BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado head coach Deion Sanders held his weekly news conference Tuesday morning as his team prepares for its biggest test of the college football season.
Sanders and his Buffaloes host No. 8 University of Southern California at Folsom Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in Boulder.
Sanders praised USC quarterback Caleb Williams, the Heisman trophy winner last year, is a playmaker.
"He makes plays, he makes that team go. He is a handful," Sanders said of Williams.
Sanders said Tuesday that his son, Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders, went to the hospital after the team landed back in Colorado after Saturday's game. Shilo told Deion Sanders Jr. of Well Off Media that he was urinating blood. The hope is Shilo will be able to play against USC.
Colorado has been the story of the early season, starting 3-0 after winning just one game last season. The Buffs jumped into the Associated Press college football poll rankings with an opening week upset of TCU.
The Oregon Ducks' blowout of Colorado on Saturday knocked the Buffaloes all the way out of the AP Top 25 from No. 19.
As USC comes to Boulder, Sanders' team will have a chance to either jump back in the rankings or become an afterthought for voters for the rest of the season.
Saturday's game will be televised nationally on Fox. It will be the third time in the first five games that CU is featured in Fox's main daytime TV time slot.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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