Deion Sanders press conference after 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech

11:40 p.m. — Sanders on the Buffs physicality: “There’s no way you can say you’re physical when you get your butt kicked like that.” 

11:40 p.m. — On Salter’s CU debut: “Kaidon played well. A couple time I thought he should’ve ran and he threw. I don’t want him to prove to us that he can throw the ball. We know he can throw the ball. We wanted you because he’s a dual-threat. We want him to be a dual-threat. But I don’t think we lost the game because of Kaidon Salter.”

11:38 p.m. — Sanders asked about King’s career-best rushing attack: ” He had a tremendous amount of opportunites. You keep going to the well, something is going to happen. They were committed to running their quarterback and making it happen.”  

11:36 p.m. — Deion Sanders on the loss: “We will do better next week.”  

11:34 p.m. — Sanders on the offensive struggles: “We missed a few play that we should of hit. Overall, You’ve got to give (Georgia Tech) credit. The coaches a heck of a game. They played a heck of a game. (Haynes King) started off horribly but he picked it right back up and did his thing. Hats off to him. He led his team o a victory. 

11:32 p.m. — Sanders on Georgia Tech’s offense: “We tried many things. We tried blitzing to fill every gap and couldn’t get the job done. They were much more physical than we were.” 

11:31 p.m. —  How the game played out: “We’ve got to be more explosive. More decisive on what we’re doing with the ball on offense. Defensively, we gave up 463 yards of total offense. They ran for 320 yards. You’re not going to win with those statistics”  

11:30 p.m. — Deion Sanders on loss to Georgia Tech: “That’s a tough one.” Especially after three turnovers and really not coming up with anything.”  

Colorado was dealt a 27-20 loss at home to Georgia Tech on Friday night. The Yellow Jackets overcame three first quarter turnovers to beat the Buffs in Boulder. Haynes King rushed for a career-high 156 yards, including a 45-yard game-winning touchdown run with 1:07 left. 

Kaidon Salter threw for 159 yards and a touchdown in his CU debut. As a whole, Colorado struggled on offense with 305 total yards with 5-of-13 on third down conversions. There was an expectation Salter would split time under center with freshman five-star Julian Lewis in the opener. However, that wasn’t the case for Pat Shurmur’s offensive game plan. 

The Buffs couldn’t muster much on the final drive of the game and will take the loss in their opener. King gave them fits throughout and couldn’t stop the run. Georgia Tech is the first ACC team in over a decade with three first half turnovers in a game that resulted in a win. 

For Deion Sanders, this is the first season-opening loss during his tenure at Colorado. We’re in Boulder awaiting Coach Prime’s post game comments. (All times eastern).