"Start JuJu Lewis rest of the year": Calls mount for Kaidon Salter to be benched by Colorado fans after choke job vs. BYU in 24-21 loss

Maliha
NCAA Football: Brigham Young at Colorado - Source: Imagn
NCAA Football: Brigham Young at Colorado - Source: Imagn

Deion Sanders’ Colorado fell to BYU 24-21 on Saturday. In this game, Kaidon Salter started at quarterback over redshirt sophomore Ryan Staub and freshman Juju Lewis.

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Salter had started the first two games of the season, later sat out for Staub, returned against Wyoming in Week 4 and then started again on Saturday. He performed well for most of Saturday's game, but struggled in the fourth quarter.

After the Week 5 loss, some fans even began calling for Lewis to replace Salter as the QB1.

"Horrible. Just Start Juju the rest of the season this one over,” a fan said.
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“Just start JuJu for the rest of the year dawg. Get Kaidon Salter away from me,” one fan said.
“Salter makes bad decisions. Not gonna win with him. Might as well get Juju ready for next year,” another fan said.

Salter finished the game with 49 rushing yards and a touchdown, and 119 passing yards with another score. Despite his dual-threat skills giving Colorado an advantage they didn’t have under Staub, fans remain frustrated with their QB1.

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“Kaidon salter should be downgraded to the towel boy,” a fan said.
“Time to bench Kaiden Salter and never play him again,” one added.
“Salter needs to ride the bench next week, he’s not the answer for CU,” another fan said.

Salter threw three touchdown passes and ran for another against Wyoming.


Deion Sanders reflects on Colorado's Week 5 loss

Colorado committed six penalties for 67 yards in Saturday’s game, including a pair of defensive pass interference calls. Following last week’s 37-20 win over Wyoming, the Buffaloes’ hopes of regaining momentum were cut short with the loss against BYU.

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In the postgame conference, Deion Sanders didn’t shy away from accountability.

“Sometimes it felt like the moment was just too big for some of our athletes,” Sanders said (via SI). “We have to be better as a staff, as a team and I have to do better. We had opportunities. We just didn’t make it happen.”
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With Colorado now sitting at 3-2, Sanders made it clear he won’t sugarcoat the performance.

“I'm not going to make excuses for them,” Sanders said (via Ctpost) “They've got step up. They've got to step up. I don’t know what else I can say about it.”

The Buffaloes will look to bounce back when they face TCU on Saturday.

Edited by Maliha
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