Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders is not any stranger to being on the heart of controversy, and he discovered himself there once more following his workforce’s win over Colorado State on Saturday evening. Sanders refused to shake the hand of Rams quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi in a clip that went viral.

The Buffaloes rolled to a 28-9 win over the Rams, and Sanders spurned Fowler-Nicolosi at midfield. The Colorado quarterback pointed at his Colorado State counterpart earlier than transferring to shake arms with different gamers.

On his “2Legendary” podcast, Sanders defined his rejection was a response to trash speak from Fowler-Nicolosi. Sanders stated he felt disrespected and did not wish to act like every part was all good between the 2.

“After the sport, I stated one thing to the Colorado State quarterback as a result of he was speaking loopy on social media, and he was actually doing it for the clicks,” Sanders stated. “… Yeah, I stated one thing as a result of I am human. You are not gonna maintain speaking loopy about us and maintain speaking loopy such as you like that, and the entire time you not like that in any respect.”

Within the wake of that incident, Sanders stated he felt just like the media made him out to be the dangerous man with out offering the total context.

“It felt like lots of hate to me personally, however after all the media tried to painting it like I did one thing unsuitable,” Sanders stated. “That is simply how it’s. We understood what is going on on, so we do not get affected by it anymore.”

Within the lead-up to the in-state rivalry recreation, Fowler-Nicolosi referred to as out Colorado for caring extra about social media than soccer.

“We’ll see how far Instagram followers will get them,” Fowler-Nicolosi stated.

Sanders, who threw for 310 yards and 4 touchdowns, obtained the final chortle as Fowler Nicolosi totaled simply 209 yards and a pair of interceptions.