{"id":734037,"date":"2026-02-06T18:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/734037\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:58:13","slug":"deion-sanders-promises-2026-will-be-colorados-year-after-tough-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/734037\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders promises 2026 will be Colorado’s year after ‘tough’ 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year 3 at Colorado<\/a> proved to be the most trying in Deion Sanders<\/a>\u2018 short tenure in Boulder. Not only did he face multiple health issues, including having his bladder removed in May<\/a> during a cancer battle, but Sanders\u2019 Buffaloes went just 3-9 for his worst single-season record as a collegiate head coach.<\/p>\n

But, to hear the 58-year-old pro and collegiate Hall of Famer tell it, the best is yet to come. Sanders addressed last year\u2019s struggles and made a bold pledge about the upcoming 2026 college football season during Friday morning appearance on ESPN\u2019s First Take from Santa Clara, Calif., the site of Sunday\u2019s Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough year for the Sanders, getting our butts kicked in Colorado. (But) we\u2019re going to get that right \u2014 where\u2019s my camera? \u2014 I promise you that,\u201d Sanders said, looking into the camera as if he was speaking directly to Colorado fans. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get that right, we\u2019ve gotten that right with what we did in the portal. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut it was tough for the Sanders family. \u2026 It was a tough year, but we didn\u2019t falter, we didn\u2019t doubt, we didn\u2019t back up off that thing,\u201d Sanders added. \u201cWe stood there and we fought, and we\u2019re back. This year \u2013 2026 \u2014 is ours. We\u2019re going to dominate this year from the top to the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Buffaloes struggled in all aspects of the game in the team\u2019s first season without quarterback Shedeur Sanders<\/a> and two-way superstar Travis Hunter<\/a>. Without Sanders\u2019 son leading the way, Colorado shuffled through three different starting quarterbacks in 2025 as the Buffs offense finished second-to-last in the Big 12 in both scoring and total offense, averaging just 20.9 points and 328.4 total yards last season. (Only one-win Oklahoma State<\/a> had worst offensive production in 2025.) At the same time, Colorado\u2019s defense ranked dead-last in the Big 12 allowing 425.7 yards per game last season.<\/p>\n

Suffice it to say, any improvement on 2025 would be welcomed by a devoted Buffs fanbase.<\/p>\n

Deion Sanders shoots down coaching in the NFL due to Shedeur Sanders draft slide: \u2018Ain\u2019t no way in the world\u2019<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Super Bowl LX festivities,\u00a0Colorado<\/a>\u00a0head coach\u00a0Deion Sanders<\/a> was asked whether or not he\u2019d ever entertain making a jump to coaching in the NFL on Friday\u2019s edition of First Take. During the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 hiring cycle last offseason, Sanders\u2019 name was floated as a potential hire before\u00a0Jerry Jones\u00a0chose to promote offensive coordinator\u00a0Brian Schottenheimer<\/a>\u00a0instead.<\/p>\n

Sanders promptly shut down the question. He claimed that the NFL\u2019s treatment of his son,\u00a0Shedeur Sanders<\/a>, has completely deterred him from wanting to enter that realm.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot whatsoever,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cAfter what transpired with my son last year, ain\u2019t no way in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders then took a deep breath before pausing for a moment, before continuing: \u201cWhen I stop like that, that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m lost for words. I\u2019m a head coach now \u2026 you can\u2019t talk like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 On3\u2019s Daniel Hager contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Year 3 at Colorado proved to be the most trying in Deion Sanders\u2018 short tenure in Boulder. Not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[26456,7,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-734037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-deion-sanders-85-north-fort-myers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116025223059227333","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}