Backs against the wall, facing defeat to a rival they were favored to beat by more than three touchdowns — a rival whose coach had given them fresh bulletin board material ahead of Saturday’s game — the Colorado Buffaloes went on a 98-yard drive in the final two minutes to force overtime.
The orchestrator of that drive was quarterback and Heisman candidate Shedeur Sanders, and after Colorado went on to win the game over Colorado State, he said all he was thinking in that pivotal moment was “Brady mode.”
“Brady mode, that’s it. They left too much time out there,” Sanders said in obvious reference to future Hall of Famer Tom Brady.
"All I was thinking was Brady mode." 🗣️
-Shedeur Sanders on his 98-yard game-tying TD drive pic.twitter.com/J94NCevgtK
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 17, 2023
Sanders added that he talks to Brady after every game, and that the future Hall of Famer would likely have a message for him after this game as well.
He was right. Not only did Brady respond to the interview on Twitter with a couple of emojis, he posted the clip to his Instagram story with a very cool message.
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) September 17, 2023
“I just want to go Shedeur mode at some point in life,” Brady wrote.
With the way Sanders handled himself in those pressure-packed moments, it was a very fitting message.