Colorado Fined $50,000 After Buffaloes Fans’ Anti-Mormon Chants, Coach Prime Apologizes

Football season is well underway in Colorado. College football is especially exciting this year for Colorado Buffaloes and Colorado State Rams fans. The University of Colorado-Boulder’s program has been in the headlines a lot recently. Unfortunately, many of the headlines have surrounded the crowd rather than the team.

Coach Deion Sanders Goes Viral Over Game-Day Observations

We reported on earlier this year that Coach Deion Sanders went viral because of something he noticed during the Buffaloes' home games. Sanders went viral for discussing the strong smell of marijuana during games.

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Big 12 Fines Colorado Over Fan Behavior

The conference for the Buffaloes, the Big 12, has fined the University of Colorado-Boulder due to its fans' behavior. And no, this has nothing to do with the now infamous ‘light up quarter’.

Anti-Mormon Chants Spark National Attention

According to ESPN and other sources, the university has been fined because of chants during a home game against BYU. Buffalo fans were chanting anti-Mormon chants that caught the attention of the nation, as well as the commissioner of the Big 12.

$50,000 Penalty for Hateful Chants

The commissioner called the chants hateful and discriminatory and decided to fine the school $50,000 for the fan chants.

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Coach Sanders Responds With an Apology

Coach Deion Sanders apologized for the chants and claimed they likely came from young kids who were intoxicated, USA Today reports.

This group of fans was chanting “F–k the Mormons”. Colorado lost to BYU 24-21.