Football World Reacts to Shedeur Sanders' Big Decision

College football win totals typically don't get released until the springtime, but Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are an exception. Sportsbooks took so much action on the Buffs last season that they released the team's 2024 win total immediately after the 2023 campaign ended. FanDuel Sportsbook has set the Colorado Buffaloes' win total…

Head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes (4-6, 1-6 Pac-12) look to keep their bowl hopes alive when they travel to Pullman, Wash., for a Friday night Pac-12 matchup with the Washington State Cougars (4-6, 1-6). The Cougars are also fighting for bowl eligibility and will be looking to snap a six-game losing streak after losing to Cal…

Colorado has had many chances to build on their early-season success, but the Buffaloes have come up short week after week over the last few weeks. Their losses to Stanford, UCLA, Oregon State and Arizona were disappointing because it felt like Colorado had chances to win each one but could not make the crucial plays down the stretch. Deion Sanders…

Head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) look to get back on track when they host the No. 16 Oregon State Beavers (6-2, 3-2 Pac-12) on Saturday at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders and the Buffs were roughed up by UCLA, losing to the Bruins 28-16 in their last outing, despite a two-interception…

Head coach Deion Sanders and the No. 19 Colorado Buffaloes (3-0) face their toughest test of the season when they travel to Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. to take on the No. 10 Oregon Ducks (3-0) on Saturday in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams. The Buffs are coming off a thrilling 43-35 double overtime win over in-state rival Colorado…

Catena Media provides exclusive sports betting content to AL.com, including picks, analysis, tools and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. The Colorado Buffaloes have dominated the headlines this season, so it's no surprise betting markets are plentiful for Deion Sanders' crew. Below is a preview of…

Deion Sanders gets his first taste of the Rocky Mountain Showdown rivalry game when the No. 18 Colorado Buffaloes (2-0) host head coach Jay Norvell and the Colorado State Rams (0-1) at Folsom Field on Saturday. Sanders' Buffs are the talk of the sports world, going from a 1-11 program a year ago to a nationally ranked team with a pair of top…

The Colorado football train rolls on as Deion Sanders, Shedeur Sanders, and Travis Hunter welcome their in-state rivals Colorado State to Boulder on Saturday. Ahead of the Rocky Mountain Showdown, let's make some bold Colorado football predictions for Week 3. The Buffaloes are the biggest story in college football after two weeks. Deion Sanders…

Things are looking up for the Colorado Buffaloes following their upset win over the TCU Horned Frogs last Saturday. College football sportsbooks had pegged Colorado as a 20-point underdog heading into the game, completely disregarding the monumental change in culture and personnel experienced by the program over the last few months. The Buffaloes…

Future Big 12 Conference foes meet in a season-opening non-conference matchup on Saturday when the Colorado Buffaloes battle the TCU Horned Frogs in the much-anticipated debut for Colorado head coach Deion Sanders. The Buffaloes, who finished tied for 11th in the Pac-12 at 1-8 and 1-11 overall in 2022, will be moving to the Big 12 next season.…

Deion Sanders has been tasked with turning around a woeful Buffaloes program this year, and Colorado gets a baptism by fire when it faces TCU. But our college football betting picks think this game will be much closer than oddsmakers believe. One of the most anticipated matchups of Week 1 includes the introduction of Coach Prime to the FBS. This…

Deion Sanders will make his coaching debut with Colorado on the Big Noon Kickoff against No. 17 TCU on Saturday - a game that will generate ratings based on the most talked about first-year coach heading into the 2023 season. Sanders has not coached a game in the Power 5 - and he is already one of the most-polarizing coaches in the game. He didn't…

If you're looking for 2023 bold predictions in college football, then perhaps you start with the Colorado Buffaloes football team. The entire construct of the program has been nothing short of bold in and of itself from the moment athletic director Rick George hired now head coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State back in December. From that point…

Colorado football is up and up after hiring head coach Deion Sanders. Sanders can coach. What he did at FCS Jackson State was no joke - the Tigers went 8-0 in SWAC play last season. Sanders can recruit, bringing in the nation's top transfer portal class, per 247Sports. And finally, Sanders is aggressive, scheduling one of the nation's tougher…

How's that for timing? I've been consistent with my Monday, Wednesday, Friday release schedule going in order. Which means that today is Colorado. Has Colorado been in the news at all this week? I've been off the grid and haven't checked. Well the Buffs are still in the Pac-12 in 2023 just like UCLA and USC which means they're still getting covered…

ATLANTA - Exactly six years after North Carolina Central left the Celebration Bowl in tears after a one-point loss to Grambling State, coach Trei Oliver and the Eagles left Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday with a happier outcome. The Eagles (10-2) spoiled Jackson State's (12-1) perfect season, defeating the Tigers 41-34 in overtime to earn the…

Deion Sanders' last game as the coach at Jackson State didn't disappoint. The 2022 Celebration Bowl was a back-and-forth affair between the Tigers and NC Central, and the Eagles made one more play to win 41-34 in overtime. Despite coming into the game as a two-score underdog, NC Central brought the fight to Jackson State and held a 34-27 lead in…

Jackson State is a 15.5-point favorite over North Carolina Central in the annual Cricket Celebration Bowl, which features the winners of the Southwestern Athletic and Mid-Eastern Athletic conferences. Jackson State is 6-6 ATS this season and NC Central is 6-3 ATS. The Tigers have won the previous two meetings, although the most recent was in…

BOULDER, Colo. - It has been less than a month since Deion Sanders announced that he is leaving his head coaching job at Jackson State to become the new coach of the Colorado Buffaloes and oddsmakers are in a frenzy. legal online betting sites were quick to act in setting the win total for Colorado which is set at 5.5 wins following their 1-11…

Deion Sanders is the new head coach for the Colorado program. The transfer portal will instantly vault the Buffalo into contention for the conference title in 2023. The pride and joy of Fort Myers, Florida, Deion Sanders starred as a three-sport athlete in high school. Basketball quickly fell to the wayside as he garnered increasing hype on the…

The Colorado Buffaloes look to keep stampeding the opposition when the Colorado State Rams come to Boulder for the latest installment of the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Saturday night. The Buffaloes, which have already surpassed last season's win total, are favored by more than three touchdowns over the Rams from the Mountain West. Colorado…

Transfers will determine which teams win the Power Five conferences, which teams advance to the College Football Playoff and which team wins the national championship. This isn't a wild prediction. The transfer portal has revolutionized the Bowl Subdivision for better and for worse, simultaneously giving student-athletes newfound freedom to switch…

Transfers will determine which teams win the Power Five conferences, which teams advance to the College Football Playoff and which team wins the national championship. This isn't a wild prediction. The transfer portal has revolutionized the Bowl Subdivision for better and for worse, simultaneously giving student-athletes newfound freedom to switch…

No team has ever been talked about as much after a one-win season as this year's Colorado Buffaloes. Led by new coach Deion Sanders and new starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the Buffaloes have been in the media spotlight since the moment Sanders' arrived in Boulder. Nevertheless, the team is a heavy underdog in its first game of the season: a…

No. 25 Colorado and Nebraska will meet Saturday under similar and very different circumstances. Both teams are led by first-year head coaches: Deion Sanders at Colorado and Matt Rhule at Nebraska. Both are attempting to rebuild down-on-their-luck programs. Both have leaned on the transfer portal to update rosters lacking the pieces to compete at a…