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Opinion: Now is not the time for Deion Sanders, Colorado to shrink with Kansas State in town

He left last week for his compound in Texas, a few days away during the open week to refocus and recalibrate from it all.

It didn’t take long to jump right back into the circus.

“As quick as they jump on (the bandwagon),” Deion Sanders said Tuesday during his weekly press conference at Colorado, “They can jump off.”

And away we go.

Just in case you haven’t been tagging along — and honestly, who hasn’t been living vicariously through Prime? — the Buffs nearly lost the season opener against an Championship Subdivision school, still can’t protect star quarterback Shedeur Sanders, were embarrassed at Nebraska, beat Baylor in overtime with the help of a prayer of a Hail Mary at the end of regulation, won by 27 on the road (as a 13½-point underdog) against Central Florida, and have the best player in college football in wideout/cornerback Travis Hunter.

Before Sanders could get resettled in Boulder, his athletic director Rick George publicly declared that he wanted Deion to finish his career at Colorado — no doubt in response to the constant drumbeat of speculation that Sanders is moving to another, bigger job once his son Shedeur leaves for the the NFL after this season.

Meanwhile, in the one area that matters more than any: preseason Big 12 favorite Kansas State travels to Boulder Saturday in the most anticipated Colorado game in years.

Colorado coach Deion Sanders and quarterback Shedeur Sanders talk during the second half of their team’s game against Central Florida.

This, like it or not, is a referendum game for Sanders. He and his staff have had two weeks to prepare for the Wildcats, and the environment will be unlike anything at Colorado since the Buffs hung 62 on hate Nebraska in 2001.

Now is not the time to shrink amid the expectations. From the team that lost eight of nine games to finish last…


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Author : USA TODAY Sports

Publish date : 2024-10-09 16:22:59

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