Many in the crowd at Folsom Field and many more watching on ESPN thought the Colorado Buffaloes should have been given another chance before the buzzer. Many of the black and gold faithful were looking for some yellow to fly for a pass interference, but that didn’t happen and that ended Colorado’s night.

On a fourth-and-5 at their own 30-yard line with just 81 seconds left and the Buffs down three. CU surprised many by making an attempt. Even more surprising was the call for the shot, as CU lost four pass catchers in the game, including Sanders’ top two targets in Travis Hunter and Jimmy Horn. So out came Shedeur Sander, who threw a pass deep down the right sideline for Will Sheppard. But it was broken up with a lot of contact by Keenan Garber.

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There was no call.

“We always feel like if the ball is in his (Shedeur’s) hands at the end, we’re going to have a chance,” Deion Sanders said after the game. “And I don’t know what happened at the end, and it looked like his pass interfered with me, but it was tough. I didn’t want to end up like that.”

Shedeur didn’t say as much as his father.

Sanders: “No, whatever the referee calls, he calls. The call wasn’t pass interference, so it’s okay. We just moved forward and focused on what we did wrong.

K-State ran out the clock after the Buffs failed to convert and the score ended at 31-28. Some will say the flag should have been thrown, but Coach Prime and Co. were more focused on defense, allowing an 84-yard touchdown drive to take the lead in just 51 seconds, just before Sanders even got the ball.

The quarterback threw for 388 yards and three touchdowns on 34-of-40. At one point you hit sixteen consecutive passes, setting a new school record. But his only interception in the second half was not near a single black and gold player and his failure to look heroic on that fourth down may have been the difference on Saturday. That says a lot about what Sanders did to keep CU in the game and give them a chance, considering the injuries during the game and K-State’s dominance on the floor.