Highly touted high school QB commits to Colorado, possible indicator Sanders is staying in Boulder
1 month, 1 week ago

Highly touted high school QB commits to Colorado, possible indicator Sanders is staying in Boulder

Associated Press  

DENVER — Highly touted high school quarterback Julian Lewis has committed to the University of Colorado, possibly an indicator that coach Deion Sanders does indeed plan to stick around in Boulder. “We’re about to get comfortable.” Lewis, whose nickname is “Ju Ju,” became the starting quarterback at Carrollton High School in Georgia as a freshman. “Julian loves to compete; he’s extremely excited for the challenge that lies ahead in college football,” said TC Lewis, Julian’s father. “What ‘Coach Prime’ and Colorado provide for him in regards to development and a path to play are exceptional.” ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season.

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

Colorado lands 5-star QB Julian Lewis: What this means for Deion Sanders
1 month, 1 week ago

Colorado lands 5-star QB Julian Lewis: What this means for Deion Sanders

New York Times  

Five-star quarterback Julian “Juju” Lewis committed to Colorado on Thursday. He visited Colorado last month for the Buffaloes’ win over Cincinnati and took a surprise visit to Georgia last weekend and watched the Bulldogs top Tennessee. Colorado doesn’t have an experienced backup quarterback or a plan at the position beyond Shedeur Sanders, who will enter the NFL Draft after this …

Deion Sanders dismisses speculation about future with No. 16 Colorado, says he’s happy in Boulder
1 month, 1 week ago

Deion Sanders dismisses speculation about future with No. 16 Colorado, says he’s happy in Boulder

Associated Press  

BOULDER, Colo. — Each win brings Deion Sanders and the 16th-ranked Colorado Buffaloes closer and closer to a spot in the Big 12 title game. “He’s given our whole community and the university all this attention,” Coppom said as Sanders announced plans to launch an apparel line in her honor. “Best corner in college football, it should be called the …

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

Deion Sanders says he’ll ‘privately’ intervene if wrong NFL team drafts Shedeur Sanders
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Deion Sanders says he’ll ‘privately’ intervene if wrong NFL team drafts Shedeur Sanders

New York Times  

Colorado coach Deion Sanders says he’ll do his part to steer his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, and Buffaloes’ receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter to better situations in next year’s NFL Draft. During an appearance on Fox Sports 1’s “Speak,” Deion Sanders was asked by co-host Keyshawn Johnson if he would step in during the draft process if the “wrong” team drafted Shedeur. …

Colorado’s Shilo Sanders has surgery on arm, Deion Sanders says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Colorado’s Shilo Sanders has surgery on arm, Deion Sanders says

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DENVER — Colorado safety Shilo Sanders had surgery after sustaining an arm injury in the team’s loss to Nebraska, his father and coach, Deion Sanders, said Monday in a social media post. Deion Sanders posted pictures of his son, including one with Shilo Sanders in a …

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

Deion Sanders’ sons Shilo and Shedeur take on some recruiting duties for Colorado
8 months, 1 week ago

Deion Sanders’ sons Shilo and Shedeur take on some recruiting duties for Colorado

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Although, Shilo did caution the Buffaloes aren’t “Last Chance U.” “I think the most prominent players at every program are probably your best recruiters,” coach Deion Sanders said Thursday after a spring practice session. “I like just having real control over everything.” Oftentimes, potential recruits reach …

Fracture in back healed, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders takes the field for spring practice
9 months, 1 week ago

Fracture in back healed, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders takes the field for spring practice

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It’s a reference to the amount of new offensive linemen — Sanders even double-checked — the Buffaloes brought in to fortify the protection around Shedeur Sanders after he was sacked 52 times last season. “He’s eight times better, I’m serious, his back, than it was last …

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. …

New San Diego State coach Sean Lewis promises AztecFast offense in the tradition of Air Coryell
1 year, 1 month ago

New San Diego State coach Sean Lewis promises AztecFast offense in the tradition of Air Coryell

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SAN DIEGO — Sean Lewis talks a mile a minute, which might be how fast the San Diego State Aztecs will play now that he’s their head coach. Lewis used his introductory news conference Wednesday to invoke the Air Coryell offense that was developed decades ago …

At Colorado, Deion Sanders is the only one ready for prime time
1 year, 2 months ago

