Shedeur Sanders threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns during Colorado’s 28-9 win over rival Colorado State and afterwards, he wasn’t too interested in exchanging pleasantries with the opposing quarterback.
A media day interview with CSU quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and star receiver Tory Horton recorded in August surfaced online a few days before the 2024 Rocky Mountain Showdown. The duo shared their thoughts on last season’s double-overtime thriller won by the Buffaloes .
“The hype, the media train, all of that, it only gets you so far,” Fowler-Nicolosi said. “At the end of the day, you have to line up 11 guys against our 11 guys, and we’ll find out who wants it more. We’ll see how far Instagram followers gets them.”
Inevitably, word got back to the Colorado football team before the two teams took the field in front of a sold-out Canvas Stadium on Saturday night.
When it was all said and done, Sanders made sure to remind Fowler-Nicolosi of his choice words and declined to shake hands with the CSU quarterback.