'Never Should’ve Got to Overtime': Deion Sanders Not Happy With Win Over Kansas State

The Colorado Buffaloes found a way to beat Kansas State. However, the head coach was anything but celebratory after the game. The response to the in-game performance has been in line with the program sentiment since week one.

The Buffaloes outlasted the Kansas State Wildcats 27-24 in overtime. Kansas State was playing catch up the entire game. The Wildcats did not hold a lead at any point in this game. This game was almost a return to the formula that beat Georgia Tech in week one. Ricard Young finished the game with 120 yards, two touchdowns and a 5.0 yards per carry average. When Colorado needed a big play, it came from the running game. Until the very end.

The world of the day has been expectation. Wide receivers Joseph Williams and DeAndre Moore Jr have carried the load for the passing game and that was unchanged today. 149 yards between then and both averaged over 17 yards per reception.

If Williams and Moore met expectations, Gideon “ESPN” Lampron and Yamil Talib exceeded them. Lampron, who is known for being the guy that approached Deion Sanders on an airplane and said, “I can play," finished the game with 15 tackles, two sacks and four tackles for loss. Yamil Talib, who is the nephew of former Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib, logged his best statistical game in his college career. His eight tackles, two sacks and two tackles for loss was significantly better than his previous high of six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss.

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders was once again less than thrilled with his team’s performance. Out of his three wins, two of them have produced a less than ecstatic head coach. His reasoning comes down to expectation.

“Never should’ve got to overtime, I feel,” Sanders said after the game. “But we allowed it and allowed some crazy things to happen.”

Sanders expected to win this game in regulation. With four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Colorado forced a Kansas State punt and a running game Kansas State was unable to stop. Starting at their own four-yard line, Colorado put together 20 yards worth of runs in only three plays before they started moving backwards. Colorado would punt again.

Kansas State started the next drive on the Kansas State 38-yard line with only 46 seconds remaining. Colorado gave up 54 yards on two chunk plays. Quarterback Blake Barnett hit tight end Garrett Oakley in the right corner of the end zone with two seconds left on the game clock.

In the overtime period, the Colorado defense forced Kansas State to settle for a field goal. On Colorado’s offensive possession, they opted to almost run it exclusively. After a Richard Young 9-yard run, they would run it three more times. Including two runs of less than two yards. On the critical 3rd and 9, Colorado lined up to run it again. The Wildcats' defense collapsed the line to stuff that run while Isaac Wilson found Charlie Williams between two defenders for the game-winning touchdown.

On a day when it appeared this game might not have a great turnout, Sanders spent part of his media availability giving thanks to the fans.

“We got the victory. The young men are happy, the staff is happy, the fanbase is happy,” Sanders said while sounding less than happy. “God bless the fanbase, still showed up, still cheered their but off, still supported, still energetic. Those young men and women, they keep it a buck. So I’m happy for them that we could give them a victory.”

Colorado faces Arizona State next Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2).