OT: Prime Time: CU Buffs spring game only one in the country on ESPN

[Tango Two]

They really pushing Colorado hard

Prime Time: CU Buffs spring game only one in the country on ESPN

Move over Alabama, Clemson and reigning champs Georgia, the Colorado Buffaloes are the story in college football entering 2023

denversports.com

 

[mdk01]

I'd go right past pushing to flogging.

 

[ashokan]

Makes sense
Sanders and Colorado are crushing transfer portal, social media, ticket sales and more.
Be smarter to put Bama on?
What a yawn that would be.
Thankfully Sanders and Colorado have a chance to put cracks in SEC recruiting locks

 

[ashokan]

SOLD OUT

"From 1-11 to a sold-out spring game.

That's what Deion Sanders has done for Colorado Buffaloes football.

The Buffs' "Black & Gold" game will be the only spring game broadcast nationally on ESPN and will have an attendance of over 45,000 (last year 1,950)

It will be the most-attended spring game in CU history. The previous record was just under 18,000 in 2008. The attendance of this year's spring game will also be greater than the last nine combined — when tickets were free."

Colorado football spring game sells out with 45,000 tickets sold

CU Buffs football spring game sells out with 45,000 tickets sold

denvergazette.com

 

[MGSA99]

Still the honeymoon phase. We'll see what happens when the actual season begins.

 

[Plum Street]

Still the honeymoon phase. We'll see what happens when the actual season begins.

1 win last year. They will be great compared to that

 

[colbert17]

1 win last year. They will be great compared to that

The bar that's been set sure isn't very high.

 

[ashokan]

1 win last year. They will be great compared to that

Sanders has taken that uni over.
Some football coaches are iconic but Sanders is a force of nature.
Every day he's posting videos, instagrams etc.
The other day he made a video celebrating the ground crew
He's extremely philosophical and direct and religious
He says things other coaches at other schools couldn't get away with - he's confident and fearless

He said he liked his QBs to be smarter than average and from stable 2 parent homes.
He wants character and no nonsense - not emotional.
Conversely he likes defenders from single mother homes that the player wants to save with a successful career.
Defensive players can play angry and QBs need to be cool

Deion Sanders Prefers QBs From ‘Dual Parent’ Households, ‘Single Mama’ Homes For Defensive Linemen When Recruiting

University of Colorado Boulder head football coach Deion Sanders recruits quarterbacks who come from a dual-parent households.

www.mediaite.com

 

[JayDogSmooth]

Assuming we could get someone of that caliber, and have the powers that be sign off on that, it would be interesting to see what someone like Prime could do here

Increased visibility, hugely successful, larger than life personality, stain in the recruiting world, etc

 

[tico brown]

But according to some here (most?), Deion is no good. He’s a gimmick who talks too much and spends too much time on social media. Was disrespectful to the game and who only attracts 5 stars because he’s a HOFer.

Everything that Schiano isn’t and only Schiano knows what Rutgers needs.

 

[ashokan]

Yesterday he had team sing Happy Birthday to the AD and AD loved it

 

[ScarletDave]

If Colorado goes 12-0 and to the playoff this year he will be hailed a legend. If they go 2-10 with players getting kicked off the team and locker room issues he will be hailed an idiot and let go.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

...
He said he liked his QBs to be smarter than average and from stable 2 family homes

ummm.. 2 family homes?

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

But according to some here (most?), Deion is no good. He’s a gimmick who talks too much and spends too much time on social media. Was disrespectful to the game and who only attracts 5 stars because he’s a HOFer.

Everything that Schiano isn’t and only Schiano knows what Rutgers needs.

 

[RUPete]

ummm.. 2 family homes?

Ha! Beat me to it. You can always rent one out for extra income - very sensible and stable.

 

[ashokan]

ummm.. 2 family homes?

Hah! Can't blame autocorrect for that one

 

[cubuffsdoug]

GO BUFFS!!!

The twins: Betty and Peggy
Season ticket holders since 1958, attending CU Buffs games since 1943
R.I.P. Betty.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Ha! Beat me to it. You can always rent one out for extra income - very sensible and stable.

BTW.. that's this guy's house...

 

[RUPete]

BTW.. that's this guy's house...

Was that 704 Hauser Street or 714? I can’t remember off the top of my head. 😁

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Was that 704 Hauser Street or 714? I can’t remember off the top of my head. 😁

ummmm.. dunno... street name sounds right... I'd guess 714 though 704 sounds more like a corner address (along with 702).

someday, someone will invent a magic box that you could just ask stuff like this...

link to the latest magic box stuff (open AI chat)

bing search says 704

 

[Plum Street]

If Colorado goes 12-0 and to the playoff this year he will be hailed a legend. If they go 2-10 with players getting kicked off the team and locker room issues he will be hailed an idiot and let go.

He won’t get fired

 

[cubuffsdoug]

He won’t get fired

He has no clue how things work in the world of sports.

 

[ashokan]

Prime has been going full Yellowstone
I like his emphasis on "now."
He tells players they have to be great now because he's in his 50s and cant wait around.
As a Schiano fan, the main thing I never liked about his approach was the yearly warning about how "young" the team was.
You want to stress players to elevate and grow confidence but it often seemed Greg was laying down excuses over what players couldn't do.
Of course some players do need shaping and guiding and wiggle room but you dont want to make players feel you have no confidence in them.

 

[RUPete]

ummmm.. dunno... street name sounds right... I'd guess 714 though 704 sounds more like a corner address (along with 702).

someday, someone will invent a magic box that you could just ask stuff like this...

link to the latest magic box stuff (open AI chat)

bing search says 704

Thanks! In my advanced age I always challenge myself to remember first on my own. You know, we didn't always have these new fangled things...

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Thanks! In my advanced age I always challenge myself to remember first on my own. You know, we didn't always have these new fangled things...

Thats an interesting angle... TRY YOUR MEMORY first.

 

[ashokan]

Prime owning the uni in off-season - every day it something else
Rutgers juice? Bueller Bueller?
Sanders is owning that place so thoroughly its only a matter of time before someone there gets jealous and pipes-up in media

 

[tico brown]

Some coaching tidbits from Coach Prime during practice, some you will never see out of a Rutgers practice.

@COACHPRIME on Instagram

Coach Prime Giving Free Game To @kyndrichhb & Defensive Backs. @cubuffsfootball #CoachPrime (Post...

www.instagram.com

 

[ashokan]

Some coaching tidbits from Coach Prime during practice, some you will never see out of a Rutgers practice.

@COACHPRIME on Instagram

Coach Prime Giving Free Game To @kyndrichhb & Defensive Backs. @cubuffsfootball #CoachPrime (Post...

www.instagram.com

Indeed with all the social juice its almost easy to forget he does know football pretty well.
Even if he was a bad player, being on five NFL teams means a lot of tips from a lot of coaches

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[Scarlet Blind]