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Sanders suggested the chants came from young, intoxicated fans and were not representative of the university.

The Big 12 Conference fined Colorado $50,000 for the hateful and discriminatory language.

The incidents occurred at Colorado's 24-21 home loss to Brigham Young University.

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders issued an apology Tuesday to Brigham Young University for the profane anti-Mormon chants during last week’s game in Boulder and said they probably came from “young kids” who were probably “intoxicated and high simultaneously.”

The chants also drew a public reprimand and $50,000 fine Tuesday from the Big 12 Conference.

Sanders made the comments at his weekly news conference in Boulder after his team lost to BYU 24-21 . Colorado officials on S

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