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Is Colorado ready for Prime Time?
The better question may be: Is Coach Prime ready for Boulder?
Jackson State head football coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has confirmed that he's been offered the chance to take over a Colorado program that won only a single game in 2022.
Speaking to reporters ahead of Saturday's Southwestern Athletic Conference championship, the 55-year-old Sanders said Colorado's offer isn't the only he's received after guiding the Tigers to an 11-0 regular season in 2022. However, the former two-sport star decided against disclosing any more details.
'I'm not going to sit here and tell all my business, but they're not the only ones,' Sanders said.
Known as 'Prime Time' during his playing career, the magnetic Sanders prefers 'Coach Prime' these days. He said the offer to coach the Buffaloes isn't a distraction for his team, which includes his sons Shedeur, a quarterback, and Shilo, a safety.
Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders glares at his players as they exit the field during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Southern University in Jackson
'To someone else that hasn't been that dude, it's intoxicating. I've been ''Prime'' for a long time, dawg,' Sanders said with a laugh. 'Attention ain't nothing new to me. Like, come on. I'm not being braggadocious -- that's a wonderful word, isn't it? I just came up with that -- but this isn't new to me. Being in the spotlight isn't new to me.'
Whoever takes over in Boulder has their work cut out. The Buffs went 1-8 in the Pac-12 and concluded their gloomy season with a 63-21 blowout loss to No. 12 Utah at Folsom Field on Saturday.
Before the season, Colorado lost several starters through the transfer portal, an area Sanders could surely shore up should he accept the Buffaloes' job.
Hired by Jackson State in September 2020 after coaching his sons at a Texas high school, Sanders called the fit 'a match made in heaven.' He quickly lifted the school in Mississippi's capital to SWAC champion in one
