Deion Sanders is happy with the CU Buffs performance
Deion Sanders’ team may be struggling lately, but Coach Prime wants you to know that neither he nor the Colorado Buffaloes are going through a rough patch. Despite falling to 4-4 after a 28-16 loss to the top-ranked UCLA Bruins, the former two-sport star and current Buffs coach smiled optimistically about the future in Boulder.
“It looks like a tough time.
Do you think it’s a tough time for all of you?” Sanders asked after the game as he stood up to take questions from the media.
“I want to win. I’m used to winning. We’re going to win. We’re going to win.
Dress up and hold on.
We will win and we will have to see what can happen with our team. I mean, my God, I only kicked ass once, and that was in Oregon.
We got kicked out and that wasn’t the same as winning.
You can see how we beat this game in all our other games.
We can do it.
That’s why I call it hope.
“I’m grateful and happy for that,” he said.
Sanders is in his second term as a college coach.
He led a 4-8 Jackson State team to a 4-3 record in his first season at the tight end.
The Tigers then exploded for 11-1 and 12-1 seasons, earning Coach Prime a job at Colorado State. The Buffaloes won just one game last season, possibly the fewest in 20 years for a program that excelled in the 1990s and 2000s.
Sanders won by four and controversially overturned all the picks.
It looks like there will be a lot of changes.
The Buffs head to Los Angeles after losing to Stanford this week at Folsom Field.
They turned over UCLA four times in the first half and scored on their first two drives, but ended up with field goals and failed to capitalize on those drives.
“We had the best week of practice,” Sanders said.
“We had the best practice since Friday.
We are ready. It is not for lack of preparation or lack of need and desire.
I made a critical mistake at a critical moment.
“We still have seven to 10 players that can do what they want to do in college football.”
Sanders’ Buffs have four games remaining.
The next two games are at home and the next two are away. It became clear early in the season what CU’s problems were, and it continued to show up as the main issue Saturday: the line. Sanders was hit so hard the offensive line looked like a tourniquet, so Sheder needed painkillers at halftime. His father isn’t happy with the quarterback’s hard hitting, but he sees the benefit of knowing where the Buffaloes can improve.
“We’re always training him, always teaching him. I mean, we do that every game.
This is a great lesson.
I think you will learn quickly because every day of life gives a lesson.
Because unlike other coaches’ first-year management teams, we have high expectations. And we want to live up to those expectations.
I think I was close.
I was close.
“We did a great job,” Sanders said.
You are correct that Sanders has played in every game CU has played this season except against the Ducks.
The start of the season was the best thing that ever happened to Boulder.
“We can see what we have, what we are building and what we need.
So I don’t think they’re watching TV and seeing our needs the way recruits are,” Sanders asked.
“It is very easy to understand that we need him.
Well, we have four defenders. So I’m grateful for what I’m about to see. I know I took a big hit and lost today, but I’m excited to see the future.
Because it allows us to see how close we are to what we want.”
Sanders has a five-year deal with Colorado, and his manager recently said he plans to stay in Boulder long-term.
