Tag: Coach Prime
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Why Deion Sanders trusts Brennan Marion to lead Colorado turnaround | 2026 College Football Preview
BOULDER — When Brennan Marion got his first head coaching job at St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School in Vallejo, Calif., he was told fielding a team would be a success. He did, then went 5—6 a year after the previous two seasons saw four wins combined. The following year, he returned home to the Pittsburgh…
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Colorado wide receivers healthy, ready to shine in ‘GoGo’ offense
BOULDER — The moment was fleeting, but it was still enough to prompt a call to Rashad Davis afterward. “‘Coach, it’s over,’” the Colorado wide receivers coach said was the message when his talented quartet of Danny Scudero, DeAndre Moore, Kam Perry and Joseph Williams finally got on the field together for the first time…
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Mark Kiszla: Buffs sell soul, forfeit control of Coach Prime’s tired, fading act
Ralphie doesn’t run, and nobody at Colorado lifts a finger, until genuflecting to the great and powerful Coach Prime. Long before the Buffaloes handed him a $54 million contract he did not earn on the football field, CU sold its soul to Deion Sanders. Does anybody in Boulder have the — um — gumption to…
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Deion Sanders downplays subpoena, off-field distractions ahead of Colorado’s season
BOULDER — Less than 10 days before his fourth season at Colorado kicks off, Deion Sanders was asked about distractions. Coach Prime has been in the headlines in multiple ways, both relating to his son, Shilo. Shilo Sanders has an upcoming bankruptcy case in Denver, at which Sanders was subpoenaed to testify, as well as…
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Former walk-on Brady Kopetz wants you to know the 2026 CU Buffs have deep bond
BOULDER — Pick a number from 1-99 and Brady Kopetz will tell you who’s worn it during his time on the Colorado football team. Considering the Portland native is entering his fifth season with the program — one of two “OBs,” or Original Buffaloes, remaining on the roster from the pre-Deion Sanders era, along with…
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The NCAA’s new ‘5-in-5’ rule is here and it should make things simpler | College Football Insider
Deion Sanders has a color-coded roster inside his office that details every player in his program, how many years of eligibility each has left and which athletes are on scholarship. That roster had to be adjusted this offseason when the NCAA implemented a new “5-in-5” rule that goes into effect in full in the fall…
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CU Buffs believe trip to Colorado Springs was exactly what they need ahead of 2026 season | College Football Insider
FOUNTAIN — Deion Sanders came face to face with a deer. His players put their phones away and spent a few days roughing it in dorm rooms with no air conditioning. Only time will tell if Colorado’s week spent down in the Colorado Springs area will bring together the 2026 Buffaloes in a way that…
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Mark Kiszla: Will Camp Prime turn Buffs’ mercenary misfits into a band of brothers?
FOUNTAIN — Coach Prime stole a page from the gospel according to “Bear” Bryant to transform his mercenary misfits into a band of CU Buffalo brothers. “You (go) on trips … so you can unite, so you can build loyalty, you can build love, so you can get to know one another, so these kids…
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Deion Sanders honors retiring CU Buffs WRs coach Jason Phillips as fall camp opens
FOUNTAIN — Deion Sanders so values Jason Phillips, the latter was in Coach Prime’s Pro Football Hall of Fame speech. “When we went at it against each other in Atlanta on the scout team,” Sanders said at his enshrinement ceremony in Canton, Ohio, in 2011, “he didn’t have Sundays to play. He had Wednesdays and…
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DeAndre Moore Jr. providing SEC experience, leadership to CU Buffs wide receiver room
FOUNTAIN — It’s the first week of August and DeAndre Moore Jr. is at peace. It’s how the Southern California native feels every year at this time. “For me, this is the best time of the year,” Moore said. “I love football so much, so when it’s nothing but football, I’m at home. I’m at…