The Colorado Buffaloes are 3-5 before getting ready to host 4-3 Arizona on Saturday.
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The Buffaloes are fairly banged up in Week 10. CU listed 20 players as injured on their player availability report this week, including seven who were ruled out for Saturday’s contest.
The Wildcats listed one player on the injury report coming off a bye in Week 9. Offensive lineman Jordan Brown was ruled out against CU. Arizona listed 13 players on the injury report for Week 8.
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During an appearance on “Colorado Football Coaches Show” on Thursday, Buffs head coach Deion Sanders appeared to question the validity of the injury report for Week 10.
“Why do we always — like, we always have 100 guys (on the player availability report) and the other team, I look over and they have two guys?” Sanders said via On3 Sports. “Are we the only ones being honest?”
Sanders did not single out any Big 12 program by name, but suggested multiple conference teams were lying on the injury report.
“Let’s tell the truth, and we do,” Sanders said. “I guess everybody else is lying because there’s no way nobody’s that healthy.”
Colorado listed the most injured players on the report for Week 10. However, other programs noted significant injuries. Iowa State, Arizona State, West Virginia and Texas Tech all had 10 players or more listed on the injury report.
However, Cincinnati and Utah each listed three players on the injury report.
Sanders made it clear that he isn’t a fan of injury reports because they serve to help sports bettors, but he does intend to play by the rules.
“Coming from the league, I’m thinking the same thought process,” Sanders said. “Because really, honestly, and I hate to see it, this is all about gambling. That’s all they want to know who’s hurt so they can put a different line on the game, or whatever. Which don’t make sense to me, helping people gamble on the game by reporting things.
“We’re straight-up. We tell you everything. Who’s hurt and who maybe was probable, all the different categories. But I can’t believe we’re the only ones every week — like, we’re tripling our opponents in injuries.”
Violating conference rules on the injury report can lead to consequences for programs.
USC ran into trouble with the Big Ten for violating the conference’s availability report in Week 7. The Trojans inserted a running back into their game against Michigan after they had ruled the player out.
The Big Ten fined Southern Cal $5,000 for the violation.
For more on the NCAA, head to Newsweek Sports.
