Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule praises Shedeur Sanders, Colorado

While some aren’t too worried about the Colorado Buffaloes heading into next season, Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule isn’t overlooking his team’s Week 2 matchup.

Rhule recently joined Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt on his podcast, discussing numerous topics before landing on Klatt’s alma mater. With Rhule having lost to the Buffs last season , he began by praising CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders:

“One thing we always have to remember when we talk about Colorado is how great Shedeur is,” Rhule said. “He’s one of the best football players I’ve ever coached against. We blitzed him, and I think we sacked him like 10 times, and we hit him a ton. He stood in there. I know everyone sees Shedeur on commercials and they see the swagger that he plays with, but he’s an unbelievable competitor.”

Rhule then brought up the entire Colorado team and explained the significance of the rivalry being played on national television. Here’s what he said:

“To me, you take Shedeur, you take Travis Hunter, you take all the players that they have, obviously coach (Deion) Sanders, they are going to come into our place as a really good football team with dynamic players that you have to compete with,” Rhule said. “How good is it for that part of the country to have this game and have it be on national TV at night? How good is it for the game of football? I just don’t want football to become this area of the country or this area of the country. I want it to be from coast to coast. I want all 50 states. What Deion (Sanders) has done, in my opinion, is he’s made football relevant to maybe people that weren’t watching it.”

Following the praise he gave Colorado and Coach Prime, Rhule explained how big of an opportunity this year’s game will be for his program in terms of exposure. Many will also focus on the good things Rhule said about Colorado, especially after the extracurricular activities that took place last year in Boulder.

Colorado will take on Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Week 2. Kickoff is set for Saturday, Sept. 7 at 5:30 p.m. MT, broadcast on NBC. It will be the Buffs’ first game on NBC since 1995.

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