Deion Sanders leads Colorado into first Big 12 league game in 14 years this weekend against Baylor
3 months ago

Deion Sanders leads Colorado into first Big 12 league game in 14 years this weekend against Baylor

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m one of those good weather — when you say 60%, I say there’s a 40% chance that it won’t.” Sanders was in a rather light-hearted mood coming off a 28-9 win over Colorado State last weekend. “We know we’ve got to win no matter who’s on the opposing side,” said Sanders, whose team finished its nonconference schedule with a 2-1 mark. If they didn’t play well, leave it at that.” Deion Sanders is trying to keep his players focused on the field and not what’s being written or said. “Our young men, we’ve got to do a better job of equipping them with the ability to just keep on going and don’t look either right or left,” Sanders said.

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Coach Deion Sanders says No. 23 Colorado’s best players will play in bowl game
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Coach Deion Sanders says No. 23 Colorado’s best players will play in bowl game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders says he’ll play in his team’s bowl game, while his dad says he’s planning on CU’s Heisman favorite, Travis Hunter, being there, too. Though many top players choose to skip the second-tier games, coach Deion Sanders said the Buffs …

Deion Sanders says ‘I’ve got a kickstand down’ in Colorado amid coaching carousel speculation
1 month ago

Deion Sanders says ‘I’ve got a kickstand down’ in Colorado amid coaching carousel speculation

New York Times  

Deion Sanders has put his kickstand down in Boulder. Under Sanders, Colorado has transformed from the worst program in college football’s power conferences two years ago to a contender that controls its own destiny for a spot in this year’s Big 12 championship game. Former teammate and Cowboys star Michael Irvin posted a veiled message on social media Tuesday morning …

Shedeur Sanders shrugs off shaky start, throws 3 TD passes to lead No. 18 Colorado past Utah 49-24
1 month, 1 week ago

Shedeur Sanders shrugs off shaky start, throws 3 TD passes to lead No. 18 Colorado past Utah 49-24

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m thankful for the defense,” Shedeur Sanders said. I think that’s been a wrap since Week 2,” said Sanders, whose program snapped a seven-game skid against Utah. “We got a wonderful display of cameras here, and I think we’re on national television every week.” The Utes …

Two-Way Sensation Hunter and Sanders Shine in Colorado's Victory Against Cincinnati
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two-Way Sensation Hunter and Sanders Shine in Colorado's Victory Against Cincinnati

Associated Press  

Two-way standout Travis Hunter shines for Colorado, earning him the Big 12 Conference's offensive player of the week award. He becomes the first player in league history to win both offensive and defensive weekly awards in the same season. Hunter and Shedeur Sanders lead Colorado to bowl eligibility, despite Shedeur Sanders's lack of Heisman recognition.

Colorado’s Sanders a centerpiece of pass-crazy Big 12 as league play gets into full swing
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Colorado’s Sanders a centerpiece of pass-crazy Big 12 as league play gets into full swing

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 has two of the nation’s top five passers in yards per game, and five of the top 17. Considering how some Big 12 secondaries are struggling, those air-raid performances could easily continue as league play gets into full swing, Texas Tech leads the …

Colorado returns to Big 12 league play with homecoming game versus Baylor on what may be rainy night
3 months ago

Colorado returns to Big 12 league play with homecoming game versus Baylor on what may be rainy night

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The last time Colorado faced Baylor on the football field was Oct. 16, 2010, when Robert Griffin III led the Bears to a 31-25 win in Boulder. Colorado coach Deion Sanders made a big deal in his weekly news conference about rain in the forecast and …

Colorado’s Deion Sanders praises rival coach Matt Rhule ahead of Nebraska game
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Colorado’s Deion Sanders praises rival coach Matt Rhule ahead of Nebraska game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — A year ago, Deion Sanders made the matchup with fellow coach Matt Rhule and Nebraska personal. He was a professional, did a phenomenal job, maybe not the job that he aspired to do, but he has a ton of experience, and I love …

Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter help Colorado hold off NDSU 31-26 to start Year 2 under Deion Sanders
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter help Colorado hold off NDSU 31-26 to start Year 2 under Deion Sanders

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Sanders threw for 445 yards and four touchdowns — three to Travis Hunter — and Colorado began Year 2 under Deion Sanders by holding off FCS power North Dakota State 31-26 on Thursday night. “You ever feel like you won but you didn’t win,” said Deion …

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes try to turn hype into wins as they move into the Big 12
4 months ago

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes try to turn hype into wins as they move into the Big 12

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes have changed conferences, coordinators and their offensive line. “I’m ready to go out there and show everybody what’s up,” said safety Shilo Sanders, whose team started 3-0 last season before finishing 4-8. “Going through criticism, that’s going …

Shedeur Sanders will participate in spring ball at Colorado after back injury, Coach Prime tells AP
1 year ago

Shedeur Sanders will participate in spring ball at Colorado after back injury, Coach Prime tells AP

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “So, something had to change in that aspect.” The first change was hiring former Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Phil Loadholt to be the team’s offensive line coach. “I have not met a kid yet that said that he or she didn’t want more followers or attention …

Deion Sanders is luring linemen to Colorado to protect QB son. Now, those blockers need to jell.
1 year ago

Deion Sanders is luring linemen to Colorado to protect QB son. Now, those blockers need to jell.

