Deion Sanders met with the media on Tuesday following the bye week after a bad loss to Texas Tech.

As the Colorado Buffaloes coach entered the room, he appeared to be in a very good mood. While that may be true, he returned to the coach who challenges the premise of questions and downplays narratives that should be concerning.

Almost two weeks ago, a series of plays believed to be the first run of scripted plays was leaked online. At first, the leak was discounted as fake or questionable before the Texas Tech game. After the game, videos surfaced of the plays on paper and the corresponding video footage of that game being run.

The alleged leaked plays, game plans or the full playbook should be an alarming realization. If such a thing occurred, there are several questions to ask. How does that happen? Why is a player or coach taking any play-specific information into a hotel bar? Will there be any disciplinary action for someone who may have accidentally left it behind? While most would think this is a serious issue, Sanders dismissed it like every other outside the lines of concern in his tenure.

The leaked plays are much ado about nothing. As Jake Schwantiz of DNVR asked regarding the leak, Sanders interrupted him to challenge the framing of the question. “A whole playbook? Sanders responded. “So somebody left the whole playbook? Or a script of several plays? I don’t think we have a ‘whole’ playbook. Week-to-week, they get a script.”

As Sanders redirected his answer to reflect on a ‘script of plays’, he offered up the idea that they scored on the first play. Almost as if to suggest, the leak didn’t work if they were successful on the first drive. However, he conveniently left out that the first drive was their only score in that game or the concept that most scripts include the first 20 plays or so. That first drive only lasted nine plays.

Nevertheless, Sanders and the Buffs face their stiffest challenge yet. The No. 11 Utah Utes come to Boulder and will test the strength of CU's defense. Utes' offensive coordinator Kevin McGiven is working with several playmakers, including putting two quarterbacks on the field in several different formations.

Sanders might downplay the significance of CU's offensive plays being handed to an opposing team, but the act doesn't take away what happened and how bad this looks for his team.

Colorado will look to bounce back against Utah at Folsom Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 10:15 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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Source: Yahoo Sports