Deion Sanders Makes Passionate Vow To Colorado Fans After Disappointing Season

Colorado’s 24–14 nonaccomplishment to Kansas State connected Saturday astatine Bill Snyder Family Stadium was a fitting decorativeness to a disappointing twelvemonth successful Boulder.

For nan 2nd clip successful 3 weeks, Colorado entered nan 4th fourth wrong 1 possession of nan lead. But nan Wildcats put nan Buffs distant pinch an eight-play, 75-yard thrust midway done nan 4th and cruised to nan decorativeness statement to gain their sixth triumph of nan play and go vessel eligible.

Colorado, connected nan different hand, fell acold short of immoderate information of a postseason appearance. The nonaccomplishment to Kansas State dropped nan Buffaloes to 3–8 connected nan year—the program’s worst decorativeness since Sanders took complete successful 2023.

Following nan game, Sanders didn’t mince words addressing his team’s shortcomings this season.

“I conscionable told them we won’t beryllium successful this business again,” Sanders told reporters successful his postgame property conference. “I tin committedness you that. I’m not happy pinch thing correct now. Nothing.

“ ... This instrumentality base, nan school—everybody deserves overmuch amended than this. I expected overmuch amended than this. And we’re going to springiness them overmuch amended than this starting tomorrow.”

Through 3 seasons astatine Colorado’s caput coach, Sanders owns a 16–20 record. The Buffs started his tenure 3–0 successful 2023 earlier losing 8 of their past 9 games and finishing 4–8. In 2024, nan duo of backmost Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy victor Travis Hunter led nan Buffs to a 9–4 record, nan program’s champion decorativeness since 2016.

But 1 twelvemonth later, pinch nan young Sanders and Hunter successful nan NFL, nan Buffs returned to nan basement level of nan Big 12. Sanders is wished to correct nan vessel heading into nan 2026 season.

“When I win, I don’t mind a clap; erstwhile I lose, I don’t mind a boo. I played this game. I cognize this crippled for illustration nan backmost of my hand, and I emotion this game, and I emotion each he ups and downs, ins and outs astir it,” Sanders said. “I’m built for each past spot of it. But if anybody is built to reconcile and get this backmost connected course, it’s me. And I will do it if it’s nan past point I do connected earth. Trust maine erstwhile I show you.

“This was nan Last Supper.”

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