Boulder, Colo. – Deion Sanders offered a way to calm any resentment The recent announcement That the dynamic Tandem of Colorado Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders skipped the line to withdraw their t -shirt numbers this weekend.
Hugs and handshake for everyone.
“Can we start with me simply shaking the hand of everyone who played here before, just give them a hug?” Colorado coach said after practice on Thursday while buffaloes prepare for his spring game on Saturday. “They have to return for that, right? Let’s start with that … that’s what I want to do.”
The buffaloes stirred some feathers of previous players and graduates when they announced that Hunter No. 12 and Sanders’ number 2 would retire before the spring game. They are only the fifth and sixth players in the 135 years of Colorado history to receive that honor.
Some see it as a quick change with their races ending. There are also numerous big names in the tradition of buffaloes that remain online, even of the 1990 national championship team.
Chad Brown, a supporter of the Buffaloes Hall of Fame, Posted in Social Networks: “If the players of the national champions team have not received such honor, by default, this action rules out, decreases AND For a new generation of fans whose greatness. It would never minimize the impact of #2 or #12, they are incredible players. But this moment is poor. “
The decision to withdraw numbers is based on the discretion of Colorado Athletic Administration and the current chief coach.
“Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders are great fans and exceptional talents that have been tremendous representatives of our program and our university and took our team to return to national prominence,” said athletics director Rick George, who was the athletic director of football operations when the program won his only national title. “Recognizing the achievements of a winner of the Heisman trophy and a record field marshal who marked the beginning of this new era of Cu football now does not subtract value from the achievements of the past. Rather, it adds to the rich legacy of Cu football that has passed over the years for all those who have used a Cu uniform.”
Hunter, who played so much receiver and corner, comes from a Heisman trophy campaign. Sanders broke many of the program approval records and won the Johnny Unitas award that is given to the QB of the University of University Soccer. They are expected to be high selections In the NFL draft April 24.
Deion Sanders defended his son’s inclusion on Thursday.
“We are talking about Shedeur. We are not talking about anyone else,” said the coach/father. “If his last name were not Sanders, we would not have this discussion.”
Tyler Polumbus, an outstanding offensive liner of Buffaloes, Posted in Social Networks: “The vitriol of the former players with respect to the withdrawal of Cu #2 is noisy. I think that the majority (including myself) believes that it deserves honor … eventually … without going through the line, without going through #2 Deon figures makes no sense. So many greats of all time deserve honor and have waited for their turn. Why so fast? Zero waiting period?
Sanders said his son and hunter are looking forward.
“These guys are thinking about the draft, man,” said Deion Sanders. “We are grateful that Buff Nation has been kind. They have been wonderful. I feel that we have the best fan base, especially in the last two years. I can’t comment before because I wasn’t here.”
Hunter and Shedeur Sanders join the Company of the Field Marshal/Halfack Byron White (No. 24), the guard/supporter Joe Romig (No. 67), the field marshal/rear Bobby Anderson (No. 11) and the late Tailback Rashaan Salam (No. 19).
During his game days, Deion Sanders said he has been part of several Jersey retirement ceremonies and has never been a painful issue.
“This is the first time he saw him sore,” he said. “I don’t know if you know it, but I think every shirt I am close to playing is retired. So I’m quite familiar with this. He has never sore.”
Sanders said there have been more than 15,000 tickets distributed for the spring game on Saturday in Folsom Field. Sanders originally pressed to play another team and Syracuse’s coach, Fran Brown, volunteered. The application was rejected by the NCAA.
“I think he damaged the sale of tickets when they said we were not going to get that scrimmage, I really do it, against Syracuse,” Sanders said. “I wish we had it. But I hope we would do it within a year, when someone else thinks about it, in addition to the coach and coach Fran Brown, and that they do it first.”
The buffalo are changing natural grass in the folsom field to artificial grass before the 2025 season.
“We planned to reach the playoffs,” Sanders said, “and we don’t want to play in the frozen tundra.”
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