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Travis Hunter And Henry Blackburn Link Up To Quash Beef Rumors

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Colorado two-way star and Colorado State defensive starter Henry Blackburn linked up this week to show there’s no bad blood between the two players. A Colorado State spokesperson told ESPN that the two players met and went bowling this week. Rumors of a grudge have circulated ever since Blackburn’s illegal hit on Hunter two weeks ago left Hunter with a lacerated liver. The meet-up will be part of an upcoming video on Hunter’s YouTube channel. Blackburn’s teammate Ron Hardge III, whose brother plays at Colorado, helped connect the two players.

Even with any notion of bad blood quashed, Hunter remains on the sidelines. He missed Colorado’s 42-6 loss to Oregon last weekend and is set to miss their upcoming game against #8 USC on Saturday. It’s unclear how many more games he will miss. Colorado’s first two games of October are a road game against Arizona State and a home game against Stanford.

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Colorado Given “Puncher’s Chance” Against USC

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BOULDER, CO – SEPTEMBER 16: Coaches, teammates, and fans react after wide receiver Travis Hunter #12 of the Colorado Buffaloes was hit near the sideline on a pass attempt by defensive back Henry Blackburn #11 of the Colorado State Rams at Folsom Field on September 16, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

#8 USC and Heisman candidate Caleb Williams is certainly not the opponent that Colorado would want to face without Hunter. However, they haven’t been counted out completely. ESPN‘s Paul Finnebaum said that the Buffs have a “puncher’s chance” against USC. “They are playing one of the better teams in the country, but one that is still suspectable on defense.” While other contributors one Get Up, Football weren’t as confident in an upset, they were still willing to argue that Colorado has come leaps and bounds from their one-win 2022 campaign.

While the loss to Colorado killed most of the “Colorado National Champions” momentum, most pundits see the Buffs as, at the very least, a bowl team this year. To do that, they will need a minimum of three more wins to finish at least 6-6. Arizona State (1-3) and Stanford (1-3) both seem like good candidates to get them to five wins. However, that’s where the gimmes end for Colorado. The rest of their slate is UCLA (3-1), #19 Oregon State (3-1), Arizona (3-1), #16 Washington State (4-0), and #10 Utah (4-0).

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Deion Sanders Responds To Colorado State Trash Talk

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Deion Sanders has hit back after Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell took a few shots at the Colorado coach. “I’m minding my own business watching some film, trying to get ready, trying to get out here and be the best coach that I could be and I look up and I read some bull junk that they had said about us, once again,” Sanders told the team. “Why would you want to talk about us when we don’t talk about nobody? All we do is go out here, work our butts off and do our job on Saturday. But when they give us ammunition, they done messed around and made it [personal],” Sanders told his players in a newly-released video.

“It was just gonna be a good game and they done messed around and made it personal. It was gonna be a great task — a battle of Colorado, but they done messed around and made it [personal]. Now he’s messing with my mama,” Sanders continued. Colorado has beaten Colorado State in five consecutive matchups. However, the two sides have not contested the Rocky Mountain Showdown since 2019.

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Sanders and Norvell Ready For Showdown

With ESPN College GameDay in Boulder for the game, Norvell has had plenty of time in front of the camera. “It was great. I loved it,” Norvell said of the added attention. “But our kids came out of those [interviews] really with a chip on their shoulder. They’re tired of all that stuff. They really are tired of it. They’re [Colorado] not gonna like us no matter what we say or do. It doesn’t matter. So, let’s go up there and play. That’s just how I feel about it.” However, Norvell also acknowledged that Colorado has “a great football team”.

Colorado State are 0-1, having dropped their opening game to Washington State 50-24. Meanwhile, the school has dropped their last five games against Colorado and their last 23 games against ranked squads. However, the last six Rocky Mountain Showdowns to feature a ranked team have been won by the unranked side. Despite this, Colorado enter as 23-point favorites. “Deion Sanders has had a lot of public critics. I’m not one of them,” Norvell told reporters. “I really respect all head coaches and the sacrifices they’ve had to make to become head coaches, and I appreciate the path they have to go through to get there — especially African American coaches. I was happy to see Deion get his opportunity, I had to wait a long time to get mine.”

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Colorado State Head Coach Takes Shots At Deion Sanders

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The war of words in the Rocky Mountain Showdown has finally began, with Colorado State Head Coach Jay Norvell taking the first shots. “I don’t care if they hear this in Boulder, I told them [ESPN] — I took my hat off, and I took my glasses off. I said, ‘When I talk to grown-ups, I take my hat and my glasses off. That’s what my mother taught me.” Norvell’s comments came on his weekly radio show as he prepares for the first in-state rivalry match since 2019. It’s Norvell’s first Rocky Mountain Showdown, having joined Colorado State after four years with Nevada.

Norvell oversees one of the most interesting squads in the country. A recent profile in The Athletic noted the Rams squad as having “An Arnold Amateur Strongman champion, a sumo wrestler, two tribesmen, an openly gay defensive lineman, a 30-something father of three and so much more.” Furthermore, Norvell made a comment that could be taken as a shot at Sanders’ marquee recruit signing approach. “We have the whole world to find guys that fit what we’re looking for.”

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Norvell Ready For Sanders

With ESPN College GameDay in Boulder for the game, Norvell has had plenty of time in front of the camera. “It was great. I loved it,” Norvell said of the added attention. “But our kids came out of those [interviews] really with a chip on their shoulder. They’re tired of all that stuff. They really are tired of it. They’re [Colorado] not gonna like us no matter what we say or do. It doesn’t matter. So, let’s go up there and play. That’s just how I feel about it.” However, Norvell also acknowledged that Colorado has “a great football team”.

Colorado State are 0-1, having dropped their opening game to Washington State 50-24. Meanwhile, the school has dropped their last five games against Colorado and their last 23 games against ranked squads. However, the last six Rocky Mountain Showdowns to feature a ranked team have been won by the unranked side. Despite this, Colorado enter as 23-point favorites. “Deion Sanders has had a lot of public critics. I’m not one of them,” Norvell told reporters. “I really respect all head coaches and the sacrifices they’ve had to make to become head coaches, and I appreciate the path they have to go through to get there — especially African American coaches. I was happy to see Deion get his opportunity, I had to wait a long time to get mine.”

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