Overview
- Fox Sports confirmed Colorado’s Nov. 1 loss to Arizona averaged 374,000 viewers on FS1, the smallest audience of Sanders’ tenure, with the game going head-to-head with World Series Game 7 and airing on a secondary channel.
- Colorado is averaging about 2 million viewers this season, down from roughly 4 million in 2024 and 6 million in 2023, while top teams such as Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State are drawing about 6 to 8 million.
- Analysts say Sanders’ early TV novelty has faded and that reaching 4 to 6 million viewers again will require more wins.
- The Buffaloes are 3-6 after consecutive blowout defeats, with Sanders naming true freshman Julian Lewis the starting quarterback and shifting play-calling from Pat Shurmur to Brett Bartolone.
- Sanders has barred media access to players and assistants, saying he wants to shield them from attacks, and Colorado visits West Virginia on Saturday at noon ET on TNT.