CU Buffs reprimanded, fined by Big 12 for chants by fans during BYU game

The Big Conference on Tuesday issued a residents reprimand and fine to the University of Colorado for chants made by fans during the Buffaloes football event against Brigham Young University of Saturday at Folsom Field CU has been fined in accordance with the Big Conference Principles and Standards of Sportsmanship per a press release from the conference Related Articles CU s Deion Sanders Buffs cornerbacks gotta play better CSU Rams head coach Jay Norvell turning play calling duties over to Matt Mumme Road ahead gets tougher for Coach Prime s struggling CU Buffs Pac- power rankings Week WSU SDSU climb after road wins Week recap Oregon beats Penn State Washington UCLA and USC whiff Fans in the aspirant section repeatedly chanted F BYU and F the Mormons during the competition which BYU won - BYU is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Hateful and discriminatory language has no home in the Big Conference Big commissioner Brett Yormark announced in the press release While we appreciate Colorado apologizing for the chants that occurred in the stands during Saturday s battle the Big maintains zero tolerance for such behavior Colorado will receive a fine in accordance with our Conference policies On Monday CU issued a report from chancellor Justin Schwartz and athletic director Rick George condemning the fans use of the religious slurs and expletives Such behavior is deeply disappointing and does not reflect the values of respect inclusion and integrity we expect of our campus region the comment revealed At the conclusion of his weekly press conference on Tuesday CU head coach Deion Sanders addressed the situation On behalf of CU on behalf of our athletic department we would like to apologize to our opponents from a week ago for whatever derogatory statements were made by our fans Sanders commented That s not indicative of who we are Our participant body our kids are phenomenal Don t indict just based on a group of young kids that likely was intoxicated and high simultaneously Maybe I shouldn t have commented that as well but it s truth that will make you free But BYU we love you we appreciate you and we patronage you God bless