Tag: Deion Sanders
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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…
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5 storylines to watch as Colorado opens fall camp for 4th time under Deion Sanders
Football is back in Boulder. Well, technically for Colorado the 2026 season begins in just over one month at Georgia Tech, but the preparation on the field for Deion Sanders’ Buffaloes officially starts this week. CU players reported back to campus this weekend ahead of the team’s trip down south to Colorado Springs, where the…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Is CU’s JuJu Lewis a QB controversy waiting to happen?
For the Colorado Buffaloes, it’s the season of quarterback JuJu Lewis, correct? Would he be the first CU player that could be considered a Deion Sanders creation? I don’t think it’s going to be a good season for the Buffs. — Greg, bracing for the worst Kiz: Not to go all birds and bees on…
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CU Buffs to spend first week of preseason camp in Colorado Springs
Deion Sanders and his Colorado team are road tripping down Interstate 25. Colorado said Thursday the Buffaloes’ preseason training camp will begin Aug. 2 with the entire first week to take place in Colorado Springs. The team will stay on the sister campus at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) and practice each day at…
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Colorado opponent preview: Regular season concludes with visit from UCF
When the regular season reaches its final week, there will be prayers for bad weather in Boulder. Deion Sanders and Colorado hope to have a bowl game already secured when Central Florida visits Nov. 28. If the Buffaloes don’t, a wintry mix and temperatures below 40 degrees would be ideal as the team from Orlando…
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Colorado’s Ben Finneseth enters final season aiming to secure legacy that extends beyond time in Boulder
It’s a tale Ben Finneseth probably has told dozens of times, but that doesn’t mean it gets old. It’s the defining story of how he got to where he is now: a key leader of the Colorado Buffaloes heading into his sixth and final season of college football. As the story goes, it was the…
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Colorado position breakdown: Punter Damon Greaves headlines group of specialists
For the third straight year, Colorado is hoping for improved special teams play with fall camp right around the corner. That phase of the game has yet to be a strength under Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes enter the 2026 season without a dedicated special-teams coach with the staff planning to split duties. Despite having…