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Colorado football must decide their starting quarterback in less than 19 days. Deion Sanders faces his biggest coaching decision yet. As he must find the first replacement for Shedeur Sanders between Kaidon Salter and Julian Lewis. Sanders didn’t guarantee or announce Salter as the starter. But he delivered a stirring “havoc” prediction involving the prized […]

After 14 years in the NFL and five as a head coach, a health scare made the 2025 offseason the toughest of Deion Sanders’ career. However, with the 2025 season fast approaching, the Colorado football coach believes that he is back to full strength. Three weeks ahead of Week 1, Sanders said he is “healthy” […]

On Friday, former Colorado football standout Shedeur Sanders scored his first NFL touchdown. It came in the second quarter of the preseason matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers.  A game in which Sanders was entrusted as the starter.  Nobody was prouder than his father, Deion Sanders. He took to his X page […]

The Colorado Buffaloes are preparing for their first season where Deion Sanders won’t be the head coach of his son, Shedeur, or two-way phenom Travis Hunter. With both players in the NFL, Sanders realizes that the program will have to play differently without his son or Hunter on the roster. Sanders, who is 57 years […]

Colorado football isn’t just turning to Deion Sanders as inspiration for 2025. The Buffaloes have other NFL experienced staff members to lean into. Including Warren Sapp coming back for his second season. Sapp, though, dropped an eye-opening admission Wednesday. Which he shared right before handling his new role of pass rush coordinator for CU. “I […]

The Colorado Buffaloes football team opened fall camp this month with a wave of optimism, not just because of their upcoming matchup against Georgia Tech—but because of a powerful comeback story unfolding within their own locker room. Junior defensive end Nikhil Webb Walker is back on the field after battling through a lymphoma diagnosis that […]

Head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado football program are currently gearing up for the upcoming 2025 college football season, where they will hope to build on their success from a season ago. That task will be made much more difficult due to the talent the Buffaloes lost to the NFL Draft this offseason, including […]

There has been a healthy amount of staff turnover for Colorado football in the last few years under Deion Sanders, but he enters year three with a plethora of experienced former NFL players and coaches on his staff. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur and defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, both of whom are highly-respected former NFL assistants, […]

2025 will be season three of the Deion Sanders era for the Colorado football program. For most of the offseason, the head coach has been away from his team for health reasons. On Monday, Sanders revealed that he had battled and defeated bladder cancer. While discussing the details, he revealed to the press that he […]

On Monday, Colorado football coach Deion Sanders revealed that he has been suffering from bladder cancer this offseason after an invasive tumor appeared. Following a procedure to remove his bladder, Sanders is cured from the cancer and is ready to go at fall camp for the 2025 season. Deion Sanders' medical team says the football […]

It’s time for fall camp to get going in college football, but the story surrounding Colorado football has been off the field throughout the offseason. Head coach Deion Sanders has been dealing with an undisclosed health issue and has been away from the team while staying back in Texas for most of the summer. Now, […]

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders looked vibrant and effusive during Big 12 media days. Except “Coach Prime” attended the event dealing with an undisclosed health issue Sanders has dealt with since June. A new viral video posted by his eldest son revealed Sanders is still dealing with the unknown ailment. “You know I’m still […]

The Big 12 is one of the deepest leagues in college football, and while it may not have the same top-end talent that the SEC and the Big Ten has, there will be plenty of drama up and down the standings throughout the season. Last year, the race to Dallas for the conference title game […]

Colorado football is cranking up its college football recruiting tactics for July. Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes now have a four-star linebacker heading for Boulder. Turning down Ole Miss and Sanders’ alma mater Florida State in the process. Rodney Colton Jr. is the newest member of the Buffs’ 2026 class. The Grantville, Georgia native and […]

Ever since Deion Sanders got to Boulder and became the head coach of Colorado football, the spotlight has been shining brightly on the black and gold. Everything that the Buffs did was under the microscope and dissected by the national media over the last two seasons, but that may be cooling off a bit. Of […]

Deion Sanders’ third season as Colorado’s head football coach is just over one month away, but he is still looking to build on his coaching staff. During his 2025 Big 12 media day interviews, Sanders admitted that he is still trying to convince former NFL coaches Byron Leftwich and Mike Zimmer to join him in […]

Shedeur Sanders opened up the most scrutinized quarterback battle across college football. His departure creates an epic two-person race for Colorado football between Julian Lewis and Kaidon Salter. The latter arrives as a prized college football transfer portal addition. As Salter chose Colorado in Dec. 2024. Lewis represents Deion Sanders and Colorado’s top college football […]

Travis Hunter left Colorado football as an irreplaceable talent. But his exit leaves Deion Sanders excited for the next young playmakers he can’t wait to “unleash.” Do these young talents reside at the cornerback position? Or do they represent Hunter’s other famed spot of wide receiver? “Coach Prime” spoke glowingly about his 2025 wide receiver […]

Colorado football is walking into the post-Shedeur Sanders and Shilo realm. That became a big topic for Deion Sanders at Big 12 media days on Wednesday. Many analysts and critics of “Coach Prime” believe CU will struggle without both of his sons. Sanders, however, called the latest Buffs squad a “phenomenal team” despite losing his […]

