Colorado coach Deion Sanders benched starting quarterback Kaidon Salter during a game against Arizona.
Salter was benched after completing 11 of 15 passes for 49 yards, fumbling, and throwing an interception in the first half.
Backup quarterback Ryan Staub also threw an interception shortly after entering the game.

The Colorado football team hasn’t been nearly as good since starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders moved on to the NFL in April.

Sanders, now with the Cleveland Browns, got to see just how badly his former team has fallen without him Saturday night in Boulder. He watched from the sideline as his father, Colorado coach Deion Sanders, benched Shedeur’s replacement again in a 52-17 loss at home against Arizona.

Deion Sanders benched Kaidon Salter, Colorado’s regular starter at quarterback, near the end of the first half, when the Buffs trailed 38-7. Salter had completed 11-of-15 passes for 49 yards and one touchdown before halftime. But he also fumbled the ball and threw an interception, leading Sanders to put backup quarterback Ryan Staub in the game with 21 second left in the half.

By the time the game was over in Boulder, Colorado had used four quarterbacks and lost freshman quarterback Julian ‘JuJu’ Lewis to a hand injury with 1:03 left in the game. It’s not known how serious the injury is as the Buffs next play at West Virginia on Nov. 8. The loss dropped Colorado to 3-6 in Deion Sanders’ third season in Boulder.

After the game, Deion Sanders blamed himself.

‘We’re not getting it done,’ Deion Sanders said. ‘And that’s from lack of preparation, I suppose. That’s on me.’

Why was Shedeur Sanders at the Colorado game?

Shedeur Sanders surprised his father by visiting him in Boulder Saturday during an off week for the Browns. He renewed his former pregame ritual with his father by walking with him on the field before kickoff.

‘These shenanigans put a damper on it,’ Deion Sanders said. ‘I haven’t seen my son in a long time. Forget the game. Forget this. Forget that. I haven’t seen my son in a long time, so that was quite emotional for me, him surprising me today in the office.’

His presence at the homecoming game also served as a reminder of one of Colorado’s biggest problems this season: lackluster play at quarterback.

Deion Sanders finally puts in freshman QB Julian Lewis

Salter has been disappointing for Colorado except for a couple of games after transferring from Liberty in December.

Deion Sanders previously benched Salter in favor of Staub for a game at Houston in September. Colorado lost that game, 36-20. But since beating Iowa State on Oct. 11, the Buffs have hit new lows with Salter behind center. They’ve been outscored 81-7 in the first half of their past two games, including Saturday night at Folsom Field.

But things didn’t immediately get better with Staub behind center, either. In fact, they got worse. Staub threw an interception on the second play of the second half, his first pass of the game. Then after Staub threw another interception on his next pass, Sanders benched Staub in favor of freshman Lewis, who entered the game in the third quarter with Colorado losing, 45-7. Lewis responded by throwing a 59-yard touchdown pass to receiver Omarion Miller, helping cut Arizona’s lead to 45-14 with 10:13 left in the third quarter.

Will Colorado quarterback Julian Lewis redshirt this season?

Asked what led him to put Lewis into the game, Sanders said, ‘Common sense.’

It’s still possible Lewis could redshirt this season. He’s played in two games this season. He can play in up to four games and still redshirt, which would allow him to have four more seasons of college eligibility after this season instead of three. Sanders said that decision would be up to Lewis.

‘You got to understand, I’m for the kids,’ Sanders said. ‘If that’s what they want, that’s what they’ll get. I’m not gonna mandate.’

Fourth-string quarterback enters game for Colorado

Staub attempted just two passes before getting benched himself. Both of those passes were intercepted by Arizona. His replacement, 18-year-old Lewis, completed 9 of 17 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown but left the game with injury to his right throwing hand with 1:03 left. He was replaced by fourth-string quarterback Dominiq Ponder, a transfer from Bethune Cookman. Ponder attempted only one pass, which fell incomplete. He also was sacked for a loss of 8 yards.

The loss was Deion Sanders’ worst loss at home at Colorado and comes a week after Sanders suffered a 53-7 loss at Utah, the worst loss of his coaching career in college.

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Auburn football fans didn’t hold back their frustration after watching the latest setback of the Hugh Freeze era.

The loss for the Tigers is their fifth loss in their last six games and comes against a Kentucky squad that entered the night alongside them at the bottom of the SEC standings with a 1-5 record in conference play.

Freeze made a change at quarterback going into the Nov. 1 game by giving the start to Stanford transfer Ashton Daniels over Jackson Arnold. Daniels completed 13 of 28 passes for 108 yards and an interception in the first half while Auburn had just 117 total yards of offense.

