Deion Sanders honors 100-year-old Colorado Buffaloes superfan with ‘Peggy’ apparel line

1 month ago

Ex-Colorado football player dedicates time to fulfilling wishes for older adults

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Everybody has somebody in their life —a grandparent, friend, neighbor — at that age where you wish you had more resources to help,” said Bloom, whose college career was cut short two decades ago when the NCAA denied his reinstatement to play football and still ski …

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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 …

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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.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Deion Sanders & Co. enjoy wild locker room party with Rick Ross after Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter lead Buffaloes to victory over UCF

Daily Mail

Deion Sanders' Colorado football team turned the away team locker room at UCF into a wild party scene with rapper Rick Ross to celebrate their victory. A few clips earlier, the rapper was pictured chatting with Coach Prime in the locker room before the Buffaloes took the field and convincingly won their third straight game. Deion Sanders and the Colorado …

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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 …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Deion Sanders denies asking Colorado band not to play in favor of son’s music

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Instead of chatting about how the world saw Colorado get " our butts kicked” by Nebraska, Deion Sanders opened his weekly news conference talking about the school’s fight song. The Buffaloes coach began Tuesday by addressing the “main thing,” which was local radio …

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3 months, 2 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 …

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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 …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

As Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter shine, Colorado remains work in progress on defense and line

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I know you guys couldn’t wait to get on me if we wouldn’t have won,” coach Deion Sanders said after the game Thursday night as he began Year 2 in Boulder. “I feel really good coming out of the game.” That wasn’t always the case last …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Warren Sapp relishes return to football as he serves as grad assistant at Colorado for Coach Prime

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Warren Sapp visited the University of Colorado a year ago after new head coach Deion Sanders invited his fellow Pro Football Hall of Famer to check out the Buffaloes’ football facilities and give a pep talk or two. “For someone that never wanted …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Deion Sanders’ quest to keep negativity out of Colorado’s program includes shutting out columnist

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! As he prepared for the Buffaloes’ season opener against FCS powerhouse North Dakota State, the second-year Colorado coach was asked Saturday if he ever felt persecuted “by outside noise.” “This is a way of life for me,” Sanders said. That’s a gospel song, ain’t it?” A …

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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 …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Coach Prime holds combative news conference as he prepares for his second season at Colorado

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “ Coach Prime ” Sanders kicked off his second season at Colorado with a combative news conference Friday when he also celebrated his 57th birthday and became a grandfather. “Trying to get my six-pack, I can’t eat these honeybuns,” he cracked in …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Colorado brings in Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp as grad assistant to work with Buffs

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp is headed back to the classroom in order to be more of a hands-on coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. “We’re building mansions here,” Sapp said to the team when he was introduced by Sanders to the group in a …

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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 …

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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. …

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1 year 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 …

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1 year ago

Was it ‘bull junk’ naming Deion Sanders Sportsperson of the Year despite 4-8 record? SI says no

LA Times

Coach Deion Sanders, who led Colorado to a 4-8 record in his first season, has been named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — and some people think that’s bull junk. Stephen Cannella, the magazine’s editor in chief, told The Times in an email Thursday that he stands by …

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$Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders missed season finale at Utah with fracture in back, according to video$

1 year ago

Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders missed season finale at Utah with fracture in back, according to video

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders missed the season finale at Utah on Saturday due to a fracture in his back, according to a YouTube video posted by “Well Off Media.” The site is run by one of coach Deion Sanders’ children and has been …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bills’ midseason defensive additions CB Douglas and DT Joseph have made an immediate impact

Associated Press

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills’ defense is banged up. The significant contributions made by cornerback Rasul Douglas and defensive tackle Linval Joseph a mere three weeks following their arrival haven’t gone unnoticed. “It’s pretty remarkable to be honest,” safety Micah Hyde said, referring to Douglas, who had two interceptions and recovered a fumble in a 32-6 win over …

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1 year, 1 month 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 …

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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 …

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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 — …

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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 …

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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 …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Deion Sanders’ impact at Colorado raises hopes that other Black coaches will get opportunities

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Floyd Keith has waited half a century for a Black coach with Deion Sanders’ swagger and success to shake up college football. The fanfare and hoopla surrounding the Colorado program since Sanders’ arrival has been well documented, but Keith, who for more than a decade was …

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1 year, 2 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 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Nick Saban praises Deion Sanders, has ‘tremendous amount of respect’ for Colorado coach

New York Times

Alabama coach Nick Saban took a moment Wednesday to praise Deion Sanders’ work at Colorado, saying he has a “tremendous amount of respect” for the Buffaloes coach. I saw a little bit of the game last week against Colorado State, but I have a tremendous amount of respect for Deion Sanders,” Saban said when asked about Sanders’ comments on him …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Deion Sanders has Boulder believing in the Buffaloes: ‘We’re uniting’

New York Times

The magenta-colored T-shirts donned by the folks whose job Saturday morning was to pass out the booze told any naysayer or skeptic or heels-dug-in doubter that Boulder has gone full Deion, full Prime, full Prime Time. “WE COMIN’” was the all-caps message on the back of the Folsom Field beer vendor shirts, and you can assume it will stay that …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Shedeur Sanders, No. 22 Colorado beat Nebraska 36-14 in sold out home debut for Deion Sanders

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Sanders accounted for three scores, the defense forced four turnovers and the 22nd-ranked Buffaloes beat longtime rival Nebraska 36-14 on Saturday in the home debut of Deion Sanders at sold-out Folsom Field. “This team,” Deion Sanders said, “hasn’t scratched the surface of what it’s capable of …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado coach Deion Sanders gets hackles up over some of his players not joining in fight at camp

Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo. — Most football coaches preach about players keeping their cool in the dog days of August when temperatures and tempers both tend to flare. The University of Colorado’s new head coach upbraided some of his players Wednesdsay — not for fighting, but for not fighting. A brief fracas followed Anthony Hankers’ touchdown run up the middle in a …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado coach Deion Sanders says flipping Buffaloes’ roster ‘had to be done’

New York Times

BOULDER, Colo. – Colorado coach Deion Sanders, whose team has 68 new scholarship players for the 2023 season, said flipping the Buffaloes’ roster in one season “had to be done.” Sanders said building his program in preseason camp has been much easier than it was after taking over the program in December and during spring practice. It’s tremendously tough when …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Deion Sanders says he will undergo surgery for blood clots in both legs

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Deion Sanders is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday for a blood clot in each leg, the University of Colorado football coach revealed in a video he posted. The news of Coach Prime’s impending procedure began to spread Thursday after Pat McAfee discussed on his podcast with …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Deion Sanders was the talk of Pac-12 spring

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The arrival of Deion Sanders as coach created quite a spectacle at the Buffaloes’ spring game, which drew more fans than the nine previous spring games combined. Sanders was hired to rebuild a program that went 1-11 last season and his arrival has led to a …

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1 year, 7 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 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Coach Prime, Buffs stage quite the show in snowy spring game

Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo. — The cold and snowy day at Folsom Field began with Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders taking off his white cowboy hat near midfield and taking a bow. I don’t think anybody imagined this — even in your wildest expectations.” The stars on the field were quarterback Shedeur Sanders and receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter, the two transfers who followed Coach …

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1 year, 10 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 …

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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 …

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Deion Sanders honors 100-year-old Colorado Buffaloes superfan with ‘Peggy’ apparel line

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