Rece Davis: Deion Sanders is entering a 'pivotal' time at Colorado
Time may be running out for Deion Sanders at Colorado, if you believe what ESPN analyst Rece Davis has to say. The Buffaloes are coming off of a 28-10 loss to Nebraska in Week 2 and already looking to pick up the pieces for this season.
With quarterback Shedeur Sanders and cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter likely to join the NFL next year, it begs the question of how good Colorado can be beyond this season. Speaking on the College GameDay podcast, Davis sounded the alarm bells for Buffalo nation.
“At the risk of going overboard, because I think Deion Sanders is a good, tough hard-noses, old school football coach at his core, I also think Colorado is now at a point where they’ve sort of got an existential crisis,” he said. “They’ve got a quarterback who is gonna be a first-round pick. He’s a very talented guy and they’ve got the best football player in the country all-around in Travis Hunter. Yet, the rest of it hasn’t developed yet and doesn’t show a lot of signs of doing it this year. Then those guys are going to be gone. Now what’re you going to do?
Do you have the energy and the time and the disposition to go at it the way Matt Rhule did and build it for a little more sustainability? It’s a really delicate time for Colorado. How they handle the rest of the season. I think Deion’s a good coach. I do. But you can be as good a coach as you want. If you can’t protect and you can’t really impact on the defensive line with the type of bodies like you were talking about, you can be as good as coach as you want to, it’s not gonna happen. At least not at the level you hope it happens. Really, really pivotal time for Colorado that will really come to a head at the end of the season when Shedeur and Travis head on to the NFL.”
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Colorado has not won more than four games since the 2016 season. The Buffaloes finished 4-8 last year but went 1-7 over their final eight games.
With both Hunter and Sanders expected to move on following this season, it begs the question of what Colorado will do next. The Buffaloes next face Colorado State at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.