The Colorado football program is currently preparing for a 2025 season that will be filled with expectations. The Buffaloes are coming off of their most successful season in years, having finished 9-3 in 2024 and earning a spot in the Valero Alamo Bowl, where they lost to BYU. This past offseason, Colorado head coach Deion […]

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders has battled a lot of health adversity in his life, and he has always responded well to it. He was battling some more earlier this offseason as he was away from the Buffaloes for a while because of a mystery illness. At one point, his son, Deion Sanders Jr., […]

Deion Sanders dropped a closet new spin of his 1994 song “Must Be the Money.” Except this version saw the Colorado football coach call out the media without turning to rap lyrics. He called out a double standard involving NIL and how Texas Tech is turning to money. Sanders rose as the most verbose coach […]

With Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team working the recruiting trail, a wide-ranging topic in the grander scope of college football has been around name, image, and likeness (NIL). Though there have been some major wins on the recruiting trail for Sanders and the Colorado football team, he would speak on Wednesday about the […]

Deion Sanders has a difficult task on his hands this offseason as he needs to decide who will be Shedeur Sanders’ replacement. The former star Colorado football QB, and Deion’s son, is now playing in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns, and the Buffaloes need to choose a QB. The good news is that they […]

Colorado football attracted multiple hip-hop superstars during fall football games the last two seasons. One legend from the genre congratulated Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes for pulling off one college football recruiting move Monday. Former Florida State commit Xavier Payne chose Colorado instead. The Buffaloes land a massive 6-foot-7, 325-pound tackle out of Edison High […]

Colorado football landed a gift recruit from the alma mater of Deion Sanders. Bolstering the offense in the process through the trenches. Former Florida State tackle commit Xavier Payne has pivoted to Boulder. He confirmed his decision to flip to Colorado per Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals Monday. The 6-foot-7, 325-pound tackle even said “SKO BUFFS” in […]

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders continues to build his roster. The Buffaloes got a big recruiting win on Tuesday, as the team picked up the pledge of cornerback Preston Ashley. Ashley is a four-star player, per On3, who had offers from Florida and Florida State. “If u wanna be da best you gotta get coach […]

While Ric Flair is one of the all-time great professional wrestlers, with runs in WCW, WWE, TNA, and now AEW that have kept him culturally relevant for a half a century, he’s also a big fan of football, from his alma mater, the University of Michigan, to Deion Sanders’ University of Colorado Buffaloes. Taking some […]

Father of five kids, including Cleveland Browns star Shedeur Sanders, Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders sent a Father’s Day message to his fans. He took to X, formerly Twitter, to send appreciation to all dads. “Lord[,] thank you for FATHER’S DAY and our Unsung heroes known as fathers that they were recognized and appreciated […]

Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team lost their leading rusher from last year earlier this offseason as Isaiah Augustave hit the college football transfer portal. Augustave originally committed to Virginia out of the portal, but he changed his mind and announced that he will play for the South Carolina football team next season. Augustave […]

Finally, head coach of the Colorado Buffalos football team, Deion Sanders, has broken his silence regarding his mystery health issue. He took to social media to share a statement. Luckily, Sanders appears to be in high spirits despite everyone’s concern. His message should put any Colorado football fan’s mind at ease. “Wow, I am truly […]

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders has been away from the program recently as he battles an illness, according to a report from ESPN. Colorado’s annual summer camps began last week, but Sanders has been back in Texas dealing with the illness. Sanders’ son, Deion Sanders Jr., appeared on a YouTube livestream to give an […]

Before the 2025 NFL Draft, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was a highly debated prospect. Some, like Mel Kiper Jr., believed Sanders was the best player in the draft. Others were bearish on his potential as a pro. Ultimately, he had a historic slide, falling to the fifth round. And Deion Sanders, Shedeur’s father and Colorado […]

Year two of the Deion Sanders era at Colorado was a success, but now the real test begins. Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter led the Buffs to a 9-4 season and were one game away from a Big 12 title game berth, but now both stars are gone. Instead, there will be a lot of […]

Colorado football isn’t letting its foot off the gas pedal when it comes to adding to the roster. Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes reeled in a cornerback via the college football transfer portal ahead of Memorial Day. This one comes with five career takeaways. “Coach Prime” and the Buffaloes added Tyrecus Davis via Wyoming, per […]

Colorado football stayed relentless in the college football transfer portal ahead of Memorial Day. Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes added a towering and powerful lineman via UCLA. “Coach Prime” and CU are luring in Walker Andersen, he revealed Saturday afternoon on X. Andersen brings astonishing 6-foot-8, 335-pounds over to the Buffaloes trenches. “Nothing feels better […]

As star quarterback Shedeur Sanders neared the end of his playing days in Colorado and then Sanders eventually being drafted by the Cleveland Browns, everyone had one question: Who would coach Deion Sanders’ next quarterback be? Was it going to be transfer portal acquisition Kaidon Salter? Or a five-star recruit coming from high school? Nothing […]

Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team picked up a nice commitment on Wednesday as three-star tight end Gavin Mueller announced that he will play for the Buffaloes. Colorado is off to a slow start in the 2026 class, so this commitment was needed. The Buffaloes are hoping that this will give them some momentum […]

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders is one of the most popular names in the football world. He has been the head coach of the Buffaloes for two seasons now, and the program’s popularity has skyrocketed since. Colorado hasn’t had a ton of success on the football field, but everyone is talking about Sanders. Now, […]