Colorado’s Shilo Sanders Cryptically Touts ‘Old School Football’ After Targeting Ejection

Colorado safety Shilo Sanders seemingly commented on his ejection from Saturday’s game at UCLA early Monday morning with a cryptic post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Sanders was ejected for targeting in the second quarter after delivering a hit to UCLA running back Carsen Ryan. Officials determined that Sanders led with his helmet and ejected the Buffaloes defensive back.

Sanders clearly thought he’d applied a clean hit, evidenced by his celebration immediately after the play. He added to that narrative by posting a highlight video from Saturday including the caption “Bring old school football back.” He included two highlights, including his hit on Ryan.

Based on the comment, it seems that Sanders still firmly believes he shouldn’t have been ejected for the hit. A number of observers agreed with Sanders that the hit was legal. 

The Buffaloes dropped to 4–4 and 1–4 in the Pac-12 with the 28–16 loss to the Bruins. Because Sanders sat out the second half of Saturday’s game, he is eligible to start in this Saturday’s home game against Oregon State at 10 p.m. ET.