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CU Buffs’ Coach Prime condemns threats made to CSU’s Henry Blackburn​

Brian HowellSeptember 19, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.
BOULDER,CO SEPTEMBER 16: Colorado's Deion Sanders talks to his players during the game against Colorado State in Boulder on September 16, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
BOULDER,CO SEPTEMBER 16: Colorado’s Deion Sanders talks to his players during the game against Colorado State in Boulder on September 16, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
Like the rest of Buff Nation, Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders didn’t like seeing his star player get knocked out of a game on Saturday.

He also managed to put the play in perspective on Tuesday at his weekly press conference, condemning death threats levied at Colorado State safety Henry Blackburn.

In the first quarter of CU’s 43-35 double-overtime victory on Saturday at Folsom Field, Blackburn delivered an illegal hit on Buffs receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. Blackburn was flagged 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct, while Hunter eventually left the game and went to the hospital with a lacerated liver.

Hunter is expected to miss the next three to four weeks. On Monday, CSU head coach Jay Norvell revealed that Blackburn, a graduate of Fairview High School in Boulder, and his family had received death threats since that game.

Sanders made it a point Tuesday to tell fans to stop those threats.

“Henry Blackburn is a good player who played a phenomenal game,” Sanders said. “He made a tremendous hit on Travis on the sideline. You could call it dirty, you could call it he was just playing the game of football. But whatever it was, it does not constitute that he should be receiving death threats. This is still a young man trying to make it in life, a guy that’s trying to live his dream and hopefully graduate with honors or a degree, committed to excellence and go to the NFL.

“He does not deserve a death threat over a game. At the end of the day, this is a game. Someone must win, someone must lose. Everybody continues their life the next day. Very unfortunate. I’m saddened if there’s any of our fans that’s on the other side of those threats. I would hope and pray not, but that kid was just playing the best of his ability and he made a mistake. So I forgive him. CU, our team forgives him. Travis, he’s forgiven him. Let’s move on. But that kid does not deserve that.”

On the play, CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders tried to connect with Hunter on a deep pass down the left sideline. CSU’s Ayden Hector was flagged for pass interference and the ball was incomplete. Blackburn was about five yards away from Hunter when the ball hit the ground, but he continued pursuit, lowered his shoulder and hit Hunter in the mid-section.

Buffs’ safety Shilo Sanders said he thought it was a dirty play by Blackburn and had a different tone than his father.

“I really wanted to whup that dude that did that to him, for real, like after the game or something,” Shilo Sanders said. “If I see him just around here somewhere he gotta watch out, but that really made me mad, you know, just seeing him trying to play dirty like that. That was crazy. I thought something would happen, like punishment wise. If one of us did something like that, if I did that, I think it’d be like way crazier than that. They would have kicked me out for sure. So I didn’t really like that.”

While emotions of seeing his friend and teammate get taken out came over Shilo, his dad said he hopes coaches are not intentionally trying to take shots at the Buffs’ star players.

“That’s not having character,” Coach Prime. “I don’t know how you’re going to have success and longevity in his game coaching in that aspect. I don’t condone that. I don’t teach that. I didn’t condone it when I played the game from any of my teammates, as well. You want to be dominant, but you want to play clean because at the end of the day, you want your opponents’ respect. You do. I’m not saying that’s what transpired (with CSU), but it’s unfortunate if it did.

“This is a game. I mean, we want to win but we don’t want to step outside the lines to win. Character is everything with us.”

As he got up to leave at the end of his press conference, Coach Prime offered one last show of support for Blackburn.

“Let’s pray for that kid, man,” he said. “That’s absurd for people to be threatening him. I don’t mind getting death threats; I get them every week. But a kid, that’s not good.”
 

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I refuse to believe that this hit wasn't sanctioned by the coaching staff. Did they want him to be hospitalized, maybe not. But it was still a sanctioned dirty play. I've been on a few teams where our d coordinator and special teams coaches sent players out there to "send a message".
Sean Payton was fined, suspended, and is now back in the league as a head coach. He pretty much "green lighted" bounty's paid to put players out of NFL games.
 

