Deion Sanders blames Colorado's "complacency" for Buffs' 46-43 loss against Stanford in Week 7: "Flat-out ridiculous"

Colorado coach Deion Sanders was perplexed on the sidelines at Folsom Field on Friday after his team's second-half implosion allowed Stanford to stage a dramatic comeback to win 46-43.

Sanders was disappointed at how the second half unfolded during his post-game press conference after the Buffs blew a 29-0 halftime lead.

"I felt we were complacent going into the half. It was flat-out ridiculous. That's where all the foolishness and complacency started. We're not built for the moment right now," Sanders said.

Deion Sanders was jittery even before the game began, questioning Friday's late kickoff time on the "Buffs Prime Time" channel.

"Who makes these 8 o'clock games? Dumbest thing ever. Stupidest thing ever invented in life. Who wants to stay up until 8 o'clock for a darn game?" Sanders said. "What about the East Coast -- do they even care about ratings? Is anyone watching it? What are we supposed to do with the kids all day until 8 o'clock? What are we supposed to do in the hotel?"

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Deion Sanders calls out his players again

When 'Hurricane Deion Sanders' made landfall in Colorado, the charismatic coach flipped the Buffaloes' roster and justified it by questioning the hunger and desire of the players he had inherited.

Ever since, he has carefully changed the culture and brought in his own players, including his sons, quarterback Shedeur Sanders and safety Shilo Sanders.

After last weekend's narrow victory against Arizona State, a game that Colorado was expected to win easily, Sanders called out his players and termed the performance 'hot garbage.'

"They got to make up in their mind are they in love with this game or are they in like with it?" Sanders said. "Without a shadow of a doubt, I am truly 100% in love with this thing. And I just want people to match me.

"Just match my passion, match my heart, match my love, match my consistency, just match my mannerisms, just match every darn thing I give to this game. I love this. Sadly, I love it so much, but the game don't even occupy the ability to love you back. That's a strange love, isn't it."

Sanders decried the complacency that crept into his team after going in at halftime 29-0 up. The collapse is the biggest lead blown in Colorado's history and the biggest comeback margin ever for Stanford.

"But I felt complacency going into the half because we stalled offensively. We gave up some yardage as well. Just didn’t like how I felt going in at halftime. We come back out, and here comes the complacency, here comes that team that I can't stand, that you can't stand, that you can understand how in the world that happens to us," Deion Sanders said.

The Buffaloes were two games away from bowl eligibility, and Stanford was game one in the countdown to that objective, which they blew spectacularly.