Bill Goldberg misrepresents Deion Sanders' goal for Colorado football this season
Bill Goldberg told CBS Sports' Brandon Marcello that Deion Sanders expects nothing less than a perfect season from his Colorado football program -- and that anything short of that will be seen as a failure.
That's just not true, though.
Goldberg was giving Marcello a prepackaged answer during Colorado's Week 1 opener against North Dakota State at Folsom Field. According to the WWE legend, Sanders expects to win every game and contend for a championship.
"They're gonna be a hell of a lot better than they were last year," said Goldberg. "I think they're gonna shut a lot of people up. They're gonna surprise a lot of people. But at the end of the day, if you don't win every game, then you've fallen short. In Deion's eyes, if they do better than last year, that doesn't matter. He wants to win it all. They're in a hell of a lot better place than they were last year."
Sanders' real goal is six wins and a bowl game, though. Coach Prime promised Buffs superfan Peggy Coppom that at the Black and Gold spring game back on April 27.
Deion Sanders' Colorado football program hurt by unrealistic expectations
Goldberg isn't the only person related to the Buffs program who has hurt the team by placing unrealistic expectations on CU. Former Colorado QB and FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt said that the team could contend in the Big 12 because of Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter.
"There is a scenario where if Shedeur Sanders is healthy, and they maintain some of that health with guys on the outside, Travis Hunter, who I think is one of if not the best overall player in college football, there’s a chance that Colorado’s competing to go to the Big 12 Championship Game," Klatt said on The Herd in June.
"I would just make the argument that when evaluating Colorado, you can't just evaluate them in the current state of the race. Now, I think the play on the field is going to start to catch up with some of the expectations...I think that Colorado can win eight games. I think that they can double their win total from a year ago."
Shedeur and Hunter are going to singlehandedly win the team games like they, and Jimmy Horn Jr., did against North Dakota State. But there's still not enough production from the RB room to expect true contention.
Being better than last year does matter to Sanders, despite what Goldberg said. That's all he's looking to do. It's everyone else putting these gaudy championship expectations on the program.