Recap: Colorado’s first season under Deion Sanders ends with loss to Utah

Colorado came up just short in its final game of the year

Deion Sanders’ first season as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes was quite the ride.

Although many will be quick to criticize how things ended, the Buffs made significant progress this year and are headed in the right direction. As Coach Prime said following Colorado’s season finale against Utah on Saturday, there is hope in Boulder.

The Buffs gave it their all throughout a narrow 23-17 loss to the Utes. With Shedeur Sanders, Xavier Weaver, Trevor Woods and others sidelined, Colorado’s remaining healthy players didn’t accept this difficult Week 13 matchup as an automatic loss.

Here’s a quick recap from Colorado’s final football game as members of the Pac-12: