Deion Sanders explains visible frustrations during Colorado spring game

Deion Sanders‘ first spring game as the Colorado Buffaloes‘ head football coach was a history-setting spectacle. Despite the team’s 1-11 record from last year, fans were eager to see what the team looked like underneath his direction. And while there were plenty of oohs and aahs from a number of big plays in the game, at times, the Buffaloes’ headman appeared visibly frustrated. And in the postgame press conference, he explained why he was so animated at times.

“Well, I get animated when somebody’s not hustling,” said Sanders. “I only get upset when somebody’s not giving it their all. I mean, if it’s an effort play, it’s an effort play. It’s hard to get mad at somebody giving the ultimate effort. But when somebody is lollygagging or when somebody doesn’t make it on the field, then there’s a penalty and just doing stupid stuff; it’s stupid stuff. Overall, it was good. It was good. The players that I expected to perform, they performed.”

Colorado fans would set a new spring game attendance record with 47,227 in attendance. That equates to roughly 88 percent of Folsom Field’s maximum capacity of 53,613. That 47,222 more than doubled the previous attendance record for a spring game at Colorado, 17,800, that was set 15 years ago in 2008. And when comparing this year’s attendance numbers to last year’s, there is a stark difference between the two. For 2022’s spring game, just 1950 fans, mostly students, attended the Buffalo spring showcase. While Sanders was frustrated at his players at times, many viewed the showcase as a huge success.

Klatt tabs Deion Sanders a ‘major success’ after Colorado’s spring game

Colorado‘s spring game offered just a taste of what Sanders will bring to Boulder, CO, this season. A packed crowd, a raucous environment and most importantly — a winning football mindset.

There was snow on the ground, but that didn’t stop ESPN from sending Chris Fowler, a Colorado alum, as well as Robert Griffin III and Quint Kessenich in front of 47,277 fans in freezing temperatures to cover the game. Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt was so blown away that he kept trying to get his wife and children to understand the magnitude of what they were watching. He’s also a bit jealous that he wasn’t there covering the game.

“It was electric. Even I tweeted out when you look at what this has been so far, it has been a major success,” Klatt said on Monday. “The spring game was incredible to watch, wish I could have been there … I’m so excited for what Coach Prime is doing there in Boulder. And by the way, from what I saw on the field, I think they’re going to win 6+ games this season.”