The Big 12 Conference on Tuesday announced a $50,000 fine for the University of Colorado after fans chanted and yelled expletives at the Brigham Young University team, officials said.

NEW: Colorado has been fined $50k by the Big 12 for 'inappropriate chants' during the BYU game.

"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 said.