Deion Sanders Baffled After Colorado Loss: 'I Really Don't Understand'

Deion Sanders is scrambling for answers after Colorado's woes continued with a 57-24 loss to Oklahoma State.

The Buffaloes have now lost five straight games after a 2-0 start and are the only Big 12 team yet to win a conference game. Their 2026 campaign hit rock bottom when they allowed 598 total yards to the Cowboys on Saturday night and got outscored 34-0 in the second half.

Colorado also surrendered three turnovers and committed 11 penalties. Those issues confused the head coach, who couldn't make sense of his team's performance after the game.

"We're so disciplined in this and that, and this and that, and every darn thing we do, but it seems like as soon as we go in the field, we're not disciplined," Sanders said, per USA Today's Brent Schrotenboer. "I really don't understand it, because we are disciplined in every area of this program, when it comes to academics, when it comes to being somewhere on time, when it comes to wearing the proper uniform, when it comes to just your manners in the building. Everything. But (when) we get on the field at the most critical moments, we blow it."

Colorado held a 24-20 lead late in the second quarter, but the game quickly got out of hand in Stillwater. Isaac Wilson started the second half with a fumble before throwing two interceptions, prompting Sanders to bench the quarterback for freshman Kaneal Sweetwyne.

"I don't feel like we ever recovered," Sanders said of Wilson's fumble.

Sanders wasn't the only one dismayed by Colorado's lack of on-field resolve. Linebacker Gideon Lampron also doesn't know why the team's preparation hasn't translated to in-game situations.

'We're so disciplined in every aspect off the field," Lampron said. "Even in practice, we’re disciplined. I just, I don’t know the disconnect. And I hope we can figure that out."

Colorado will look to return to the win column when it plays Kansas State on Friday afternoon.