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “There’s no secret that an offensive line is by far the most difficult group to get to jell and most important group to get to jell,” said former Colorado offensive lineman Tyler Polumbus, who won a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos following the 2015 season. …

Big 12 releases 4 years of football opponents for 16-team conference, with annual BYU-Utah game
1 year, 1 month ago

Big 12 releases 4 years of football opponents for 16-team conference, with annual BYU-Utah game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 on Wednesday released four years of football opponents for its newly expanded 16-team conference, including a yearly BYU-Utah game and an emphasis on other in-state rivalries. “As we look towards the future of this Conference, we are thrilled to introduce the first football …

Colorado coach Deion Sanders enjoys the spoof of Deion Sanders on ‘Saturday Night Live’
1 year, 1 month ago

Colorado coach Deion Sanders enjoys the spoof of Deion Sanders on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders certainly enjoyed the spoof of Deion Sanders in a recent skit on “ Saturday Night Live.” Actor Kenan Thompson’s parody of the Colorado coach was spot-on, from the attire — Colorado sweatshirt pulled over his CU hat, shades and whistle dangling …

Colorado coach Deion Sanders calls late game times ‘stupidest thing ever invented in life’
1 year, 2 months ago

Colorado coach Deion Sanders calls late game times ‘stupidest thing ever invented in life’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A few late-night kickoffs have the Buffaloes chasing wins when many around the nation are catching “Zzzs.” Coach Prime isn’t the biggest fan of those late prime-time kickoffs, either. When the Buffaloes played Colorado State on Sept. 16 — kickoff was at 8:21 p.m. Mountain — …

Where do Colorado, Deion Sanders go from here after falling to two top-10 teams?
1 year, 2 months ago

Where do Colorado, Deion Sanders go from here after falling to two top-10 teams?

New York Times  

BOULDER, Colo. — The field goal attempt swung right of the goal post and kept Colorado’s comeback bid afloat, at least for a bit. Deion Sanders stood alone, 15 yards away from the fracas in his black hoodie with “COLORADO” written in black script across a white bar on his chest, black Colorado hat and sunglasses. It’s not a bounce-back …

Deion Sanders: Colorado football’s Coach Prime is a one-man college-football stimulus.
1 year, 3 months ago

Deion Sanders: Colorado football’s Coach Prime is a one-man college-football stimulus.

Slate  

The University of Colorado football team won one game last year. Fox’s promotion of the game treated Colorado like the Harlem Globetrotters and TCU like the Washington Generals, despite TCU winning 13 times as many football games as Colorado in the most recent season. Colorado’s new coach is Deion Sanders, by far the most independently famous person to ever put …

Deion Sanders rapidly raising profile of No. 18 Colorado on and off the field
1 year, 3 months ago

Deion Sanders rapidly raising profile of No. 18 Colorado on and off the field

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! That’s all he gets,” Sanders said Tuesday as the 18th-ranked Buffaloes prepare to host rival Colorado State this weekend. This Saturday, ESPN’s “College GameDay ” and Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” will be in town when Colorado hosts the Rams. It’s grand,” Sanders said of the 53,241 …

Olson: Deion Sanders, Colorado football bring long-awaited magic back to Folsom Field
1 year, 3 months ago

Olson: Deion Sanders, Colorado football bring long-awaited magic back to Folsom Field

New York Times  

BOULDER, Colo. — The instructions from the public address announcer could not have been more clear. When Nebraska’s players and coaches first walked onto Folsom Field in pregame, they were welcomed by “F— NEBRASKA” chants from Colorado’s student section. “And I just bent over and laughed my butt off.” Deion Sanders’ home debut came in front of Colorado’s largest crowd …

No. 22 Colorado off to flying start by following lead of unconventional coach Deion Sanders
1 year, 3 months ago

No. 22 Colorado off to flying start by following lead of unconventional coach Deion Sanders

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m a winner,” said Sanders, who took over a team that went 1-11 last season. “We’re going to end up winning.” Colorado’s quick turnaround also is hardly a surprise to new Nebraska coach Matt Rhule, whose team is a 2 1/2-point underdog after losing its opener …

Prime shocker: Colorado upsets No. 17 TCU 45-42 in Deion Sanders’ debut as Buffs coach
1 year, 3 months ago

Prime shocker: Colorado upsets No. 17 TCU 45-42 in Deion Sanders’ debut as Buffs coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns — the game-winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by true freshman Dylan Edwards with 4:25 left —- and the Buffs pulled off an opening shocker with a 45-42 win Saturday over 17th-ranked TCU, last …

Colorado stuns TCU in Deion Sanders’ debut: Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter electric in win
1 year, 3 months ago

Colorado stuns TCU in Deion Sanders’ debut: Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter electric in win

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of Colorado vs. Oregon in Week 4 college football action Colorado held on to upset No. Here’s what you need to know: Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s son, threw for a school-record 510 passing yards in his debut start, going 38-for-47 with four touchdowns and zero interceptions. — Khan GO DEEPER Colorado shocked college football …

