Deion Sanders Menyesuaikan untuk melatih di Colorado tanpa putra Shedeur, Shilo
Deion Sanders attempted to play it cool when asked about not coaching his sons — Shedeur and Shilo — this season.
“It’s easy,” the Colorado coach said in front of a room full of Buffaloes fans at a kickoff luncheon. “Especially not having Shilo get on my last nerve.”
There were laughs from the audience before he quickly backtracked. “It’s not easy,” Sanders said.
Not having a Sanders on the field is a rather new experience for the proud father/coach. He’s trying to take the next step at Colorado with a new quarterback trying to fill Shedeur’s shoes, a new safety replacing Shilo and a new — well, he’s going to need basically a pair of players to take over for Travis Hunter, the talented two-way Heisman Trophy winner.
At quarterback, it’s either going to be Liberty transfer Kaidon Salter or highly touted freshman Julian “JuJu” Lewis.
“I feel like, wholeheartedly, this is a better football team,” said Sanders, whose team went 9-4 last season and earned an invitation to the Alamo Bowl.
Sanders is just getting to know some of his players after spending time away from the team this summer as he went through treatment for bladder cancer. While away, he relied on the experience of his veteran coaches, which included defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, offensive boss Pat Shurmur and Pro Football Hall of Famers Warren Sapp and Marshall Faulk. Former NFL quarterback/offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich has also been mentoring the signal callers.
“I feel like our staff gets better and better and better every year,” Sanders said. “I feel like the roster gets better and better and better every year.”
Sanders’ goal this season is similar to a year ago: earn 100-year-old super-fan Peggy Coppom a bowl appearance.
This time, with a caveat. “We want to get Miss Peggy to a bowl game — and win,” Sanders said.
QB conundrum
Salter and Lewis have their own styles. Salter is a run-pass threat who’s been responsible for 66 touchdowns over the past two seasons.
Lewis, who doesn’t turn 18 until September, threw for 11,010 yards over his career at Carrollton High School in Georgia. He also had 144 touchdown passes.
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“Jelas bagus hanya memiliki dua orang di ruangan itu dengan jumlah talenta itu,” kata Wideout Omarion Miller.
Mereka akan dilindungi oleh garis yang mencakup tackle kiri Jordan Seaton, yang merupakan tim pramusim All-Big 12 tim utama. Miller memimpin kumpulan penerima yang dalam dan Dallan Hayden berharap untuk menyalakan serangan terburu -buru yang rata -rata 65,2 yard per game, yang merupakan yang terburuk di antara tim FBS.
Level selanjutnya
Colorado memiliki lebih dari dua lusin pemain yang mendapatkan tempat daftar NFL di kamp pelatihan, termasuk 12 pemula.
“Itu alat perekrutan lain,” kata Sanders.
Efek utama, kehadiran
Kerbau terjual habis dari tiket musiman untuk tahun ketiga berturut -turut – dan hanya untuk ke -11 kalinya dalam sejarah.
Ada juga dampak ekonomi yang cukup ekonomi, dengan Biro Konvensi Boulder dan Biro Pengunjung melaporkan bahwa enam pertandingan sepak bola rumah Colorado musim lalu membawa dampak ekonomi langsung $ 93,9 juta dan $ 146,5 juta dalam total dampak ekonomi regional.
Efek utama, pendaftaran
Semua paparan nasional membayar dividen dengan pendaftaran di Colorado mencapai rekor tertinggi musim gugur ini bersama dengan retensi siswa. Selain itu, pendaftaran siswa kulit hitam naik 7,9% dari tahun lalu.
Jadwal
Kerbau memulai musim dengan memainkan empat dari lima pertandingan pertama mereka di Folsom Field, termasuk pembuka pada 29 Agustus melawan Georgia Tech. Kerbau dan jaket kuning membagi gelar nasional 1990. Mereka belum pernah bertemu di lapangan sepak bola.
Pelaporan oleh Associated Press.
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