Deion Sanders’ first season as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes was stuffed with unbelievable highs and excessive lows.
Colorado received its first three video games of the yr earlier than dropping eight of its final 9 matchups, together with six straight to finish the yr.
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, heart, exits the sector following the Oregon recreation, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photograph/Amanda Loman)
Earlier than ending on the backside of the Pac-12, the Buffaloes and “Coach Prime” had been the discuss of faculty soccer, defeating TCU, Nebraska and Colorado State to begin the yr.
COLORADO RECRUIT’S MESSAGE: ‘YOU CLAIM YOU’RE A DAWG, WHY ARE YOU NOT COMING TO COLORADO?’
Earlier than the in-state rivalry recreation in opposition to the Rams, Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell took a jab at Sanders for sporting a hat and sun shades throughout periods with the media.
“We had to do a bunch of ESPN videos. And it’s great. I loved it. But our kids came out of those videos really with a chip on their shoulder,” Norvell stated on his weekly radio present. “They’re tired of all that stuff. They really are tired of it.
“I sat down with ESPN right this moment. And I don’t care in the event that they hear it in Boulder. I informed them, ‘I took my hat off, and I took my glasses off.’ And I stated, ‘When I talk to grownups, I take my hat and my glasses off.’ That’s what my mom taught me. They’re not going to love us it doesn’t matter what we are saying or do. It doesn’t matter. So, let’s go up there and play.”
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Sanders heard the comments and took them personally, believing that it insinuated that Sanders’ mother did not raise him right.
On the newest episode of “Coach Prime” on Amazon Prime Video, the trade between Norvell and Sanders following Colorado’s double overtime win was revealed.
Colorado State coach Jay Norvell appeared to take a shot at Colorado’s Deion Sanders. (Getty Images)
“Congratulations,” Norvell said to Sanders as the two coaches shook hands. “And I used to be by no means speaking about your loved ones.”
“Oh, you was speaking about my mama, dawg,” Sanders responded before Norvell denied the accusation.
“Sure, you had been, You had been. You had been,” Sanders said.
The Buffaloes finished 4-8 in Sanders’ first season as head coach after going 1-11 in 2022.
Sanders is going about the offseason trying to shore up an offensive line that allowed quarterback Sheduer Sanders to be sacked 52 times.
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Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders takes the field for warmups before the Rocky Mountain Showdown against the Colorado State Rams at Folsom Field, Sept. 16, 2023. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Last week, Sanders secured the commitment of five-star offensive tackle Jordan Seaton, who made the announcement on Fox Sports’ “Undisputed.”
“You have to imagine in Coach Prime,” Seaton said. “Having the chance to play with any person who’s achieved it on the highest stage, gold-jacket stage, only a few can say they did that. I’ve bought two Heisman candidates, Shedeur Sanders [and] Travis Hunter. They’re superb. You know the way they go.
“And if you ain’t rocking with us, and you say you’re a dawg, you claim you’re a dawg, why are you not coming to Colorado? Why are you not helping someone who looks like you?”
