South Carolina tabbed the likeliest coaching jump for Deion Sanders if he leaves Colorado football
South Carolina was pitched by FanSided's John Buhler as his likeliest coaching jump for Deion Sanders if he decided to take "Prime Time" away from the Colorado football program sometime in the near future.
Buhler noted the Shilo Sanders connection before his jump to Jackson State and even went as far as to say that Coach Prime arriving in Columbia, SC would send a shiver down the spine of SEC head coaches.
"The one that I simply cannot shake would be South Carolina replacing the noisy Shane Beamer with Coach Prime," Buhler wrote. "This is a school where Sanders' son Shilo played at previously under Will Muschamp. South Carolina has tremendous fans in a football-rich state that for whatever reason, has never had the long-term galvanizing presence to take that next step up. If only Steve Spurrier was younger...
"When Auburn hired Hugh Freeze, I knew it was the right call because I knew that it would make the Tigers' three biggest rivals feel uncomfortable in Alabama, Georgia and LSU. In a way, I think bringing Sanders into the SEC at South Carolina would do the same for many of its biggest rivals. It would make Clemson in the ACC feel strange, maybe the likes of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee."
Deion Sanders could stay at Colorado football to avoid Big Ten and SEC politics
Sanders has now been linked to both USCs; having been called a good fit for the Trojans by Paul Finebaum. Neither should be seen as overly likely though, given how good Coach Prime has it in Colorado.
Sanders has voiced his displeasure about being too overly involved with university boosters, and at the University of Colorado Boulder, he has a level of autonomy an SEC or Big Ten program isn't likely to be comfortable with. And the ones that would give him that are lateral moves from CU.
South Carolina has never won a championship, but unless Sanders does, he isn't going to get to bring his act, autonomy and all, to Gamecocks football.