COLORADO Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders has been called out by fans after appearing to poke his finger in an opponents eye.
The college football star, 21, led this team to 3-0 on the season as the Buffaloes beat rivals the Colorado State Rams 43-35 on Saturday.
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Sanders was again in imperious form, throwing for 348 yards and 4 touchdowns, with just one interception.
It was a bad-tempered game in Boulder with Buffaloes star man Travis Hunter ending up in hospital after a late hit from Henry Blackburn in the first quarter.
The Rams looked to rough up the Buffaloes as Deoin Sanders' team attempted to continue their fairytale start to the season.
After another combative play, Shedeur got into it with Rams defensive lineman Mo Kamara, per Total Pro Sports.
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The pair went helmet to helmet before Sanders appeared to put his fingers between Kamara's grille.
Colorado players quickly came to their quarterback's aid, separating the pair before things could escalate further.
After footage of the incident went viral, one fan commented on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Not cool."
A second said: "How is this allowed????? There’s nothing that justifies this."
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While a third added: "I hate that type of unsportsmanlike conduct!"
But a fourth countered: "Go back and look at the whole game. All of the unsportsmanlike penalties Colorado had."
The Rams out-gained Colorado 499-418 in total yards but also racked up a whopping 17 penalties for 187 yards.
Coach Prime said after the dramatic win: "We started off playing like hot garbage, but we got it right, and we got the victory in the end, and that's all that counts.
"We showed that we have no surrender or give-up in us. They never doubted themselves."
Coach Prime and Rams chief Jay Norvell had been beefing in the press throughout the week.
But they shook hands on the field after the bad-tempered encounter, with Norvell predicting that the rivalry would only intensify from here.
Norvell said: "This rivalry has been going on way longer and before I got here.
"It’s going to be going on way after I leave."
