Deion Sanders wants to ‘turn the page’ on Matt Rhule rift

Deion Sanders is ready to move on from the Matt Rhule rift before and after Nebraska’s loss to Colorado. Sanders, who led Colorado to a 2-0 start and a No. 18 ranking in the latest AP Poll, has all of his focus on Colorado State.

Sanders made sure to tell the world the Nebraska game was personal and naturally many assumed Rhule had something to do with it. While it was unclear what or if Rhule said anything regarding Sanders leading up to the game, the Buffaloes took it to heart.

Plus with more rift raft after the game, Sanders, at least on Tuesday, was ready to move on to Game 3.

“Not really,” Sanders said if he had a response to Rhule. “That was unfortunate. I didn’t know anything about it and they said they were praying in the middle of the field. So it’s cool with me. I mean I’m happy if that’s what they were doing. Amen. I’m all for that. Let’s turn the page. Let’s get on to Colorado State, that’s over.”

Rhule said after the game that he never disrespected Colorado, or any opponent for that matter. In fact, he invited Deion’s son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, to pray with them at midfield.

Shedeur Sanders was the one who claimed disrespectful comments from Rhule about the program and his father, following Colorado’s 36-14 win over the Huskers.

“It was extremely personal,” Shedeur Sanders said. “We go out there and warm up, you’ve got the head coach of the other team trying to stand out in the middle of the Buff. It’s okay if, like, a couple players do it, it’s fine. Like, just enjoy the scenery. But when you’ve got the whole team trying to disrespect it, I’m not going for that at all. I went in there and disrupted it. So they knew I’m for real. The Buffaloes mean a lot to me. Personally, that’s what I was saying pregame and that’s when I knew it was just extreme disrespect.

“The coach said a lot of things about my Pops, about the program. But now that he wants to act nice? I don’t respect that because you’re hating on another man. You shouldn’t do that. It was just — all respect was gone for them and their program. I like playing against their DC. I like playing against them. But the respect level, it ain’t there because you disrespected us first.”

Whatever type of rift there was between the Sanders and Colorado clan and Rhule seems to be in the rearview mirror. Right now, Nebraska has to focus on getting its first win of the year against Northern Illinois at home.

Meanwhile, Colorado hosts in-state rival Colorado State with College GameDay and Big Noon Kickoff coming to town. As Sanders put it, it’s time to turn the page to Week 3.