Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are not out of the Big 12 championship race yet, but they'll need help after losing to Kansas on Saturday.

In the locker room after the game, Colorado coach Deion Sanders gave his team a pretty blunt assessment as to why he thinks they lost to the Jayhawks. "The problem is you guys are intoxicated with success," Sanders told his players after the game.

After a crushing 37-21 loss at Kansas, Deion Sanders said his Buffaloes "got intoxicated with the multitude of articles and the assumption that we're this and the assumption that we're that"

After Colorado took a loss to Kansas on Saturday, head coach Deion Sanders kept it real on why his team couldn’t seem to get it going.

Nov 23, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas head coach Lance Leipold during the Colorado head coach Deion Sanders watches the run of play during the 2nd quarter between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Colorado Buffaloes at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nick Tre. Smith-Imagn Images / Nick Tre. Smith-Imagn Images

With their win over Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday afternoon, the Jayhawks made college football history, becoming the first below-.500 team to ever win three-straight games against ranked teams, according to the Fox broadcast.

The Jayhawks answered with a touchdown of their own and finally forced a Colorado three-and-out. On KU’s second drive of the second half, KU went up 37-21. Neal had rushing touchdowns to cap off both second-half scoring drives.

Colorado entered Kansas City Saturday with College Football Playoff dreams—dreams that quickly turned to nightmares against Kansas.The Jayhawks downed the Buffaloes 37–21 on Saturday in Arrowhead Stadium,

SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor revealed his CFB picks, Big 12 predictions and prop bets for the Kansas Jayhawks vs. CU Buffaloes game at Arrowhead Stadium featuring Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter