Why on Earth would Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell think it would be a good idea to criticize Deion Sanders ahead of their rivalry game on Saturday night?
Appearing on his weekly show, Norvell criticized Deion Sanders’ habit of wearing a hat and/or sunglasses during his news conferences, saying:
“I don’t care if they hear this in Boulder. I told them [ESPN] — I took my hat off, and I took my glasses off. I said, ‘When I talk to grown-ups, I take my hat and my glasses off. That’s what my mother taught me.'”
The comments drew applause from the live audience and the show’s host, Colorado State football radio voice Brian Roth, and it didn’t take long for the remarks to make their way to Sanders.
“I’m minding my own business watching some film, trying to get ready, trying to get out here to be the best coach I can be, and I look and read some bull junk today that is said today about us,” Sanders said. “Once again. Why would you want to talk about us when we don’t talk about nobody? All we do is come out here, work our butts off and do our job Saturday. But when they give us ammunition, they made it what? [Players respond ‘Personal.’] It was just going to be a good game. They messed around and made it … [players respond ‘Personal.’]”
Coach Prime has made it clear over the past two weeks that the Colorado Buffaloes have been keeping tabs on what has been said about legendary NFL cornerback and his program.
“I keep the receipts,” Sanders said after the Buffaloes’ season-opening victory against TCU.
Colorado (2-0) already has doubled its win total from last season and enters Saturday’s Rocky Mountain Showdown game ranked No. 18 in the AP poll. Colorado State (0-1) lost its season opener, 50-24, to Washington State.
