{"id":139371,"date":"2025-04-19T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T11:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/cu-legend-chad-brown-slams-decision-to-retire-hunter-sanders-numbers-a-bit-odd\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T11:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T11:44:08","slug":"cu-legend-chad-brown-slams-decision-to-retire-hunter-sanders-numbers-a-bit-odd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/cu-legend-chad-brown-slams-decision-to-retire-hunter-sanders-numbers-a-bit-odd\/","title":{"rendered":"CU Legend Chad Brown Slams Decision To Retire Hunter, Sanders&#8217; Numbers, &#8216;A Bit Odd&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Decision To Retire Numbers Is &#8216;Odd&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">Ex-CU Star Chad Brown Says<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-19T00:50:37-07:00\">April 19, 2025 12:50 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-faea59caac214b737eeb2208823743e2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a2bb1ca5-1e24-46ba-974a-08052c925f17-1045731562-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a2bb1ca5-1e24-46ba-974a-08052c925f17-1045731562-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/68\/16by9\/2025\/04\/18\/68c6760c86de4c79a7af142cd6027a94_md.jpg\" alt=\"chad-brown-kal-04-18-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-faea59caac214b737eeb2208823743e2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-66bc11892a9680fa1fd969ae8a122e8e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Colorado legend <strong>Chad Brown<\/strong>&#8216;s clearly not a fan of his alma mater making the fast resolution to retire <strong>Shedeur Sanders<\/strong> and <strong>Travis Hunter<\/strong>&#8216;s jersey numbers &#8230; telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he finds the selection &#8220;odd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-66bc11892a9680fa1fd969ae8a122e8e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e5cbd75cab14f68e8e967fb92eb26251\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The faculty revealed earlier this month they&#8217;re placing away the Nos. 2 and 12 perpetually in honor of the latest Buffaloes&#8217; efforts on the gridiron &#8230; however Brown advised us Friday he doesn&#8217;t love the transfer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e5cbd75cab14f68e8e967fb92eb26251--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b4c2cde79f2099096598a9c18fd1ad42\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240917_4bad17a0a3584c35b1886ce900d09fa2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c3460e12-1d0b-40e7-a1fa-50ecf5b6cc52\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/4by3\/2024\/09\/17\/4bad17a0a3584c35b1886ce900d09fa2_md.jpg\" alt=\"travis hunter shedeur sanders\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b4c2cde79f2099096598a9c18fd1ad42--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a8335f7519bc3c787fcb3d198bdc9cab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The former Buffs linebacker &#8212; who left the varsity in 1993 &#8212; mentioned each guys are definitely deserving of the dignity &#8230; however so are a bunch of others who&#8217;ve been ready far longer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a8335f7519bc3c787fcb3d198bdc9cab--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b745ae8bc5c32476393b1aa54cd1d672\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;If we had been a program which handed these items out on a regular basis,&#8221; he mentioned, &#8220;I feel myself and a whole lot of different former alumni would have a look at this by way of a really, very totally different lens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b745ae8bc5c32476393b1aa54cd1d672--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9daaf06b23e5eacebc630462c44b30fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250418_f3844092d4d548c0a53625c448547a1a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c3460e12-1d0b-40e7-a1fa-50ecf5b6cc52\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f3\/4by3\/2025\/04\/18\/f3844092d4d548c0a53625c448547a1a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Chad Brown 1992 colorado football getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9daaf06b23e5eacebc630462c44b30fa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-622b0570b479829b404519c6eb8bad4b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;But contemplating how extremely conservative now we have been, and now to do it to 2 guys, who&#8217;re each on campus nonetheless &#8212; their graduating class hasn&#8217;t even left campus but &#8212; it feels a bit odd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-622b0570b479829b404519c6eb8bad4b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbd145f522f80eccb7ce59e37e3e9fe1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Brown just isn&#8217;t alone within the sentiment &#8230; he mentioned he is spoken to over a dozen former Buffaloes, and &#8220;most really feel the identical means that I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbd145f522f80eccb7ce59e37e3e9fe1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ce53942785a3bec18f695560b4b2a5d5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f7c0ebeb-9d8f-46ff-9207-7872412a9d7a-1229089547-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-f7c0ebeb-9d8f-46ff-9207-7872412a9d7a-1229089547-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/63\/16by9\/2025\/04\/18\/63042a21d7c14bdb97f97552c393502e_md.jpg\" alt=\"deion-sanders-kal-04-18-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Colorado Buffaloes<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ce53942785a3bec18f695560b4b2a5d5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0b08b3e1887f0021a9723edbabc15b4c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In reality, the backlash grew so loud &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/deion-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Deion Sanders<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday truly addressed it &#8212; and ripped it aside.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0b08b3e1887f0021a9723edbabc15b4c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e48bcc1c85b562da1cad29e2e7f7b0a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Brown nonetheless advised us he would have a lot fairly seen his previous teammate, <strong>Deon Figures<\/strong>, rating the dignity forward of Coach Prime&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e48bcc1c85b562da1cad29e2e7f7b0a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4b66900b554ccf0cc01bfcbb64d6043a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250418_9f1875e8394d42e1aab996aebac5b439\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c3460e12-1d0b-40e7-a1fa-50ecf5b6cc52\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9f\/4by3\/2025\/04\/18\/9f1875e8394d42e1aab996aebac5b439_md.jpg\" alt=\"Deon Figures colorado 1992 getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4b66900b554ccf0cc01bfcbb64d6043a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ef35e0a0f764a26122a00f91ea226709\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;For one other No. 2 to get in earlier than him,&#8221; Brown mentioned, &#8220;I&#8217;m not saying that Shedeur just isn&#8217;t deserving or worthy of that sort of dialog &#8212; but when I&#8217;m going to honor a No. 2, it would be Deon Figures first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ef35e0a0f764a26122a00f91ea226709--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5a5cabb128a8fc9d27177a6719ea14ea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Colorado &#8212; which has solely beforehand retired 4 numbers ever &#8212; will formally bestow the dignity on Hunter and Shedeur later Saturday &#8230; simply earlier than the varsity&#8217;s spring sport.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5a5cabb128a8fc9d27177a6719ea14ea--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter Decision To Retire Numbers Is &#8216;Odd&#8217; 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