USA Today claims Colorado football isn't where Deion Sanders plans to be next year

Deion Sanders has Colorado football humming along following a three-game win-streak so, naturally, USA Today's Blake Toppmeyer believes Coach Prime will hear a "voice from on high" and take his Luis Vuitton with him to a different head coaching job.

Like clockwork.

"Sanders magnetized eyeballs to a program that starved for attention," Toppmeyer prefaced before saying, "His presence helped ensure Colorado didn’t get left behind in realignment. And it’s no coincidence Colorado’s admissions applications surged after his first season. He put the university in the spotlight, and he made Colorado football fun, and college students like having fun.

"And when he packs his luggage and listens for a voice from on high, Colorado would do well to go hire the next Sanders, except that won’t be possible, because Coach Prime can’t be duplicated."

There's clicks to be had in speculating Sanders' next job. It's a lucrative business. But there's a key reason why it won't happen anytime soon.

Deion Sanders will not get autonomy he has at Colorado football anywhere else

Coach Prime needs Colorado just as much as CU needs Sanders.

Deion isn't getting the autonomy he has in Boulder anywhere else. On SI's Josh Tolle addressed this while shutting down the Sanders-to-Florida rumors that started in May.

"...the University of Florida would never allow Coach Prime to run the program the way he wants," Tolle prefaced before saying, "Scott Stricklin and the UF Board of Trustees would be calling some shots with Sanders there as coach and wouldn't allow him to be the CEO. It all sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. You can't tell a living legend how to run his program and many schools don't want to hand off full autonomy. Sanders has built a relationship with Rick George that gives him authority over the program without strict oversight. No where in the rest of the nation will this happen."

The calls for Coach Prime to be poached from Colorado won't end as the winning continues. Or, if losing starts, there will be calls for him to be fired.

That's how the sports media news cycle deals with Deion. It was the story at Jackson State, it's the story at CU, and it'll be the story if he ever went to Texas or Alabama.