Deion Sanders thankful for opportunity to coach at Colorado, calls out doubters

The Deion Sanders era at Colorado started with a bang, as the Buffaloes went on the road and beat a highly favored TCU team. For Sanders, this win was an announcement that Colorado was already a force to be respected in college football.

For his part, though, Sanders is thankful to have the opportunity to prove himself at Colorado.

“I was just thankful,” Deion Sanders said. “You’ve got to understand, I’m human. You know, I deflect a lot of things, but I’m human. So, I feel some things and I’m a natural giver. I’m a natural giver. I give, I give, I give, I give, I give, and every once in a while, I have one of those empty moments that I got to reflect on.

“And these coaches are so good, Rick George for giving me the opportunity, and just what we accomplished out there today.”

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A Hall of Fame player, Deion Sander spent time coaching at the high school level before becoming the Jackson State head coach. After finding success there, he went to Colorado where many expected the 2023 season to get off to a slow start. That didn’t happen and Sander was more than happy to call out his doubters.

“Ain’t none of y’all believed that,” Deion Sanders said, pointing at the press. “Maybe a couple of y’all that knew me and know how I get down. They know I’m a winner. We going to end up winning. Ain’t none of y’all thought you was gonna be sitting up here. You was supposed to be on the other side, interviewing that, or coming and asking me, ‘What happened? You said this and you said that.’ Yeah, now what? Now what? Everybody quiet now. Now what?”

At this point, Sanders called a member of the media on stage, pointing out that he appreciates him and that he does a podcast.

“I appreciate you, straight up. Keep on doing what you do. Thank you,” Sanders said. “That was one of our supporters when none of y’all were supporting us. He had our back. You believed didn’t you.”

Deion Sanders then turned to another media member, asking them, “Do you believe now? Hold on, hold on, hold on. Do you believe now? Huh? Oh no, no, no. I read through that bull junk you wrote down. I read through that, I sifted through all that. Yeah, no. Come one. Do you believe?”

When he didn’t get an immediate answer, Sanders had his answer. He said, “You don’t believe. You just answered it — you don’t believe. Next question. You don’t believe. You don’t believe.”

Deion Sanders on playing in Fort Worth

For Deion Sanders, it meant a lot to get this win in Fort Worth, a city that he has deep family ties to. That includes coaching Shedeur Sanders there going back as far as youth sports.

“You got to go back before that [Trinity Christian],” Sanders said. “In Fort Worth youth ball with five and six year olds, seven and eight year olds, nine and 10 year olds, 11 and 12 year olds. I’ve been doing this for a long time. So, I reflected back when we landed here on all these battles we had in the hood, playing youth football, playing youth baseball, basketball. We’ve played a lot of games in Fort Worth, man.”

As Deion Sanders explained, it was hard not to think about how the city he was in had helped him grow to where he is now.

“So, that was on my mind, just the consistency of that and how it affected me, and established me, and helped me get to this point in life,” Sanders said.

“I love it, I love it, I love it immensely.”