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DB, Travis Jay practicing
Wr, Javon Antiono back practicing (but still under non contact aka yellow gear)

Alton Mcaskill #22 don’t have a yellow jersey on…(likely taking reps in full contact drills now)
McClain lining up against Jimmy in drills

We getting there slowly



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Shilo probably would be the most requested player to get interviewed…

Well not name Shedeur

I really wanted to whoop that dude” - Shilo Sanders on the hit Travis Hunter took against CSU​


 

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Its one thing to root for the success of Colorado because of Deion and his sons which I am also but its another to become a delusional fanatic in which I see going on in here with some of yall

End of the day its all fake anyway. Can't front like i didn't watch the first 2 games I was busy Sat fuckin so i had to catch the extended highlights of the 3rd game in the morning. Difference is I'm in here being logical and a fan is short for fanatic it's no logic when it comes to fans but yall not real Colorado Buffalo fans so stop with the bullshit. We could be happy to see white ppl mad while we root for Prime and Shedeur but :cmonson: some of yall comments are just baffling :hithead::hithead:
 

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I am happy for the brotha and I love how he is changing the perception of what a head coach is supposed to be. All 3 games have been an EVENT! Unfortunately, its all going to end around 12:30 PST because Oregon is going to beat the breaks off Colorado!!!!! :oops::oops::oops:

Im taking Oregon money line and -21
 

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I feel both coaches but that’s the only thing they had issues with?

I know Coach TC was asked the question but he probably could’ve replied, “I don’t have time to worry about a 60 minute interview.
I’m trying to figure how we give up 77 pts”

:eek: 77 points….gotdamn.
 

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I wonder what the problem is? Ego? Fucking up during practice? Deion said it bluntly it’s Cormani keeping himself out the games.
I’ve seen him on special team, so idk
Against CSU I seen him in there for punt return.
 

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Its one thing to root for the success of Colorado because of Deion and his sons which I am also but its another to become a delusional fanatic in which I see going on in here with some of yall

End of the day its all fake anyway. Can't front like i didn't watch the first 2 games I was busy Sat fuckin so i had to catch the extended highlights of the 3rd game in the morning. Difference is I'm in here being logical and a fan is short for fanatic it's no logic when it comes to fans but yall not real Colorado Buffalo fans so stop with the bullshit. We could be happy to see white ppl mad while we root for Prime and Shedeur but :cmonson: some of yall comments are just baffling :hithead::hithead:
This is how sports is and will be long after we are all gone. People like what the man is doing, truth be told there hasn't been this much hype in college football for a minute, people might not be fans of the team, but they are a fan of the man coaching it win lose or draw which some people will never understand. Hell I'm going to a high school football game Friday that two of my grandsons are playing on opposite teams and I'm going to be cheering for both of them.
 

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Its one thing to root for the success of Colorado because of Deion and his sons which I am also but its another to become a delusional fanatic in which I see going on in here with some of yall

End of the day its all fake anyway. Can't front like i didn't watch the first 2 games I was busy Sat fuckin so i had to catch the extended highlights of the 3rd game in the morning. Difference is I'm in here being logical and a fan is short for fanatic it's no logic when it comes to fans but yall not real Colorado Buffalo fans so stop with the bullshit. We could be happy to see white ppl mad while we root for Prime and Shedeur but :cmonson: some of yall comments are just baffling :hithead::hithead:
Yeah it is the fanatic bandwagon people that makes it difficult. It’s over the top. As soon as Colorado loose this thread will be empty
 

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I wonder what the problem is? Ego? Fucking up during practice? Deion said it bluntly it’s Cormani keeping himself out the games.

If I had to guess, it would be a combination of strength and conditioning and getting the schemes down. He came into camp late skinny and throwing up in the drills. Those workouts he was filmed doing on his own pales in comparison to designed strength and conditioning programming done with teammates at altitude.
 

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Y`all know they wont go undefeated right ...

so u ni99a`s waiting in the cut to pop out n say look they trash u will get ur chance ...

jus lets these wins burn ur souls for now ....
 

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I will probably go with being home sick. But speaking with his family, he does not want to be there.
Homesick? Man that boy ain’t gone make it. Kinda shit is that? So basically if he goes pro his performance will be predicated on where he gets drafted? That’s some weak ass disappointing shit to hear. Being a D1athlete is a once in a life time experience, being an elite D1 athlete coached by one of greatest football players in the sport thats bringing a tremendous amount of opportunity and exposure is almost impossible. My guess is he thought his position was automatic and learned he had to fight for it. No red carpet shit.
 
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