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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders in the first half of the team’s spring practice NCAA college football game Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. | David Zalubowski, Associated Press
There’s no bigger star in college football than “Coach Prime.”
Deion Sanders and his well-publicized Colorado squad are joining the Big 12 party, and though the Buffaloes won’t face BYU this year, there will be plenty of matchups to come between the two new conference foes.
While in Las Vegas for Big 12 media days this week, Sanders joined “BYU Sports Nation” for a quick interview to talk about his various ties to several BYU greats and his thoughts on sharing a conference with the Cougars.
Here are the highlights from Sanders’ appearance on “BYU Sports Nation.”
On having BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe as his position coach with the San Francisco 49ers
“Awesome, consistent. Not conservative, but consistent. He was awesome … You got to understand, and this is not racial by any means, but a Caucasian man, being a (defensive back) coach in the NFL, is not often seen. And you’re talking about back then, back in the 90s. That’s a rarity. He did the doggone thing, and I think we were the number one defense in the league that year as well. So I got love for him.”
On a memorable practice moment with former teammate Steve Young
“I picked (a pass) off. I read it perfectly. Picked it off, and I was doing it towards the sideline. See, if I hadn’t played with Steve Young, I wouldn’t have known how fast he was. I said, ‘Okay, he may get the angle on me. Let me go ahead and get this over with right now.’ Because I wanted to high step for like 60 (yards). I wanted to cut back on him and just get him out of the way. I tried to cut back on him, and he, I don’t know how in the world he did, he hit me low and…
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Publish date : 2024-07-12 16:00:03
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