Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders suggested he’s over his head coaching at the Division I level of college football. Sanders started his tenure at Colorado by winning the first three games on the Buffaloes’ schedule.
Things looked up for the program that hadn’t been to a bowl game since the 2020 season. The Buffaloes received attention they had not seen since the 1990s. Sanders even cashed in the limelight by announcing himself the “best” college coach on the CBS show 60 Minutes.
But Colorado would lose eight of their next nine games. The media attention did not go away despite the losing streak. Sanders now blames the media for some of the Buffaloes’ problems this season.
Deion Sanders suggests the media harmed the Colorado Buffaloes
According to Natasha Dye with People, Sanders said he wished Colorado had more privacy for the 2023 season:
“You always wish that you had a little more privacy,” Sanders tells PEOPLE of the spotlight, “but the same thing that makes you shine will show your blemishes…
“So, you’ve got to take the good with the bad. You can’t just want everyone there when the hype machine is rolling, you have to understand there’s another side to this.”
Sanders wants to eat his cake and have it, too. (And you notice how none of this stuff is ever his fault–whether it’s offensive linemen who are bad or the media he couldn’t be courting.)
Sanders used the publicity he received early this season when Colorado was winning to try and lure in transfers and recruits for this offseason. Now that they failed to make a bowl game, Sanders wishes the cameras weren’t on to see the team fail spectacularly.
Unfortunately for Buffaloes fans, Sanders is admitting he’s over his head regarding this level of football. The publicity he faced while winning at Jackson State differs from what Colorado will receive.
It won’t get easier if Colorado climbs higher in the future. So-called “Blue Chip” programs face this yearly and can’t flinch. The media called out Nick Saban and Alabama’s blemishes early in the season. Saban and Alabama turned the corner and fought back into the College Football Playoff.
Sanders seems worried about having to face that pressure. Can he learn from his mistakes in year two?
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