Pac-12 commissioner compares Deion Sanders to 2 infamous popstars

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders was compared to a pair of popstars at the top of the music industry, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, by Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff in an interview with USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer.

“USA TODAY Sports spoke to the commissioner, George Kliavkoff, by phone after he addressed reporters Friday at the Pac-12’s annual football media day,’ Schrotenboer prefaced before saying, “In the brief interview, he compared the star power Colorado football coach Deion Sanders to that of singers Taylor Swift and Beyonce. He also expounded on his comments at media day, when he said the new media would happen in the “near future” and that “the longer we wait for the media deal, the better our options get.”

The comparison certainly has everything to do with the sheer media circus each inspires wherever they go and not with their mindset, personalities, or basically, anything else. It’s certainly a humorous one from the Pac-12’s commissioner, who needs to deflect as much attention as possible from the fact that a new TV rights deal hasn’t been announced.

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders one of a few stars in the Pac-12 coaching realm

When it comes to big-name coaches, the Pac-12 doesn’t have what the SEC or even the Big Ten has. There’s no perennial champion like Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, or Dabo Swinney, nor is there a Cult of Personality type like Jim Harbough.

Well, besides Sanders that is. Lincoln Riley and Chip Kelly are names football fans are aware of, but not guys the common man can easily quote.

Sanders is uniquely positioned as one of college football’s hottest attractions in a city that hasn’t registered as one in more than half a decade. The juxtaposition of one of the sport’s hottest rising stars in the coaching realm and a school and conference whose best days are behind them, make this season a true anomaly for CU and the Pac-12 at large.

Judging by how those “Swifties” behaved when they didn’t get what they wanted ahead of Swift’s “The Eras” tour, Sanders better give the masses what they want; less risk having the weight of an unsatisfied public come crashing down in Northern Colorado.