Auburn didn’t improve much on offense in the second half, as Kentucky’s defense held the Tigers to zero points and just 124 total yards of offense — seven more yards than it had in the first half alone — in the final 30 minutes.

The loss for the Tigers drops them to 1-5 in SEC play this season and 6-16 in SEC play all-time under Freeze.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions … and ready to celebrate.

The Dodgers won the title with a 5-4, 11-inning victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 on Saturday.

It’s the first time the league has had a back-to-back champion since 2000.

While the celebration has already begun in Rogers Centre, the parade will officially take place back in Los Angeles on Monday and conclude at Dodger Stadium.

The stadium rally will also serve as a final goodbye for pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who is retiring after spending all 18 years of his (soon to be) Hall of Fame career with the Dodgers.

Tickets for the rally will go on sale Sunday at noon local time on the Dodgers’ website.

When is the Dodgers’ championship parade?

When: 11 a.m. local time (2 p.m. ET)
Where: Downtown Los Angeles

When is the Dodgers’ championship rally?

When: 12:15 p.m. local time (3:15 p.m. ET)
Where: Dodger Stadium (stadium gates open at 9 a.m. PT)

TORONTO — Shohei Ohtani is not a mythical figure, but rather a real, live human being who simply does remarkable things on the baseball field. 

And the Toronto Blue Jays did not hesitate to ambush him in Game 7 of the World Series. 

Pitching on three days’ rest for the first time in his career, Ohtani looked wobbly from the start, and then Bo Bichette applied a lightning-fast knockout blow: A first-pitch, three-run homer that electrified Rogers Centre, gave the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead and a massive edge in a call-to-arms Game 7. 

It exited the bat at 110 mph, Rogers Centre reaching an ear-splitting noise level before Bichette’s first career postseason home run settled 442 feet away from home plate. The longtime Blue Jays cornerstone, hobbled by a knee injury that robbed him of the first two rounds of the playoffs, enjoyed the view, taking a few steps down the first base line before beginning his trot. 

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The Yellow Jackets were thrashed by the Wolfpack, who gained 583 total yards and were the first team to score more than 29 points against Georgia Tech this season. Quarterback CJ Bailey was prolific, passing for 340 yards with two touchdowns.

The loss muddies the ACC championship game race, as Virginia now leads the standings without a loss in conference play. Georgia Tech joins Pitt, Louisville, Duke and SMU as teams with one loss in conference play.

Georgia Tech has remaining conference games against Boston College and Pitt and will hope not to be dragged into tiebreaker scenarios for a spot in the conference title game. The Yellow Jackets end the season with a chance at a massive win against in-state rival Georgia, as well.

Georgia Tech shouldn’t drop too far in the US LBM Coaches Poll, despite the loss. Here’s a look at where the Yellow Jackets might fall in the updated top 25 on Nov. 2.

Georgia Tech football ranking: Where will Yellow Jackets fall in top 25?

Georgia Tech shouldn’t take too much of a tumble in the US LBM Coaches Poll ahead of Week 11, as NC State marked its first loss of the season. It’s hard to see the Yellow Jackets staying ahead of Ole Miss, who has faced a tough SEC schedule, or BYU, who is still undefeated and on a bye.

But with No. 9 Miami and No. 11 Vanderbilt both suffering losses in Week 10, Georgia Tech could still be as high as No. 12 in the polls, ahead of No. 12 Notre Dame, which has two losses.

There is a chance Georgia Tech is viewed below Notre Dame and one-loss Texas Tech, who came in at No. 13 in the latest poll. In that case, GT would be right next to No. 15 Virginia, another top contender in the ACC.

Prediction: No. 14

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Chris Tanev was taken off the ice on a stretcher after a collision on Saturday.
The incident occurred during his first game back after recovering from a concussion.
Tanev was transported to a Philadelphia hospital for tests but was reported to be moving around.

He was playing his first game since recovering from a concussion. He was hit in the third period by the Philadelphia Flyers’ Matvei Michkov, who received a two-minute minor for interference.

Tanev was face down on the ice and medical personnel called for a stretcher. He gave a thumbs up as he was wheeled off the ice.

Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube told reporters that Tanev was undergoing tests at a Philadelphia hospital. He said the defenseman was moving around and it was uncertain if he would stay in Philadelphia or fly with the team.

Tanev had missed four games with his previous injury, which occurred during a collision against the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 21.

He told reporters on Friday that the injury was a concussion and that he has had concussions before.

‘When you’re stunned and sort of confused, it’s not ideal,’ he said. ‘I felt really quite normal soon after (the latest), which was nice. You go through the protocols and the steps and whatever’s necessary to get back to play.’

