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FORT WORTH, Texas — Deion Sanders spent the previous 9 moths flipping Colorado’s roster and the vibe round a once-elite program, telling everybody who would pay attention: “We comin’.”

Sanders lastly bought an opportunity to alter the outcomes on the sector Saturday, and his revamped roster delivered with a major assertion. The Buffaloes, who got here to No. 17 TCU as 21-point underdogs following a 1-11 season, shocked the defending nationwide runner-up, rallying for a 45-42 win earlier than a shocked crowd at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Colorado received its first highway sport since 2021 and snapped a streak of 24 consecutive losses as an underdog of 21 factors or extra.

Though the eye main into Saturday’s sport targeted on Deion Sanders, his son Shedeur Sanders, two-way star Travis Hunter and different Colorado newcomers stole the highlight with their performances. Shedeur Sanders, the crew’s beginning quarterback, set a single-game crew passing file with 510 yards, changing into the primary Buffaloes quarterback ever to eclipse the 500-yard mark. He accomplished 38 of 47 passes with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions, as 4 Colorado gamers eclipsed 100 receiving yards.

The Buffaloes led for many of the first three quarters however erased three deficits down the stretch. They took the lead for good on a fourth-and-2 play, as Sanders discovered Dylan Edwards within the flat for a 46-yard landing.

Hunter, ESPN’s No. 2 recruit within the 2022 class who spurned Florida State to play for Deion Sanders at Jackson State, shined on either side of the ball in his Colorado debut. He stepped in entrance of a Chandler Morris move on third-and-1 from the Colorado 4-yard line for an interception. Hunter had 11 receptions for 119 yards and practically had extra on two acrobatic dives the place he could not maintain onto the ball.

He grew to become the primary FBS participant in a minimum of 20 seasons to file greater than 100 receiving yards and an interception in the identical sport.

Different offensive standouts included Edwards, a operating again who had a team-high 135 receiving yards and three touchdowns to go together with a dashing landing; and large receivers Jimmy Horn Jr. and Xavier Weaver, who mixed for 235 receiving yards on 17 catches.

After three sturdy seasons at Jackson State, Sanders, the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame cornerback, made his Colorado debut with a crew that featured 86 new gamers, together with his sons Shedeur and Shilo, and Hunter.

Earlier than Saturday, Colorado had been held to fewer than 400 yards in 26 straight video games, the longest energetic streak in FBS, in accordance with ESPN Stats and Data analysis. The Buffaloes had been one in all three FBS groups with out a 300-yard passer up to now two seasons.

Even after TCU took its first lead with 2:32 left within the third quarter, Colorado instantly responded behind Sanders, who discovered Weaver for a 44-yard achieve down the sideline, organising Edwards’ second landing run.

TCU, which misplaced quite a few stars to the NFL draft, had no solutions for Colorado’s productive offense and obtained erratic play from Morris at quarterback and others.