Despite a disappointing end to Deion Sanders’ first season in charge of the Colorado Buffaloes, the attention on his program hasn’t diminished in Year 2. That’s because Sanders himself can’t help but double down on his bravado and confidence, no matter what he’s talking about.
on friday, USA Today Published Test Shilo Sanders’ ongoing bankruptcy case, in part because Dion asked him to. When asked about his son and the security case last month, Dion challenged a reporter to do his “homework and do a full investigation on that and then write it up.” The result of that investigation was Friday’s story, which explains that Shilo recently filed for bankruptcy because of an $11.89 million default judgment against him in a 2022 civil trial. The trial, for which Shilo did not appear, stems from a 2015 incident during which a security guard at John Dargin High School claimed Shilo attacked him.
It’s not the kind of story most college football coaches want to repeat about one of their players right before the season starts, especially in a program that was recently described as “real life.” Grand Theft Auto,” By Anonymous former player. However, Dion can’t help himself, which is weird because as much as he loves being in the spotlight, he doesn’t seem to deal with unwanted attention all that well. He wants to be able to control the room through the force of his temper, and to that end he does things like challenge a reporter for making headlines about his son’s legal troubles. It also leads to outbursts over small things, like when he recently Criticized a Denver reporter He was reprimanded for his coverage of the team and then refused to answer a question from a CBS Sports reporter as he attended an event. Ranking the Big 12 coaches,
All of this puts even more pressure on Deion’s players, who have to live up to their coach’s high expectations. The Buffs still have their two studs, QB Shedure Sanders and WR/CB Travis Hunter, but the program Recruitment or transfer is not encouraged As if someone was ready to compete for a national championship. The Buffs should do better than last year, but the team is still pretty weak, especially with Colorado now entering the Big 12. This could be a good thing or a bad thing, as the Big 12 is not as top heavy as the PAC-12 was, but every team in the Big 12 is on the same playing field almost all the time. Buffalo needs to show progress, but more than that they need to show that they are moving towards competing, if not this year, then next year.
College football needs a guy like Deion Sanders to succeed. Not just because he brings star power, attention and financial gain to a program like Colorado, but because the sport thrives when coaches have personality, especially when players come and go every 2-3 years. And with NIL giving more power to the players while taking guys like Nick Saban out of the game, the void needs to be filled by a coach who represents both the beautiful and bad things about the game. Before he can do that, Deion has to prove he can lead his team from Year 1 to Year 2.