Shedeur Sanders Faced Criticism For Promoting His Merch In Halftime Before Losing 29 Points Lead
Shedeur Sanders and his entire clothing line marketing team certainly didn’t read the room since they promoted their company during the Stanford vs. Colorado game last Friday’s halftime show. He received a lot of internet teasing for it. The Buffaloes got off to a fast start, and a 29-0 advantage at the half gave his marketing staff the assurance they needed to start promoting his merchandise online.
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The use of this strategy in a game, however, can always be problematic. This is precisely the same as celebrating before the game is over, and the Buffaloes paid the price. With a final score of 46-43 victory over Colorado, Stanford was able to cap off the largest comeback in NCAA history.
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Everyone who saw these merch announcements dropping mercilessly tromped Shedeur Sanders online during this embarrassing situation. Sanders wasn’t at fault because no one on his side anticipated that the Buffaloes would blow this lead, as they did against Stanford.
Travis Hunter TD 🔥
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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 14, 2023
Shedeur Sanders, however, is the name on all of that merchandise, and it is he who is responsible for making up for the errors his team made during intermission. His stats, which included 400 yards, 5 touchdowns, and 1 interception, were nonetheless impressive despite this error and the defeat.
Additionally, he gained 37 yards on the ground during the Buffaloes’ loss. The Colorado defense was this game’s weak point. In the second half of the game, they were unable to stop Stanford.
Shedeur Sanders was posting links to his merch on his IG story when they were up 29-0 at halftime
They blew the lead and lost 46-43 🫠 pic.twitter.com/ZMPfG8Klpq
— Football Fanatics (@FFB_Fanatics) October 14, 2023
Despite all the negative news from the Buffaloes’ most recent three games, there is one positive development: Travis Hunter’s comeback. He showed signs of a young star who can now finally relax and enjoy the game with his return and a first-half touchdown.
However, Elic Ayomanor scoring a score while Hunter was tasked with covering him was Stanford’s most significant defensive play in the closing minutes of the contest.
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With this loss, the Buffaloes have now dropped three of their previous four contests. Coach Deion Sanders needs to come up with a better plan for when his team takes the lead only to blow it, as they did last night.
