Shedeur Sanders admitted on his "2Legendary" podcast that he's going to miss being the face of Colorado football and fighting with his Buffs teammates to establish something special in Boulder. As the "Grown QB" pointed out, "Prime Time" was able to defy the constant naysaying and doubts from the media and fans.
“I’ll say having the mountains in the background, and having the fans be there, knowing that we changed the culture. Knowing, it was a bad mindset. Losing mindset. Two years ago. Shortly, we were able to come in and change everything,” Sanders said. “That’s really tough, you know, on coaches. It’s tough on players. It’s tough on the environment. Because that type of stuff doesn’t really happen that often.
“Especially the way we did it, against all the odds. Against all the naysayers and people talking reckless about us for no reason. We were still able to go out there, put on a performance and change the narrative. Change the culture.”
Shedeur was brilliant in both of his years at CU, but it took a second star-studded transfer class to maximize the Buffs' potential. In particular, Coach Prime building a capable offensive line in front of him along with OL coach Phil Loadholt allowed Shedeur to take far fewer negative plays in 2024.
This past season has established Colorado as a force moving forward in the Big 12. The narrative has not just been flipped in Boulder, the previous script was torched and a completely new one was written.
Shedeur helped make that happen. And whether or not he follows through on donating his NFL salary to Colorado's NIL collective to help build a superteam, his impact will be felt in Boulder for years to come.