Postgame Interview: Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders after Colorado's 2OT victory over Colorado St.

Shadour, again, some pre-game deals out against the other team at midfield. What happened there? To me, they just wanted attention. I don't know what they were voting for, but I don't know. That's all that really happened. Tyler King with the Denver Gazette. Shadour, as you guys are heading out there for the last drive in regulation, knowing you have to go 98 yards, what's the message to the team in the huddle with just two minutes left as you guys are going to play the game? Well, we do it in practice all the time, so it's not really a shock and a surprise to it. It's just like, okay, we like those high-pressure moments. That's what we live in, and I wish the whole game was just straight dead. Honestly, that's when I say we excel. But really, in my own mind, I was thinking Brady mode. He does it all the time. I've got to be able to do it. I was talking to him, and really just representing him in that way. Hey, Shadour McMillan with Fox 31. You talk about Tom Brady and all the work that you put in with him, and also coaches talked about this isn't the first time you've had a moment like this. It's just a bigger stage, and now people can see it. What have you learned from Brady, and where does this rank in terms of moments that you've had in these kind of pressurized moments? Well, I say it's a lot of pressurized moments, but I remember that the biggest moment I remember was two moments. One, when my dad was going through a thing with his foot. My freshman year, we threw a game-winning touchdown versus Southern, not Southern. And that's why I came to the Celebration Bowl last year. So it's just like I already knew what was required. I'd already been there before. It feels like I'm not going to be able to live with myself, honestly, on a loss like that. I don't know. I won't be able to sleep. So I just didn't want to go through that. Hey, guys. I'm Debra Smith, coach for Shadour. When you saw Travis go down, this was a very tricky game. You guys were fighting with each other back and forth, and you saw Travis go down. Did you guys feel extra emphasis to win this game for him and just ultimately come out with the win? Hold on, hold on. We got to give a round of applause for the big sis, man. He tried to do dad's dance, but he's not going to make it. I know. I was going to extend that kick. I was just going to go to the side like Madden, but I was like, ah, this guy's mad. Did y'all hear me on the mic? Yeah, that was close, though. But at the end of the day, it's entertainment. Hey, them ticket prices were worth it today. Me and Shadour were just playing before. We were like, let's make it close today. Nah, I didn't say that. I didn't say that. Nah, he's capping now. You know we went against the script. Nah, but when Travis went down, it made me feel some type of way, honestly, because we took one of my brothers on the offensive side. It really hurt me a lot knowing the work he put in and everything just leading up to the game and knowing you could always count on him in those moments. So now we have Mikey to step up today. I'm proud of him for just getting in the windows and understanding. So his number was called and he was ready to execute. Yeah, the bad thing about losing Travis, man, you lose such a crucial piece of our team. He's on offense and defense, so it's like you're losing two players in one. That was pretty rough, you know. Shadour, on your interception, were you about to high-step? Were you trying to high-step at one point? I was trying to high-step at that voting, just like Coach Brown did, because, you know, I got a Coach Brown fleece on. So I was really thinking about it, but I was like, ah, this isn't the NFL. So I can't do that or I'm going to get a flag. So I was just like, let me just hurry up and score, get the J6. And he was running fast, man. I've got a follow-up question for you. After that, their quarterback kind of settled in. They started getting a lot of response from us all night. What kind of was working for them when you guys were struggling? I'm not sure exactly what it was, but we'll see in film. But Coach Kelly put us in great positions. He gives us good calls. We just have to execute at the end of the day. Yeah, no, the quarterback had a good game. He stepped up to the moment. He stepped up to the occasion, man. He did everything he was supposed to do. I'm not trying to take credit away from him, but most of the touchdowns were, you know, self-inflicted. It really wasn't none. They were doing that special at the end of the day. They want to talk on their interviews. I'm going to talk on my interviews. It wasn't really none they were doing. It was just us, you know. Like, that's just how it's going to be this whole season. We have the talent to be the best in this conference, in the country. But we can only do it to ourselves, you know. We got Mata. This question is for Alejandro Mata. Alex Ramirez, Monolith Sports Radio. The final word. Great kicks tonight, man. Awesome. You came through. I know you speak Spanish, too. Greetings to the people out there. Pablo, how are you? I'm good. How are you? Good, kid. Sorry for my voice. I like to perform under pressure, especially when the pressure kicks in. I've been late on that. I want to be back when it comes to kicking. And I know, you know, this guy, he's got to put me in the best position in the world. Mata, coming off the bench, it was more difficult coming off the bench than it was hitting a baseball. As far as hitting a baseball, coming off both, what was it like coming off the bench at 40 points? It's definitely harder, especially now. My original kick was kind of broken in the warm-up. I had to wait until the end of my season. These things do not make my season. The magic repeats. It's definitely harder just because you don't get as much warm-up as you did last year. Especially with James. So it was definitely tough for me. Ariel Orsudo, Nine News. My question is for Shador. Last week, you said that it was your first time getting to experience a crowd rush after the win. You got one again this week, but a very different type of win. What did this win feel like after everything? First, I just want to thank God for everything. It just felt different. It felt like, man, we have no choice. We've got to win. We feel like that all the time. But this is the first time it felt like, just lock in no matter what. Go out there and just handle your business. That's it. Be accountable for your side of the ball. Be accountable for offense and defense. They did what they were supposed to do. We just started slow. We've just got to look it up. Look at the film. Figure out what we keep doing wrong. What's the solution? The difference