turned around a Colorado program that won just one game last year, bringing aboard 67 new scholarship players and opening the season with wins over TCU, Nebraska and last weekend’s double-overtime thriller against Colorado State.
Oregon’s duck mascot came out on the field wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses, copying Sanders' style.“Good old-fashioned butt-kicking,” Sanders said afterward. “No excuses, no nothing.” Coach Prime's son Shedeur Sanders went into Saturday averaging 417.0 passing yards per game, with 10 touchdowns against one interception. He completed 23 of 33 passes for 159 yards and a late touchdown against the Ducks. He was sacked seven times.“I don’t think there’s a target on our back," Coach Sanders said.“People around the country would say, 'This is what they needed to humble themselves.' We weren't arrogant or whatever, we're confident people," he said.
It was Colorado's first game without two-way standout Travis Hunter, who was sent to the hospital with a lacerated liver from a late hit in the game last weekend against Colorado State,
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