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Is the Deion Sanders allure and hype officially over?

Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:12 am
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
5410 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:12 am
I’ll give him credit, he tried something different, undertook a big challenge, and generated a lot of hype and interest in a program on life support. I think most were skeptical, but hey, he tried.

He got them to a 9-4 record in 2024 only to revert back to 3-9. The talk and any hype around them is virtually nonexistent in 2026, and most don’t expect them to be any good. In fact, they’re supposed to be putrid.

I know he’s had his health issues, but is it safe to say this is likely it for him?
Posted by Killboy58030719
Member since Feb 2025
31 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:16 am to
Please stop.
Posted by Marlboro Smooth
Member since Dec 2025
176 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:16 am to
Colorado isnt going to eat the buyout for his contract

Here is going to be there until 2029
Posted by John Casey
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2016
4553 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:41 am to
I was shocked to not see Deion walk away for health reasons after this past season.
Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
7551 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:44 am to
quote:

I was shocked to not see Deion walk away for health reasons after this past season


And walk away from $44 million?
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
11513 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:44 am to
They are starting the season here against Georgia Tech as about a touchdown underdog. They are playing in the normal stadium, so it must not be selling that well. When ND came here they moved it to Mercedes Benz.

It's on a Thursday night, so I'm sure it'll be broadcasted. To be fair, the Vols come the next week, and they are also playing in Bobby Dodd. So maybe it was just an Irish deal to move it to the bigger stadium..
Posted by karmew32
Scott, LA (born & raised in Ponchy)
Member since Jan 2017
1873 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:46 am to
Such a shame Jeanty's Heisman was a casualty of this media circus.
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
31401 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:51 am to
Fraud from day 1.
Posted by crownNbull
Gretna
Member since Jun 2010
3351 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:59 am to
quote:

I’ll give him credit, he tried something different, undertook a big challenge, and generated a lot of hype and interest in a program on life support. I think most were skeptical, but hey, he tried.


He took the only D1 job that wanted him so he could try to his son drafted in the 1st round.
Posted by BuckeyeGoon
Member since Jan 2025
1504 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:04 am to
quote:

Jeanty's Heisman

No one outside the big 4 conferences should ever be in the running for the heisman
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
40976 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:05 am to
I think Oregon killed all that hype

Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
55764 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:06 am to
quote:

No one outside the big 4 conferences should ever be in the running for the heisman


Why not? They gotta be beasts though
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
198975 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:10 am to
I still like Deion and still believe in what he's trying to do It was an uphill challenge to be sure
But he tries to instill discipline in players. He talks about the importance of faith and family in doing right. We need more of that in college football. Yeah, it's different. It's not like the old coaches that we grew up with, but none of us are going to be playing college football anytime in the near future

And if Deion is getting kids who want to play college football and want to play for him, I think that's the best that Colorado is going to do. He needs to keep surrounding himself with coaching talent , coordinators
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
8324 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:19 am to
quote:

was shocked to not see Deion walk away for health reasons after this past season.


Dude gets 44 million to sit in fricking Colorado and lose 8 games...LOL hes a 1 hit wonder wherever he goes.

The entire Colorado AD department heads, and above, should be fired. What a stupid move
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
56692 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:23 am to
Just wait until the NFL season starts. You'll enjoy the overwhelming coverage of Deion Sanders and his son, as they work to build the Cleveland Browns into a winning franchise.

And when sports mass media isn't talking about them, they will tell you more about the WNBA.

Why? Because they know you are hooked and aren't going to stop consuming their shitty product no matter how much they insult your intelligence.
Posted by Drydock
Osage County
Member since Oct 2013
9654 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:45 am to
The Allbuffs forum is always good for a laugh.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
92911 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:54 am to
shel will never give up hope
Posted by John Casey
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2016
4553 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:57 am to
quote:

And walk away from $44 million?


I thought they would come up with some sort of settlement so both Colorado and Deion could save face, and the health problems gave them the perfect out.

That may still be on the table, if this season goes as poorly as I think it will.

Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26658 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:56 am to
quote:

I thought they would come up with some sort of settlement so both Colorado and Deion could save face, and the health problems gave them the perfect out.


That would require Deion agreeing to a greatly reduced buyout. Deion does not seem like the type of person to agree to forego a bunch of money. And Colorado doesn't have the money to eat that whole buyout, so they're stuck for a couple more years.

Colorado's AD was dumb to give him that extension so quickly when he still had an overall losing record and his biggest accomplishment was losing in the Alamo Bowl. He already had a middle of the pack salary for P4 coach with a $10M buyout he would owe if he left for another school. Nobody else was trying to poach him away from Colorado.

Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
9473 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:15 am to
He will stay there in a wheelchair if he has to.
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