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Coming into the 2025 season, everyone wanted to see how Colorado football would look after losing star quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter to the NFL. On Friday night, Deion Sanders and his new-look Buffs squad got off on the wrong foot. Despite a great start, the Buffs faltered late in the […]

Even though Deion Sanders said Colorado will be OK following a loss to Georgia Tech, some aren’t buying it. The Buffaloes lost 27-20 and Sanders failed to use the two remaining timeouts late in the game. Georgia Tech broke a 20-20 tie after a 45-yard touchdown run by QB Haynes King. Colorado had a chance […]

In his first game without his sons, Shedeur and Shilo Sanders, or Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders had to find new playmakers. On Friday night against Georgia Tech, one of them emerged: running back Micah Welch. Though the Buffaloes dropped their season opener 27-20 at Folsom Field, Sanders came away […]

Deion Sanders gave fans an assuring message despite the Colorado Buffaloes’ 27-20 loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday night. It was a stunning loss for the Buffaloes, who were coming off a 9-4 finish last season. It marked their best season since their 10-4 display in 2016, well before Sanders arrived at […]

Kaidon Salter landed his first highlight as a member of Deion Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes during the season opener against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday night. Salter joined the Buffaloes this past offseason, leaving the Liberty Flames after four seasons. He made his way up the ranks until he secured the starting job in […]

Colorado football strolls into Folsom Field versus Georgia Tech for arguably its most emotional season yet. Deion Sanders is fresh off recovering from bladder cancer, while Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders are gone. But one intriguing stat bodes well already for the 2025 Buffaloes ahead of Friday. Colorado brings new faces via the College Football […]

Colorado football and Georgia Tech football own a combined five national championships, with the latter owning four. Both have never faced each other in a live game, until now. As Deion Sanders and Brent Key lead their respective teams out on Folsom Field Friday. Sanders is healthy and looks bound to rock the gold whistle […]

Colorado football received a new reason to play inspired football ahead of the Georgia Tech clash. Randy Moss dropped some emotional, poignant words ahead of the Friday contest. The Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver earned a Boulder invite from Deion Sanders. Like “Coach Prime,” Moss himself is a cancer survivor. Moss periodically reached […]

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is addressing the situation that occurred between his son Shilo and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Shilo Sanders was released by the Buccaneers, just a day after he was ejected from a preseason game. Colorado’s football coach says that Shilo Sanders will land on his feet after this development. “Shilo’s a […]

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has had a busy offseason, including dealing with health issues. Sanders is back in the saddle at Colorado, for his third overall season. He is breaking in a new quarterback, due to the departure of his son Shedeur Sanders. Sanders announced that Kaidon Salter will be the team’s starting quarterback […]

Colorado football will follow Ralphie the Buffalo into Folsom Field on Friday. Georgia Tech pulls into Boulder to kick off the Buffaloes’ season and hear a raucous crowd. But the sold out venue will have fans ask this question: Who’s the starting quarterback between Kaidon Salter or Julian Lewis? Deion Sanders has become mum on […]

The Colorado Buffaloes football program has undergone a number of changes since Deion Sanders arrived. But in Year 3 under Coach Prime, even more has happened leading up to the 2025 season. On the field, Sanders will be without several of the players who helped put Colorado back on the map. Two of those are […]

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders is aiming to build upon a successful second season running the show. Without his son Shedeur Sanders as the starting quarterback, the team is in the process of figuring out who will be QB1. Time is running out until their Week 1 matchup against Georgia Tech. One of the […]

The Colorado Buffaloes are set to begin the 2025-26 season against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. It should be a fun matchup, as Deion Sanders aims to coach a team without his son, Shedeur Sanders, on the roster for the first time. However, it sounds like the program might be without a running back in […]

No one has previously changed the landscape of college football quite like Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders after joining the University of Colorado Football program. From leading the Buffs to a winning record and ensuring his son Shedeur Sanders played on a national stage, Coach Prime is gearing up for another successful season from Boulder. Nike […]

Colorado football holds 11 current verbal commits for 2026. The Buffaloes sit at 78th overall for the college football recruiting rankings per 247Sports, plus 65th via On3/Rivals. National analysts and fans don’t sound high on the 2026 class at CU — except the nation’s No. 1 junior college edge rusher. Domata Peko Jr. shut his […]

Colorado football practices will turn the volume up ahead of a highly anticipated 2025 season. One without Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter or even Shedeur Sanders. Deion Sanders needs to decide who replaces his son behind center. Plus find his next breakout wide receiver and lockdown cornerback — with Hunter vacating two spots there. All […]

Colorado football secured Julian Lewis as the future of the Buffaloes. Pulling off the massive college football recruiting flip in December from Lincoln Riley and USC. Now he’s opening a can of Gym Weed — as his newest NIL deal. Lewis inked a deal with the energy drink per Pete Nakos of On3/Rivals Thursday. The […]

One of the biggest questions for the Colorado football team heading into the upcoming 2025 college football season is what they will do about their quarterback position. Head coach Deion Sanders is currently weighing his options between Kaidon Salter and Julian Lewis, each of whom is vying to replace his son Shedeur Sanders, who departed […]

Colorado football rebranded itself as a brash and unapologetic team under Deion Sanders. Even young freshmen aren’t shy to express their confidence in the Buffaloes. Including one wide receiver getting real about a national championship. Quentin Gibson arrives to Boulder as a four-star college football recruiting find for CU. He’s part of a new, younger […]

Deion Sanders is entering his third year as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football program. However, this will be his first time where he won’t coach his son, Shedeur, as his quarterback. On Tuesday, the NFL Hall of Famer shared a confident take about his team’s current quarterback situation. Sanders, who is 58 years […]

Colorado football tangles with Georgia Tech in 18 days. And will rock a rare new theme in the huge Week 1 clash in Boulder. The university unveiled its official game themes ahead of the 2025 season Monday. And the theme for the season opener? A “stripe out” contest with the Yellow Jackets in town. This […]

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 […]