Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders appears to push an official, is not ejected

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Colorado football quarterback Shedeur Sanders could be lucky he wasn’t ejected in the third quarter of Saturday’s game against Kansas.

The no. 18 Buffaloes The signal-caller appeared to lose his composure and pushed head official Kevin Mar for a potential missed call after he was hit, forcing a three-and-out for Colorado when it followed. Jayhawks. Sanders appeared to throw a one-handed shove at the referee after standing up, but no penalty flag was thrown.

Mike Pereira, rules analyst at FOX Sports, said Sanders was lucky he wasn’t ejected for his actions.

“There’s no question he does,” Pereira said of Sanders pushing Mar. “I understand why he’s upset because people are almost climbing over him after he was down. But the officials can use their hands all they want to try to keep order But you can’t come back as a player .

“In the chaos the referees don’t see it, but he’s lucky he wasn’t sent off.”