between this crowd rush and last week. Last week, I stuck around on the field a little bit. But this week, I went straight in. I promise you. As soon as the game was over, I went straight in the locker room. It gets pretty crazy out here. We're making improvements on and off the field. Make a smart decision. I saw at the end, I thought you were going to do a little bit of performing at the end. And then you would tackle in the end zone. But when you have the pick six, I think that maybe it looked like it might be one of those games where you would stretch it out. But it was a tight game. Can you talk about in the fourth quarter how that's going to come back later on in the year? And how you guys might look at this game? Because there's going to be other close games down the road, I'm sure. We do what we need to do. This is our coach. We probably won't have any more close games like this. But we just have to fix our mistakes. And correct them in practice. And just keep making plays. The whole game, even when it was starting slow, I know what they do. I wasn't there for stress the whole game. I wasn't trying to give motivational speeches. You need motivation at this point. You're in the wrong profession. It's just football. And at the end of the day, we got it. You don't know what it is, and you don't got it. We out there to win. And that's just what we do. Darryl Gonzalez. At Real Redondo. Off the field at 5'1". When is it that you guys focus on victory? And then it's just a more family time? Or do you focus more on practice? Like right now? Yeah, like as soon as I go, I'm going to go get an ice pack. Go home. You know? Mondays is our off day. Yeah, but that's really the time. Like 24 hours. So really just the night. Get some good food tomorrow. Chill. And finish on Monday. Yeah, Monday. No, Monday is our day off. But that's when I usually get breakfast with Coach Prine. Because I'm his favorite son, you know? Shador, he don't be coming. But maybe this time he'll pull up. But, yeah. I mean, Coach Prine is always Coach Prine. So, it's always like Coach and family time all the time. He just wants the best for us. And he just wants us to be dominant. What was it like when you were out there? I ain't going to lie. There was so many people out there. I was trying to find him when I was on the field. So, it was crazy. I'm usually in the back really. Because I really just don't want to get trampled over and stuff like that. So, I really stay in the back. I seen Lil Wayne though. I seen him on the screen. I was like, if I was on the team, I would be so scared right now. They got Lil Wayne over here. Coach Prine, you know, doing his thing. They got a whole animal running around. You know, it's pretty. And they winning right now. And they got so many cameras on them. Everybody's watching. That was crazy. I don't think anyone's ever done that. No one's ever done that. I don't know. I don't know exactly what it was. Pat Rooney pulled the daily camera. The first half seemed like a struggle to get the ball down the field, really get the passing game going. Second half, started working the middle field. Found Michael Harrison. He tells a little bit about some of the adjustments he made in half time Really just, I don't know, really just taking a deep dive and understanding, like, this is bad. What we was doing was very bad. It was just like we can't consistently just do bad and put all the pressure on the defense. So that was really the main thing coming out of half time. You know, again, with Coach Lewis, him asking me what I like and what I'm able to see and just trusting that everything we've seen on film is true. And shout out to them. They had a good way to dodge a couple of things. They really did. They wanted to play really good. So it was a good defense we planned against. They weren't no pushovers. But whenever we found out that's who they are and that's true to who they are and it wasn't going to blitz, then we was able to call them up. Because you saw what happened the first time around. So I want to go off what you said a second ago. They weren't scared. You guys made me proud of them. You guys made me proud of them and everything. I know what y'all think, but it's not really that deep. It's a game, and you just have to go out there and play the game the right way. And if you're not in the right position, then they're going to score. So at the end of the day, it's not really that deep. We just have to do our job on offensive, defensive teams all the time, and then we're going to be that team that we are. If we don't, then we won't. It's a game. It's like chess. If you make the wrong move, you're going to have to pay. Honestly, I would say on the outside, of course, looking at the program, looking at the team, of course you're going to think, okay, it could be distractions and stuff. We know at the end of the day, we've got to keep winning. Simple as that. If we stop winning, then all this stuff goes away. We don't really have a chance to really enjoy how everybody else is not shooting up every day. Because if we don't go out there and we don't make plays, then that's just the way it is. I doubt we were distracted or felt overconfident that we were going to beat them. We just make a simple mistake, and that's just how football is. Question for Shiloh. You didn't have any turnovers in this game. What was it like to finally get two of them? Well, my first year at Jackson State when I had four, I didn't get a pick-up for like 16. So I wasn't really stressing that. I told the Lord, I said, Lord, you give me pick-six today, I'm going to go to church in the morning. It's 1-0-6, I need to go home. You know, wait for me to go to church tomorrow because I made a promise. I mean, if you do your job, they're going to come. I'm kidding. It's 1-0-6. Yeah. That's crazy. This one's for Shiloh. Obviously, the last couple of days, this matchup got extremely personal. When comments were made about how satisfying was it when the clock hit double zero, having both of you make such a big impact. At the end of the day, it was just about winning the game. Of course, it's personal, but when you get in between the lines, it's football. That's just what it is. Now, we show everybody respect, you know, and dignity and respect our opponents, but, you know, when they did that drive and stuff, it really, like, So it was, at that point on, it was really like, you know, I'm not able to say God's words, but it was, you know what I'm trying to say. But I don't know. I think we were just out there fighting and battling for, you know, hats and sunglasses. We did it. We came through. You know, they got to respect us when we wear hats and sunglasses and when Coach Prime does. And, you know, Coach Prime was raised right, and we just proved that today. Thank you.