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Coach Prime to the Colorado Buffaloes?!
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I hated him as a Niner in 94-95, loved him as a Cowboy 95-96.GrundleStiltzkin said:If Prim Tim (ftg) doesn't land one of those big jerbs, sportsmedia gonna loose its shit.
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OppositeBleachedAnusDawg said:
I hated him as a Niner in 94-95, loved him as a Cowboy 95-96.GrundleStiltzkin said:If Prim Tim (ftg) doesn't land one of those big jerbs, sportsmedia gonna loose its shit.
Loved him when he helped Bobby Bowden put Free Shoes on the map. And his World Series NFL game on the same day. -
Some guys can’t handle the ups and downs of the coaching carouselBleachedAnusDawg said:Whichever team lands Prime, they become my #1B for college football. Need a good backup plan after DeBoer leaves UW for Nebraska and Jenn hires Jonathan Smith.
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So he interviewed for Colorado State last year? Thats a weird job to look into. Also, WTF was Colorado State thinking in going with FS Norvell from Nevada when you could have theoretically had Prime? Does he like the state of Colorado? I mean he's now kicked the tires on both state schools. Maybe he's a winter sports kind of guy? Likes legal weed? Just seems weird.
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I thought his mission was to make HBU’s relevant in college football. No?
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ESPN could stop pretending they areMikeDamone said:I thought his mission was to make HBU’s relevant in college football. No?
Old folks like me remember REAL HBCU football that you couldn't watch on TV but filled the NFL when major colleges either didn't recruit Blacks or had quotas. Lasted into the early 80's Jerry Rice
The idea that a kid should turn down a Stanford education to go to NE SW LA State is kind of dumb -
Coach Prime (TWILTCH) says a lot of stuff. Coach Prime is in the business of Coach Prime and Coach Prime’s family. Coach Prime coaching at CU or S. Florida would allow his son to be a starting QB at the FBS level furthering his sons opportunity for a future in the NFL. Coach Prime filled seats at the HBCU level. He did his part. Now is the time for Coach Prime to take the next evolutionary step in Coach Prime’s post playing career.MikeDamone said:I thought his mission was to make HBU’s relevant in college football. No?
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RaceBannon said:
ESPN could stop pretending they areMikeDamone said:I thought his mission was to make HBU’s relevant in college football. No?
Old folks like me remember REAL HBCU football that you couldn't watch on TV but filled the NFL when major colleges either didn't recruit Blacks or had quotas. Lasted into the early 80's Jerry Rice
The idea that a kid should turn down a Stanford education to go to NE SW LA State is kind of dumb
I was always surprised he never went beyond Grambling State as a coach. -
Holy shit, is this really happening? Doesn't really surprise me though. Prime is smart, he knows it makes sense to move from Jackson St to the next level but not all the way to the SEC. It's a process.
He's got what it takes ... but it would be rough if he took over a top league team and ... failed. Or the requirements to run such programs is way outta his current league.
Pac 12 Colorado, in that sense would be perfect. Not too high, not too low. 5 million plus a year. If he can pull 5* to Jackson St he can pull good talent to Colorado. If he succeeds, he'll stick around for a coaching cycle and then consider a step up .
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35168153/sources-deion-sanders-preparing-accept-colorado-coaching-job
Jackson State coach Deion Sanders has been preparing to make an exit in order to take the head coaching job at Colorado, sources told ESPN on Friday.
With Jackson State on the cusp of the SWAC title game Saturday, Sanders and his associates have spent the week making inquiries to both potential members of his on-field staff and support staff at Colorado, pitching them to join him in Boulder, sources said.
A source told ESPN on Friday night that Sanders' outreach included a call to a prominent player in the NCAA transfer portal, encouraging him to not make a decision because Sanders was heading to Colorado and wanted to recruit him there.
A different source close to a player committed to play at Colorado said that earlier this week a current Jackson State staff member called to check in on the player's Colorado commitment. He also asked him for some film of the player to evaluate him.
"They weren't exactly hiding anything," said the source. "It seemed like it was a done deal."
Internally at Colorado, according to sources, the support staff has been seen preparing material for Sanders' hire. There's a widespread expectation in the building that Sanders will arrive there this weekend, although the staff has not been told formally.
"They're not doing a great job of hiding this," said a staff source. "If he backs out of this deal, it would be a huge problem for Colorado."
Sanders has said publicly that he's been offered the Colorado job. All signs point to him accepting it in the next 48 hours, as all the other candidates Colorado has engaged have been stalled after interviewing weeks ago.
Sanders has gone 26-5 his past three seasons at Jackson State and 22-2 the past two years. Jackson State (11-0) plays Southern (7-4), a team it beat 35-0 earlier in the year, for the SWAC title Saturday. Sanders is expected to inform his team that he's leaving soon after the game.
Sanders is in just his third season as a college football coach.
Colorado fired Karl Dorrell in October after an 0-5 start and an 8-15 record overall in three years as coach. Mike Sanford filled in as interim and went 1-6 to close the year.
Sanders is an iconic American athlete and a member of both the Pro Football and College Football Hall of Fame. He played in the NFL for 14 seasons, won two Super Bowls and also played for five different Major League Baseball teams from 1989 through 2001. -
The infusion of talent to Boulder would be massive. They would be P12 competitive next year. Jackson State has his son at QB and a couple 4* kids and that 5* DB. I’m sure they would portal immediately. He’s got tons of Texas HS connections. Would be a hire with lots of sizzle. Moving from Dorrel to Sanders is akin to moving from prohibition to late 70’s Studio 54 over night. A complete shock to the system and that program needs it.
