During viral moment, Colorado's Deion Sanders advised wounded TCU player to 'get back in this game'

After suffering a nasty injury late in TCU's home opener against the Colorado Buffaloes last Saturday, running back Trey Sanders stayed on the grass for a long time.

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"So I walked out there and said, 'Son, if you don't get up, they won't. Deion remarked on the "Colorado Football Coaches Show."

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I told him that. I wanted the kid to rule. First, he was Sanders, the offensive No. 2. The conversation was that."

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Trey scored three touchdowns, but TCU lost 45-42 to Colorado in Fort Worth.

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Last season, TCU reached the College Football Playoff National Championship game and was the favorite Saturday.

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