Colorado retired jerseys from Travis Hunter and Shedur Sanders before the spring game

On Saturday, Jersey Pensions are the fifth and sixth Jersey Pension in Colorado’s history. Before the weekend, only Byron White, Joe Romig, Bobby Anderson and Rashaan Salaam were honored with retired figures. Salaam had been Colorado’s only Heisman winner until Hunter received the award in December. Salaam hurried over 2,000 yards and 24 TDS in 1994 when Colorado 11-1 went.

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But even Salaam’s number was not immediately retired. The school only retired Salaam’s number in 2017 after his death. Salaam died of suicide in 2016 after he was found dead from a gunshot wound in a Boulder Park.

The 2024 Buffaloes went 9-4 and lost the Alamo Bowl to BYU after a disappointing 2023. It was the best season for school since 2016 when Colorado 10-4 went and also appeared in the Alamo Bowl. But it fades compared to the 1990 season when Colorado went 11-1-1 and the Associated Press National Champions was declared after a 10: 9 victory against Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

Nobody from this team has a jersey retired, including the long -time NFL assistant Eric Bieniemy. In this national title winner season he hurried for 1,627 yards and 17 TDS and was in 1988 for 1,243 yards. The Bienemiemy became third in 1990 in the Heisman vote according to Ty Detmer and Rocket Ismail.

A year after Bieniemy Boulder left this national title, Kordell Stewart arrived. During his time in Colorado, Stewart was one of the most dynamic players in college football. He threw over 2,000 yards and hurried over 600 yards in 1994 when Colorado went 11-1 and ended the season in third place on the AP Top 25. If you ask long-standing Colorado fans whether Stewart or Shedur Sanders have a greater influence on the buffalo, you will probably get more answers for Stewart.

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Stewart’s number is also not retired. WR Michael Westbrooks number is also not. He was all-American in 1994.

If the move of Jäger- und Sanders numbers so soon that your career is over, it is a newly discovered thrust of the sports department to quickly honor important participants. Colorado waited too long to reset the number of Salaam.

But if that’s really the case for Colorado, why don’t Hunter and Sanders retire next to Stewart, Bieniemy and others? After all, football is a team game, and Colorado had much more successful seasons than last year.

Sanders was awarded in 2024. His season should not be reduced. But it shouldn’t be exaggerated either. To honor a player without a great award of a team who did not even achieve 10 wins, while others who led Colorado to the best seasons in program history do not receive the same recognition is a repetition of the best.