BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — On the plane ride home from Utah, Deion Sanders had a stern warning to his team.

“I didn’t want to hear a peep,” the Colorado coach said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. “I didn't want to hear laughter or joy, anything, because we got our butts kicked.”

Since that 53-7 loss to the Utes , Sanders has been staying late at the office — re-watching the horror on film, talking to coaches and players — as he and the Buffaloes (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) try to get to the bottom of what happened. They had beaten a ranked Iowa State team and were coming off a bye before the blowout.

It was a loss that seemed almost like a lens into the season — erratic QB play, shaky run game, faulty defense. It was a loss he's trying to quickly put in the rearview mirror.

“Let’s flush

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