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Following Colorado’s recent losses, Sanders has made striking comments suggesting his team is better than their opponents, implying that their defeats are due to coaching and execution rather than talent disparity. After a 29-22 loss to West Virginia on November 8, Sanders proclaimed, “We had a better team with better players than our opponent, but we still lost.” He continued to assert, “I don’t think we played a team that’s athletically and physically better than us. I really don’t.” Such statements indicate a belief that talent alone should secure wins, and the failures lie with coaching or player performance issues.