Before the 2024 season started, Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders had some beef with CBS. During an August press conference, Sanders refused to take questions from local CBS reporter Eric Christensen.
“I’m not doing nothing with CBS,” Sanders said. “Next question. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. It’s above that. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. I got love you. I appreciate you. I respect you. They know what they did…CBS is CBS… What they did was foul.”
What CBS published on Wednesday about Sanders flirts with similar territory.
Colorado Buffaloes’ Deion Sanders receives disrespectful rankings
The outlet published Sanders’ ranking among college coaches entering 2025. Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports ranked Sanders as the 33rd-best coach in college football (up from 61st in 2024). Fornelli isn’t convinced Sanders can win without Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
“Only one coach climbed higher than the 28 spots Coach Prime leaped this season, and this jump shouldn’t come as a surprise,” Fornelli wrote. “While the on-field results didn’t match the off-field hype in 2023, Sanders’ Colorado team improved to 9-4 and was in the hunt for a conference title until the end of the season. Oh, and Travis Hunter won the Heisman.
“Now, we sit back and see how things will go with Hunter and Shedeur Sanders off to the NFL. I won’t be surprised by any outcome, honestly. The team could crater, or it could win the Big 12.”
Sanders is the sixth-highest-paid coach in college football
Fornelli’s rankings don’t come close to matching the market for coaches. Sanders signed a new contract with Colorado in March that pays him $10.8 million per year. He’s tied with Alabama’s Kalen Deboer, North Carolina’s Bill Belichick, and Florida State’s Mike Norvell for having the sixth-highest salary in college football.
Sanders didn’t land one of the top recruits at quarterback as a mid-30s best coach.
We’ll see how Sanders handles his next question from CBS after these disrespectful rankings.
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