Deion Sanders’ decision to bench a dynamic duo backfires, as Colorado suffers a brutal loss on Saturday. The Colorado Buffaloes faced the Utah Utes in Salt Lake City on Saturday, benching Omarion Miller and Joseph Williams for disciplinary actions. This resulted in a 53-7 lopsided loss for Colorado. As benching Miller and Williams turned out to be a serious reason for the 46-point loss, we have a big update coming from his teammate, Sincere Brown.

Sincere Brown, on Colorado’s weekly press conference, addressed senior wide receivers Omarion Miller and Joseph Williams’ status for their next game this Saturday, against the Arizona Wildcats. “Oh, definitely. Those guys definitely apologized cause they know how much they matter to this team and the offense as well,” Brown said. He then showed his love towards Miller and Williams, “Those great guys. I love those guys to death.”

He then updated them on their practice session and nearly confirmed their availability for the Arizona game. “They came back this week, they responded well at practice, and they’re ready to go,” Sincere said. The two players received suspensions after being late to a team meeting. The disciplinary action aimed to hold players accountable and maintain team standards.

Ever since Deion Sanders took over the Colorado Buffaloes, he has been clear that, more than winning, he looks to develop disciplined young men. It’s certainly the right way forward. He tried to teach Omarion Miller and Joseph Williams for coming late to the team meeting by benching them against Utah. But their absence hit the Buffs in the gut. This pair has combined for a total of 47 receptions, 800 yards, and seven touchdowns this season, and they are the reliable receivers for QB Kaidon Salter.

Before Sanders realized and asked Miller to step on the field in the fourth quarter, everything went out of their hand. “This is bad… this is probably the worst beating we’ve ever had,” Sanders said of the loss. 

Although Sanders wanted their team members to be accountable for their mistakes, the bowl picture turning dim puts his decision in debate. As the Buffaloes are already 3-5, they have to win all the remaining games to qualify for the bowl games. Likewise, Sanders also put an end to an infamous ritual controversy.

Deion Sanders ends the Warren Sapp ritual controversy

Colorado football has an unusual pregame ritual, where the pass rush coordinator, Warren Sapp, kicks four pylons from the opposing team’s end zone, and Deion Sanders will restore them in place. Similarly, in the game against Utah, they did their rituals, but the CBS Colorado reporter took it to social media, criticizing Sapp’s act as disrespectful to Deion Sanders, as Sanders was dealing with health issues.

As the video went viral and became a big topic on the internet, Coach Prime addressed it, calling it “stupidity.” Sanders opened his speech to put a full stop to the ongoing rumors. “Let me start by addressing some stupidity that happened a week ago, that someone tried to make a big deal out of,” Sanders said. 

“Coach Sapp, knocking over the pylons, that’s our little thing. He knocks them down, and I pick him up. That’s what defensive linemen do, right? They knock them down, the defensive back, pick them off. So that’s our little thing. Stop, try to make something out of nothing,” said Prime, supporting his assistant.

Sanders made it clear that the ritual is based on how the defensive philosophy works, where the D-line disrupts, and the secondary cleans up with interceptions. Well, the Buffaloes established their identity and the only thing matters is how they could win.