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Deion Sanders was running through some Colorado football stats the other day — like leading the Big 12 in sacks or being one of just five teams nationally with four different receivers recording a 100-yard game.
“Three-plus turnovers in three straight road games for the first time since Moby Dick was a minnow,” Prime joked.
“Road wins back-to-back for the first time since I had a curl,” he said, laughing.
Colorado is 5-2 and will host Cincinnati on Saturday (10:15 p.m. ET) in a game with significant stakes in the Big 12 championship race and a possible automatic bid to the College Football Playoff. It will take place (again) in a sold-out Folsom Field and broadcast (again) on national television (ESPN).
“We have earned where we are,” Coach Prime said. “We actually feel like we’re better than what we are. Because we are just starting to see the fruit of the work and the understanding of the expectation that we have for ourselves. Forget what others have for us, but what we have for ourselves.”
Sanders arrived in Boulder to much fanfare and much criticism. He made no apologies about essentially running off players he didn’t believe in and bringing a new roster (“my Louis’”) through the transfer portal.
There was a lot of bold talk and brash goals. The Buffaloes were a television hit right away, but there was plenty of backlash at a program some thought hadn’t proven a thing. They started fast last year, but finished 4-8.
Well, here we are, and with each successive strong performance Prime’s way is looking like a winning way. There are five games left in the 2024 season, so in terms of final record, anything can happen.
Yet any judgment of Sanders’ Colorado program has to be done with the backdrop of what he inherited — the worst major program in the country.
The 2022 Buffs went 1-11 and…
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Publish date : 2024-10-24 19:23:38
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