1 year, 4 months ago

What to watch? Coach Prime’s debut with Colorado takes center stage, but LSU-FSU is best matchup

Coach Prime, it’s your time. Sonny Dykes’ second TCU team has compelling story lines of its own after reaching the national title game last season. The Horned Frogs are replacing eight players taken in the NFL draft, they have a new offensive coordinator in Kendall Briles, and Chandler Morris returns to the starting quarterback’s role after Heisman Trophy runner-up Max Duggan took the job from him in the second game last season. It’s the only Week 1 matchup of top-10 teams, and it will be tough to top last year’s finish when the Seminoles upset LSU 24-23 on a blocked PAT with no time left. HOT SEAT West Virginia’s Neal Brown got a reprieve from new athletic director Wren Baker after last season, and no coach has more heat on him entering 2023.

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1 month, 1 week ago

Colorado’s 2-way star Travis Hunter eyes Big 12 title and more before ‘for sure’ entering NFL draft

Associated Press

DENVER — Travis Hunter made a pair of proclamations Thursday: He’s for sure entering the NFL draft after this season, but not until he sees Colorado all the way through the College Football Playoff — if the Buffaloes make it there. “I don’t think nobody will opt out because you’re showing NFL teams that you’re more focused on something else, …

1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

3 months, 1 week 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 …

4 months, 1 week 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 …

8 months, 1 week ago

Here are 14 players to watch next season across the Atlantic Coast Conference

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A look at football players in the Atlantic Coast Conference this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons this fall, when the league will also add SMU, Cal and Stanford: BOSTON COLLEGE: DB Ryan Turner came to the Eagles from Ohio State, where he played …

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 …

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. …

1 year, 1 month ago

Former Colorado players were told they weren’t ready for Prime Time. They moved on but won’t forget

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! After all, who wouldn’t want to play for the charismatic Pro Football Hall of Fame member and ex-major leaguer known as “Prime Time” during his playing days and now just “Coach Prime?” “It was a feeling of awe because it’s Deion Sanders, and you play video …

1 year, 2 months 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 …

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 — …

1 year, 3 months ago

Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter taken to hospital during game after late hit vs CSU

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado rallied for the win over Colorado State on Saturday night but lost two-way star Travis Hunter when he was taken to a hospital for an evaluation during the third quarter at Folsom Field. Coach Deion Sanders had no update …

1 year, 3 months ago

Commentary: College football review: Coach Prime has expertly delivered drama and become must-see TV

LA Times

Colorado coach Deion Sanders hugs his son Shilo Sanders after the safety returned an interception for a touchdown against Colorado State on Saturday. College football in 2023 is a TV show, and it took just three weeks of Deion Sanders leading the Colorado Buffaloes for the networks to toss the old rules into the trash and trust in the allure …

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 …

1 year, 3 months ago

Coach Prime’s success has made Colorado alums Vance Joseph, Eric Bieniemy proud

New York Times

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Vance Joseph and Eric Bieniemy have experienced University of Colorado football at its greatest heights. “Very happy, very proud, and looking forward to all the things that I know they will accomplish this year,” said Bieniemy, whose three stints as a player or coach at Colorado included a stretch as the school’s offensive coordinator in 2011 and …

1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado 2-way star Travis Hunter living up to his Heisman standards after following Deion Sanders

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! While only the first game of a long season — especially if playing both sides throughout — Hunter’s spectacular performance Saturday in the Power Five debut for he and his coach came against a future Big 12 foe that played in last year’s national championship game. …

1 year, 4 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 …

1 year, 4 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 …

1 year, 4 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 …

1 year, 11 months ago

Coach Prime comes up big in 1st recruiting class at Colorado

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders proudly recited the numbers from his first recruiting class at Colorado. “We’re not recruiting just no ordinary Tom, Dick and Harry,” Sanders said Wednesday on signing day. “We’ve got names on the back of their shirts right now,” cracked …

2 years ago

QB Shedeur Sanders, CB Travis Hunter following Prime to CU

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Deion Sanders’ quarterback and top recruit at Jackson State are following Coach Prime to Colorado. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s son, was among Colorado’s first class of signees Wednesday with its new coach. Deion Sanders spent three seasons at Jackson State, winning two Southwestern Athletic Conference titles. …

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