Postgame Interview: Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders on chemistry and Colorado's win vs. NDSU

hey guys Brian Halton B of Daily Camera I've got one for both of you if that's okay um start with Travis and uh Travis obviously huge night for you uh can you talk about the one touchdown catch you had where the guy pretty much had his had his arm around your your head a little bit can you talk about that one in particular uh it's funny cuz he got on me for not catching the one that we called the flag cuz I told him to throw me the ball no matter what so he got mad at me he was like I don't care catch the ball so that when I just know I had to catch the ball I had no other choice no other option so whatever I had to do to the ball was going to get it and Sh just the night tonight I mean uh the passing game was obviously working pretty well and how much fun was at to click with with Travis I like that and Jimmy like you did and just kind of get that passing game going well I mean it it was it was it was cool but every incompletion it it hurts me inside a little bit for sure besides the ones you know we throw aways get out of trouble but uh I'm thankful I'm excited for a win but it's definitely situations in that game I personally couldn't handled better his throws you know I could have made his checkdowns I could have got to so uh really the main goal tonight is just recover a little bit and watch the film and see what we got to improve Joe Joe Rico Mya sports radio you guys have an amazing chemistry this must go way back talk a little bit about your history because you guys just phenomenal effort by Travis and you on so many plays and you seem to know exactly where he is he seems to know exactly where the ball's going to be great effort was really a connection because he he he he made the decision to Def fight eyes to go on a different route and come to Jackson State at the time and like from that on it's like something that I look back and now I really respect him a lot for because you know a player of his cowo didn't have to do that you know but he did and that's powerful right there so then years on years on years of connections years of talking about different things he plays defensive back so he understands body position he understands a lot of things a lot of receivers don't understand so that's like the pro of you know having him on there when he practice all week on defense sometimes or uh then he gets out there and he handles his business and it's it's just we we locked in mentally so that's that's the overall goal I'm I'm trying to get with all the receivers really because everybody know each game somebody's G to shine you know like I didn't know Jimmy had 198 yards today that was crazy he should have been right here right here every everybody everybody got involved so that's that's was good everybody got some touches but we just got to make sure uh you know everybody gets the ball go Adam Adam Wier Tiger 247 Sports Shure you were hit a few times but sacked just once how did the pocket feel uh tonight for you had an incentive that's it they they had a great incentive so so they definitely they definitely did what they were supposed to do today so n i feels good I feel I feel real good coming out the game uh but we still got to recover the right way make sure you know going into the following weeks it's it's compound interest so it's keep getting hit over and over and over and over and that was kind of like my first hit since like November so felt good you know to be live out there a little bit Travis just for you defensively what was the main difference for you guys between the first and the second half I mean we had to get our eyes right in the right place I mean they came out we already knew what we had to do but somehow we was we took as a fool we didn't respect them enough to come out there and just play how we needed to play in the second half how we did in the first half so we had to come out there and just put our eyes in the right spot I mean coach chewed us out at halftime let us know what we got to do we got to stop them we got to get stops let our offense go to work and that's what we came out to do it's complimentary football so you know when we need them to show up they'll be there when we got to show up we'll be there but everything less than scoring every Drive is is is kind of like a little failure to us because we take the game so serious we take each drive so serious and you don't know what play could have been a play you know to to decide the game so that's why it's like we enjoy the win overall but it's definitely a lot of stuff we left on the table it's quicker things I could have got to the reads and it's just nothing but room for improvement but that's that's a great starting point versus a great team like it's really hard to get the tails on what coverage and everything they do so I'm just I'm just happy that we was able to face them a real challenge should you talked about your relationship with Pat Shermer and being more comfortable in this offense knowing what you're seeing ahead of time did that manifest itself in the 17 play drive it felt like you were in control is was that good to feel that kind of like that that was that was really good to feel it was had a 17 play Drive I think H said 810 off the clock on that drive there was yeah we had the ball for 812 in the first half that one drive yeah that was crazy we didn't even feel like that but all it was was you know just Dad and everybody just getting back to the bases and that's what I told him I said let's just get back to the basics they came out and they did something that I seen on film once you know so we was able to adjust and see okay this this guy is dropping here this guy is doing this and when we get this look this is what's going to happen so it was it was that's when that's when the magic started it's great communication I was going to ask you we haven't had a chance to speak to you um so far what are your goals for this year and how do you feel about this season I got no personal goals I mean I just want my team to come out here and win every week if I want us to go out there just dum they do our job I mean we got a Target on us man we got to go out and win we got to make a statement we got to let everybody know we here to stay we not here we not he No Mediocre teams I mean that's why I want to talk to the media I just want to go to work with my guys and let them know wa I'm here with y'all y'all got to have my back just like I got y'all back let's go in here and let's win but honestly it's honestly no personal goals though that that's that's the big you know a lot of people say that but honestly we just want to win games that's it like we just