Deion Sanders' Colorado football program pushed locker room culture rumors out of mind
Deion Sanders was once under fire for overseeing a Colorado football locker room that was accused of having a gun culture, hazing, gambling, fights, bullying, and just about any tangential activity over the offseason.
Coach Prime threatened legal action on Athlon Sports' Steve Corder, but none came. Those rumors are not officially and legally debunked yet.
The focus has been solely on football at CU. The Buffs have their best record since 2018 at this point in the season. Travis Hunter is a Heisman contender because the University of Colorado Boulder is winning.
Colorado's locker room issue has turned out to be a footnote on the 2024 season through Week 8. That'd change with a historic collapse that'd one-up last season's heartbreak, though. Coach Prime's Black and Gold game promise of six wins and a bowl game isn't guaranteed just yet.
Haven’t seen anybody talk about Colorado’s toxic culture in a while.
— Matt H. and the H is for HE12MAN (@SKOBUFFS22) October 21, 2024
Deion Sanders made a gaudy promise to Peggy Coppom
Coach Prime amended his spring game guarantee to soon-to-be 100-year-old CU superfan Peggy Coppom. No longer is it six wins and a bowl game.
It's a "nice" bowl game for a sophisticated lady like Peggy.
"We gotta get Peggy straight," Sanders during an October 19 postgame press conference. "We don’t want to just get Peggy to a bowl. Peggy’s got taste, Peggy’s sophisticated, she’s a lady, so we want to make sure we get her to a nice bowl, not just any bowl."
Some believe Sanders hasn't honored the university's traditions, but his treatment of Peggy has been as honorable as it gets from the Buffs' head man.