At Colorado, Deion Sanders is the only one ready for prime time

LA Times  

Colorado coach Deon Sanders talks with his son, Colorado defensive back Shilo Sanders, before a 26-18 loss to UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. Late in the second quarter on a night that slowly chilled at the Rose Bowl, Colorado safety Shilo Sanders appeared to apply a textbook tackle that leveled UCLA’s Carsen Ryan. “We were just coaching youth …

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

Deion and Shedeur Sanders have Colorado rolling toward bowl eligibility after taking over 1-11 team
1 year, 2 months ago

Deion and Shedeur Sanders have Colorado rolling toward bowl eligibility after taking over 1-11 team

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Music producer DJ Khaled is on board, too, calling the gesture “The Shedeur.” “ can’t keep doing it for free,” Deion Sanders said Tuesday as the Buffaloes prepare to host Stanford on Friday night at sold-out Folsom Field. “There’s a tremendous chance he could play,” said …

Can Deion Sanders mania last? Inside his response to back-to-back losses
1 year, 2 months ago

Can Deion Sanders mania last? Inside his response to back-to-back losses

New York Times  

By Christopher Kamrani, Marcus Thompson II and David Ubben BOULDER, Colo. — Obviously exhausted, technically beaten, but never crestfallen, Deion Sanders sits in a black leather folding chair with his left leg plunged into a navy blue tote filled with ice water up to his calf. “Well,” Deion Jr. responds, “that’s better than hurt.” In an unspecified room within the …

Where do Colorado, Deion Sanders go from here after falling to two top-10 teams?
1 year, 3 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 tunes out detractors and turns the page on Colorado’s lopsided loss to Oregon
1 year, 3 months ago

Deion Sanders tunes out detractors and turns the page on Colorado’s lopsided loss to Oregon

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 9 Oregon last weekend — and watching the cringe-worthy film over and over — “shall set you free.” To his detractors, he made sure they knew his first defeat at Colorado hasn’t diminished his swagger. “To be 3-1 and not satisfied — don’t that say a …

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 …

Why Colorado OC Sean Lewis left a head coaching job to direct Deion Sanders’ offense
1 year, 3 months ago

Why Colorado OC Sean Lewis left a head coaching job to direct Deion Sanders’ offense

New York Times  

This offseason, Colorado brought in 51 scholarship transfers looking for a fresh start in Boulder, but one of Deion Sanders’ biggest pickups was a 37-year-old former three-star quarterback recruit who played in the Big Ten and didn’t arrive through the portal. At Kent State, Lewis’ “Flash Fast” attack led the nation in yards per game and points per game in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders might have to have his left foot amputated
1 year, 6 months ago

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders might have to have his left foot amputated

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Deion Sanders might lose his left foot as a result of circulation issues that forced him to have two toes amputated in 2021. Sanders allowed camera crews with " Thee Pregame Show " to film a meeting with his medical team at the University of Colorado, …

Sanders sees numerous Colorado players enter transfer portal
1 year, 8 months ago

Sanders sees numerous Colorado players enter transfer portal

Associated Press  

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders saw a number of players stampede to the transfer portal, including a holdover wide receiver who was the standout in Colorado’s sold-out spring game over the weekend. By Monday, others who announced on social media they will enter the portal include receivers Jordyn Tyson and Chase Sowell, outside linebacker Shakaun Bowser, defensive backs …

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’ first Colorado commits feeling the love: ‘I need you’
2 years ago

Deion Sanders’ first Colorado commits feeling the love: ‘I need you’

New York Times  

By Grace Raynor, Manny Navarro and David Ubben Ryan Staub had visited Colorado three times before Deion Sanders took over as head coach. “ was coaching at Jackson State so I don’t know if he had enough time to make that many arrangements,” said Staub, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound three-star quarterback from Stevenson Ranch, Calif. Staub committed to Colorado last January …

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 …

Deion Sanders says report of job offer from Colorado is true
2 years, 1 month ago

Deion Sanders says report of job offer from Colorado is true

Associated Press  

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders said Monday that a report stating Colorado has offered him its head coaching job is true and he has also received interest from other schools. Before the season, Colorado lost several starters through the transfer portal, an area Sanders could surely shore up should he accept the Buffaloes’ job. Hired by Jackson State in September …

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