Shedeur Sanders slammed for leaving sideline before Colorado game was over

Shedeur Sanders came under fire from fans after leaving Colorado's humbling defeat to Nebraska with two minutes still on the clock.

The Buffaloes were dominated in the trenches, giving up six sacks and 10 tackles for loss as they slumped to a 28-10 defeat at Memorial Stadium. Quarterback Sanders was battered and bruised as the Cornhuskers overwhelmed a porous offensive line, and he had enough when the two-minute warning struck, heading for the locker room.

Sanders had completed 23 of 38 passes for 244 yards and one touchdown, plus a first-quarter pick six which set the tone for a chastening beatdown at the hands of the Buffs' old rivals. And some fans raged when they saw the senior – projected to be a top-10 pick in next year's NFL Draft – head into the tunnel with time still on the clock.

"He better be hurt because if not, he’s the most selfish piece of ---- in the world. So entitled because daddy is coaching his team he’s that guy you don’t want on your team. What a loser," one X user wrote.

Another added: "What a loser. Terrible attitude and a horrible leader," and a third said: "Dude ain’t hurt man. Just trying to save face. It's not about the team with those guys, it's all about the Sanders brand and that's it."

A fourth wrote: "Shedeur leaving his teammates before the end of the game is reflective of that Colorado team's culture. It's a joke."

Neither Sanders nor his father and head coach, Deion, addressed his early exit in their post-game press conferences. Deion lamented his team's poor play along the offensive line – a long-standing issue for the program after giving up the most sacks in the FBS last season.

"The way we started is just not indicative of who we are and we just never got it together," he said. "Protections were a problem.

"You know, I'm trying to be polite and say it, because you know I can say the same thing you're thinking, but if I say it, you'd say I'm throwing my guys up under the bus. I'm not doing that whatsoever. Protections were a problem. We have got to figure out a way to prevent that and do a better job with that.

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"We have a tremendous offense. We should be able to move the ball on anyone. We should be able to protect with the experience that we have offensively. We just couldn't get it going today."

The Buffs slipped to 1-1 on the young season, but the rivalry games keep coming with a trip to Fort Collins to face Colorado State next Saturday. The Huskers (2-0) host Northern Iowa in Lincoln.