Colorado football coach Deion Sanders addressed speculation about his future in Boulder on Tuesday as other coaching jobs start opening up in college football, including at places that could pay him significantly more money, such as Texas A&M.
Sanders didn’t outright say he wasn’t interested in other jobs. He instead focused on his mission with the Buffaloes (4-6) and deflected when asked about recent comments about the A&M job from ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith.
“Your thoughts on the Texas A&M coaching vacancy?” a reporter asked him at his weekly news conference in Boulder.
“Man, I want to win,” he said. “I want to win a game. So you think I really do sit down and think about that kind of stuff? Like what strikes me about that, about myself, that you guys really think I sit down and say, `Oh, yeah, Stephen A., yeah.’ C’mon, c’mon. I’m good. Like, we gotta win. Let’s focus on this week.”
Sanders is in his first season at Colorado and captured the nation’s attention by starting 3-0. But his team has since lost six of its last seven games and has two games left in the regular season starting Friday night at Washington State (4-6). The Buffaloes would need to win both games to become bowl eligible.
Colorado also leads the nation in penalties with 95 after committing 11 in last week’s 34-31 loss against Arizona. But the Buffs have suffered four of their six losses by seven points or fewer and have benefited from Sanders’ fame and football acumen to dramatically change their trajectory and increase their national exposure after finishing 1-11 in 2022. Other schools would love to have that kind of change in year one under a new coach.
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders runs onto the field before the game against Arizona State on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Publish date : 2023-11-14 20:09:19
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