trying to win games whatever everything else is that but of course we got to get a lot of completions though but personal goals we don't we don't really care about that just wins Tyler King with the den that your your dad was in here saying that the the pass to lante was something you kind of checked into because you wanted to get him a big play um I mean what were you seeing on that play that you just wanted to get cover zero cover zero and we have like the best receiver room in the nation so it's kind of like disrespectful so it was it was it was something I definitely would learn from so that's why I'm happy everything in my life uh I always was able to learn from it so you it's not too many mistakes you going to see I made twice you know so that's just something I'm going learn understand that and even if it looks super tempting and it's just like still like you just got to you know just go with it so it's a lot of situations like play clock and everything that we're getting back into the flow of the games but I'm just excited about the starting point and excited getting everybody involv and next week we'll be Lo that and focus uh for you Travis athletes like LeBron James Patrick Cain just TW tweeted Travis is one of one never seen anything like it when you hear all of these positive comments coming from what some of the best players around the league and basketball wherever how much does that feel you in your game and recognize you are one of the best athletes in college footall I mean it don't do nothing to me at all I mean it's a lot of people that love me it's a lot of people that hate me if I try to look on the internet and see what people saying about me is not going to be good for me I mean i' be down in my shell not want to talk to nobody cuz it's a lot of haters but it's a lot of good people so I don't even try to look at I don't pay attention to I just want to win with my team go out with my brothers and at the end goal I want us to be holding up a trophy Travis I want to ask you about one of your teammates uh you know cam s Craig went down tonight uh tackle I think but Savon Riley came in and played a pretty good game can you talk about Savon and just kind of the way he stepped up tonight I mean cam been on him I mean in the wait room him and cam work out he try to do something that cam don't like don't mess with he cam going to make sure he fix it cuz he know like if I go down you got to get in there you got to be the next dude to go in there and lead us so I mean cam did a pretty good job of helping him out this offseason teaching him the way to goes and like how everything how you got to treat your body how you got to go along with everything how you got to be in the Playbook so cam did a real good job of doing that so we know when he got in the game all we got to do is communicate with each other and we'll be going in there we'll be doing what we been doing even if Cam not in there DAV uh shador David I'm with the athletic how does this offense compared to what you guys ran last year and how does that process of game planning and game day and how does that compare to what you guys ran a year ago well it's really tough in practice is it it's tough just like you said like Savon like it's going against a safety like him because I go you know ones go against twos and everything but it it really get him prepared you know for the moment and he prepares me for the other safeties we're going to face just by looking him off just by small details and what he's talented at and how rangy he is also so um I feel like overall like mentally I I grow grown I watch a lot more football than I ever done now because I'm really like you know a student of the game and I and I just love seeing how everybody else figures out and fixes different problems in the game so that's just what amazes me what about working with Coach sh oh yeah coach shmer coach shmer is real easy it was definitely I feel like we definitely we trust each other um he sees things a certain way I see things a certain way and then we're able to communicate like if he says okay it's this play I asked him okay what are you seeing here like so I can understand like his thought process and same vice versa so it's very complimentary and and I love and I love it Scott go ahead what's good y'all question for both of you uh shador you mentioned getting a lot of guys involved I think four maybe five of your first completions were to different guys one of them being drin it seemed like there was a bit of an effort early on and even later on to get him involved get him touches what do you like about his game what you seen out him and Travis as well really to get all the receivers involved it's just about really what coverage you know it's about the coverage it's not really even about the the super pretty much isce on you know plays break down plays break down but overall it was that's just how football is you know you're not just looking at I'll say one guy the whole time you going through different reads you're going through different things and anything you're unsure of you know you're going to find the running backs you're going to find the check Downs whereever it's shallows anything comebacks anything so that that's the main thing is really it's not about it's not about what receivers are in what places it's just about what the read and what the defense gives you last one go ahead TR should is there anything Travis does that surprises you as a receiver is you see him every day in practice we don't is there anything he does I don't see him every day in practice yeah I don't see him every day in practice but uh his ability to get out there even with uh just a less amount of reps you know him be able to adjust and be able to see it that's the main thing just we we all get on the same page just the first time all of us collectively as a group has played with each other so um it's real exciting but then at the end of day they everybody has to interlock and understand how we're all thinking and okay what's good what's not there's like active conversations on the sideline like if you always see us on the sideline we're always talking about okay what you see right here let's do this let's do this like proactive things and not being too much reactive to whenever they throw stuff at us but it's really just getting back to the basics but every drive we didn't score we kind of took that very personal you know and open when he's covered always yeah yeah now try try Travis always he's open because he understands how he's being covered you know he's understands he being covered over top is he being covered uh underneath from behind pause yeah but just overall he just he just understands uh when somebody's on them thank you