Tanev had an assist on Jake McCabe’s goal before he was injured. The Maple Leafs won 5-2.

Tanev was the second NHL defenseman to leave the game on Saturday after a scary incident.

The San Jose Sharks’ Timothy Liljegren was hit by a deflected puck while sitting on the bench and needed assistance getting to the dressing room.

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Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola suffered an injury against Southern California.

The injury happened in the third quarter of the contest as the Cornhuskers were in Trojan territory. Raiola dropped back for a pass but the USC defensive line collapsed in on him. Defender Anthony Lucas knocked the ball out of Raiola’s hand and he awkwardly went down with his right ankle getting twisted in the process.

USC recovered the fumble, but Raiola stayed on the ground holding his ankle as medical personnel attended to him.

Raiola is 10-for-15 with 91 passing yards and a touchdown in the contest, leaving the game with Nebraska leading 14-6.

He was seen on the NBC broadcast hobbling on the sideline while USC had the ball.

Dylan Raiola injury update

Raiola did not come back onto the field when Nebraska’s offense came back on the field. He was seen going into the medical tent. According to a report from NBC’s Kathryn Tappen, Raiola had a heavily taped foot and tried to work through it on the sidelines before re-entering the medical tent.

He left the medical tent a few moments later but stayed on the sideline.

Who is Nebraska backup QB?

Freshman backup TJ Lateef is now in the game for the Cornhuskers.

A three-star quarterback in the 2025 recruiting class out of Orange, California, Lateef has appeared in two games in the 2025 season, mainly in clean-up duty. He has competed 11-of-12 passes for 254 yards and one touchdown, as well as five carries for 32 yards and two touchdowns.

Another college football unbeaten is off the books, with Haynes King and Georgia Tech falling to unranked North Carolina State 48-36 on the road on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The No. 7 Yellow Jackets (8-1, 5-1 ACC) also are no longer in first place in the ACC standings after the loss, falling behind No. 15 Virginia (8-1, 5-0), who defeated California 31-21 to move to 5-0 in conference play this season.

Georgia Tech’s defense was uncharacteristically thrashed by the Wolfpack, which gained 583 total yards behind a big performance by quarterback CJ Bailey, who passed for 340 yards and two touchdowns.

King, who has been one of the best-signal callers in college football this season, gave a valiant effort despite falling short. He passed for 408 yards and a score, also rushing for 103 yards and two scores on 20 carries.

King broke the school’s all-time record for touchdowns responsible for (84) in the loss.

The ACC race is starting to get interesting, with Georgia Tech, Pitt, Louisville, SMU and Duke all with one loss in conference play. Miami, the favorite to win the ACC entering the season, is 2-2 in ACC play after being upset by SMU in overtime on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The Yellow Jackets still have all their goals in front of them, although another loss complicates their path to the College Football Playoff. They end their season with matchups against Boston College, Pitt and Georgia, an out-of-conference rivalry game that won’t impact Georgia Tech’s spot in the ACC standings.

Coach Brent Key and Georgia Tech are off on Nov. 8, giving the team a much-needed break to regroup before their final College Football Playoff push.

Fresh off a dominant ‘Thursday Night Football’ win over the Miami Dolphins, the Baltimore Ravens are making moves ahead of the trade deadline.

Baltimore is trading cornerback Jaire Alexander and a seventh-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft to the Philadelphia Eagles for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

Baltimore signed Alexander in June after the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback was cut by the Green Bay Packers. That signing came days after Alexander’s former college teammate at Louisville, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, asked the franchise’s front office to go get him.

Alexander, 28, has played sparingly for the Ravens this season. He’s played a total of 61 snaps in two games: Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills and Week 5 against the Houston Texans.

Baltimore went with a starting tandem of Nate Wiggins and Chidobe Awuzie at the outside cornerback positions to start the season. They’ve since moved safety Kyle Hamilton to the nickel cornerback position, moving Marlon Humphrey over to start in Awuzie’s place. That change left Alexander further down the depth chart.

He joins a Philadelphia defense that could use reinforcements at cornerback following multiple injuries. Starter Adoree’ Jackson suffered a concussion in Week 7 and hasn’t played since.

The Eagles may rely on Alexander’s help as Jackson recovers. He’ll be in a good place to perform; Philadelphia’s other starting cornerbacks are some of the best in the league. Pro Football Focus rates nickel Cooper DeJean as the No. 4 cornerback in the NFL out of 113 qualifying players. Outside cornerback Quinyon Mitchell’s No. 32 out of 113.

Philadelphia is on its bye this week. The Eagles’ next game is Week 10 on the road for ‘Monday Night Football’ against Green Bay, Alexander’s former team.