In the midst of an infuriating decision to an hostile with a worse grounds than them, the Colorado Buffaloes appeared to suffer their chill against the Kansas Jayhawks.
At 1 constituent successful the game, with Colorado losing, it appeared that Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders - lad of Colorado manager and NFL fable Deion Sanders - shoved an authoritative trying to forestall a fight.
Referee Kevin Mar had his arms extended successful beforehand of a radical of Colorado players successful an effort to abstracted them from a Kansas subordinate connected the ground. It was past that it appears that Sanders shoved Mar with 2 hands successful the back.
FOX Sports rules expert Mike Pereira said connected the broadcast, 'There's nary question that helium does. Look, I get wherefore he's upset due to the fact that radical are astir climbing implicit him aft helium was down.
'But the officials tin usage their hands each they privation to effort to support order. But you cannot travel backmost arsenic a subordinate and propulsion an official. In the chaos, the officials don't spot it, but he's fortunate helium wasn't ejected from the game.'
Sanders continued to play successful the crippled and helium was not ejected oregon penalized by the officiating crew.
Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders (center) shoved referee referee Kevin Mar successful the back
College shot fans were outraged by these actions, with fans utilizing this arsenic an illustration of reasons wherefore NFL teams should deliberation doubly earlier picking him successful the draft.
'Exhibit A wherefore I'd ne'er draught him,' wrote 1 assemblage shot instrumentality connected X, formerly Twitter.
Another said, 'And radical kick astir him getting deed low.... F*** that. Hit this loser successful his knees. No respect for anyone. Classless determination from a loser player.'
'Never rooted for someone's downfall this hard before,' a 3rd idiosyncratic posted.
Sanders completed 23-of-29 passes for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns connected the time portion scrambling 4 times for 26 yards.
But that wasn't capable to forestall the Buffaloes from losing to antecedently 4-6 Kansas by a people of 37-21 astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Missouri.
It stunts Colorado's chances of reaching the College Football Playoff - thing they'd apt lone scope if they won the Big XII Championship game.
To marque that game, they'd request to bushed Oklahoma State and past would request 1 of 2 things to happen: 1) person BYU suffer to 4-7 Houston oregon 2) Arizona State suffer to 4-7 Arizona.