Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders drew the ire of the media once again this week. After a public spat with an area reporter earlier this season, Sanders again got into it with media members. This time, it was about his star player, Travis Hunter. ESPN’s Paul Finebaum, who’s been no stranger to slamming Sanders, blasted the Colorado head coach again.
Sanders appeared to take up for his players but came off differently while addressing the media. “Once upon a time, you guys never attacked college players,” Sanders said via Awful Announcing. “Now they’re making more money than y’all. And some of y’all are envious and jealous about that, so you’re on the attack.”
Finebaum ripped Sanders to shreds on First Take Wednesday for his choice of words.
“It’s really unbecoming of somebody of his stature and status. He knows that’s not true. For him to say that is just really specious,” he said via AA. “It’s baseless, and quite frankly, it looks to me like he is living in an alternative universe because that is simply not true.
“I think it’s desperation, and it’s entirely spineless of him to attack the media who has not even attacked his players,” Finebaum emphatically said.
Colorado has gotten off to a 2-1 start this season. But unlike last year, the hype and attention haven’t been all the same. Colorado won a nail-biter in Week 1 against North Dakota State. They followed that up with a dismal showing against rival Nebraska in Week 2. Then, the Buffs defeated in-state rival Colorado State.
Sanders and the Buffaloes will play the Baylor Bears in Colorado’s Big 12 opener this Saturday. This is a game the Buffs need to have in order to not only net their first conference win, but to quell the detractors off as well.