Pac-12 staffers on Deion’s Year 1 at Colorado: ‘If he wins, he’s the greatest coach ever’
1 year, 3 months ago

Pac-12 staffers on Deion’s Year 1 at Colorado: ‘If he wins, he’s the greatest coach ever’

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of Colorado vs. Oregon in Week 4 college football action The Deion Sanders era at Colorado is only nine months old but has already become one of college football’s most polarizing topics. “If he wins there this year, he’s the greatest coach ever,” one offensive assistant coach said. … The only game that’s a sure …

It’s time for Deion Sanders-led Colorado to play after all the offseason hype. No. 17 TCU is ready
1 year, 3 months ago

It’s time for Deion Sanders-led Colorado to play after all the offseason hype. No. 17 TCU is ready

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! With 87 new players and only three returning starters, the Buffaloes play their opener Saturday at 17th-ranked TCU, last season’s national runner-up. And if not for the Hall of Fame player making his Power Five coaching debut, Fox certainly wouldn’t use its first “Big Noon Kick …

Deion Sanders builds and rebuilds roster in first season at Colorado
1 year, 4 months ago

Deion Sanders builds and rebuilds roster in first season at Colorado

Associated Press  

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders cleaned house when he first arrived at Colorado. I don’t care about culture,” said Sanders, whose team is playing its final season in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Big 12. “You had some young men that just didn’t want to play the game,” Sanders said of overhauling the roster after arriving from Jackson …

Prime real estate: Colorado’s return to Big 12 fits Deion Sanders’ football recruiting blueprint
1 year, 4 months ago

Prime real estate: Colorado’s return to Big 12 fits Deion Sanders’ football recruiting blueprint

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado’s return to the Big 12 in 2024 fits right into Deion Sanders’ recruiting blueprint, allowing him to get an even better foothold in the teeming Texas and Florida markets. “So I think more than anything it adds to the excitement because it’s …

Colorado doesn’t change Big 12 basketball much. Unless it’s just the first domino
1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado doesn’t change Big 12 basketball much. Unless it’s just the first domino

New York Times  

College basketball coaches love to brag about their league. Colorado rejoining the league has Big 12 basketball coaches feeling good about the future because it’s a sign of what’s to come. From a purely numbers standard, if you took the last 10 seasons for Colorado and added that team to the Big 12, the league’s average team rating would drop …

Colorado leaving Pac-12 and returning to Big 12 in 2024 following unanimous vote by board of regents
1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado leaving Pac-12 and returning to Big 12 in 2024 following unanimous vote by board of regents

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado is leaving the Pac-12 to return to the conference the Buffaloes jilted a dozen years ago, and the Big 12 celebrated the reunion with a two-word statement released through Commissioner Brett Yomark: “They’re back.” “The landscape of collegiate sports is ever-evolving, and …

Colorado announces it is leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12
1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado announces it is leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12

LA Times  

New Colorado coach Deion Sanders encourages players from the sideline during a spring practice in April. “The landscape of collegiate sports is ever-evolving, and the University of Colorado Boulder has determined the Big 12 is the best future fit for our athletic teams,” school President Todd Saliman said. “The Big 12’s national reach across three time zones as well as …

Deion Sanders’ roster redo at Colorado could change college football
1 year, 5 months ago

Deion Sanders’ roster redo at Colorado could change college football

New York Times  

As Deion Sanders attempts to flip Colorado’s roster in one offseason, the stakes have become clear: If he succeeds, he’ll change college football forever. “Either he’s gonna be really good really fast and leave for another gig, which, looking at that roster doesn’t seem possible,” the coach said. “This is the Dumbest thing I’ve almost ever seen and Only reason …

Colorado’s quest for Deion Sanders: A network with clout, a ‘secret weapon’ and two anxious months
1 year, 11 months ago

Colorado’s quest for Deion Sanders: A network with clout, a ‘secret weapon’ and two anxious months

New York Times  

BOULDER, Colo. — Rick George was trying to focus on the task at hand, but he had pressing issues back home. Sanders had called the Colorado athletic director earlier that week with a simple message: “I’m comin’.” That alleviated some of George’s anxiety around his high-profile, two-months-long search for a head coach. “We’re going to provide the resources the coach …

Deion Sanders’ unwanted Colorado commits searching for a new home
2 years ago

Deion Sanders’ unwanted Colorado commits searching for a new home

New York Times  

Carson Mott had a feeling this was coming. It sucks because we could’ve been looking instead of having only 16 days before signing day.” Former Class of 2023 Colorado commits Player, Pos Hometown Rank New School CJ Turner, LB Star City 742 Taylor Starling, CB Dallas 823 Brady Nassar, Edge Pleasanton 906 San Diego State Carson Mott, Edge Simi Valley …

Colorado hires Deion Sanders to turn around football program
2 years ago

Colorado hires Deion Sanders to turn around football program

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at Colorado, bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a beleaguered Pac-12 program that’s plunged to the bottom of college football. They were on the cover of Sports Illustrated in July — a feature on …

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