The Colorado Buffaloes are weeks away from the start of the 2026 football season. Deion Sanders enters his fourth year in Boulder facing questions about the program’s direction.
The Buffs posted a 3-9 record in 2025. That’s the second losing season since Sanders left Jackson State in 2022.
The program is less than two years removed from Travis Hunter winning the Heisman Trophy and being selected No. 2 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Can Coach Prime repeat the success from the 2024 season? After bringing in new coordinators and 45 new players, the odds are stacked against CU this season. Oddsmakers set the Buffs’ win total at 4.5 games.
Sanders needs a nine-win season to reach .500 overall. He’s currently 16-21 after three years.
Coach Prime met with the media at CU’s Media Day on Friday, August 14 at 1:30 p.m. ET. This was one of the final times he addressed reporters before the season starts.
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Deion Sanders at Media Day: Live updates from Boulder, Colorado ahead of the 2026 season
1:57 p.m. ET: Deion Sanders went about 30 minutes today and touched on several topics.
1:54 p.m. ET: Sanders was scattered in this press conference. Got lost in his thoughts a few times.
1:52 p.m. ET: Sanders on Boo Carter:
He’s a top five NFL pick and the best player on this team
1:50 p.m. ET: Sanders on DeAndre Moore:
I feel he’s a pro. I only did 14 years in the league. So I know something about that.
1:49 p.m. ET: Sanders on Gideon ESPN Lampron:
He loves football and I love that about him.
1:48 p.m. ET: Sanders on transfer portal:
Two (times) should be it
1:47 p.m. ET: Sanders compares his journey to Bobby Bowden:
You can’t be old school because you turn into old fool.
1:46 p.m. ET: Sanders on the NCAA denying his idea of playing another Power Four team:
You know it’s not my choice.
1:44 p.m. ET: Sanders on Chauncey Gooden:
He was killing people in practice.
1:42 p.m. ET: Sanders on what sets his coaches apart from previous years:
They understand how to communicate to our young men.
1:41 p.m. ET: Sanders on picking players from non-Power Four schools:
We attack guys we felt loved the game of football and wasn’t here to collect a check.
1:39 p.m. ET: Sanders on Dominiq Ponder’s death:
We don’t want another incident like that.
1:38 p.m. ET: Sanders on the roster:
I like where the team is at now
1:36 p.m. ET: Sanders on having NFL veterans around his players:
It’s always wonderful to have successful people
1:35 p.m. ET: Sanders on fifth-year players:
If they can help us, we want them.
1:27 p.m. ET: Sanders says most of his players
Haven’t been fathered
and it’s important to play the role as a father figure.
1:25 p.m. ET: We’re awaiting Sanders’ arrival in the press room here in Boulder.
