Deion Sanders and Colorado Buffaloes Prepare for New College Football Season

The road back to relevance for the Colorado Buffaloes was never going to be a smooth ride. After suffering through six consecutive losing seasons between 2017 and 2022, capped off by a truly dismal 1-11 campaign, the program turned to Deion Sanders to perform an emergency transplant on the team's culture.

Fast forward three seasons, and the Coach Prime era sits at a polarizing 16-21 overall record. Now, this Thursday, September 3rd, a brand-new college football season begins, and Sanders is eagerly searching for a much-needed rebound.

His squad stumbled to a disappointing 3-9 record, featuring a rough 1-8 mark in Big 12 conference play during the 2025 season. If there is a silver lining to be found in the wreckage, it is that Colorado may have finally identified their long-term answer at quarterback in young standout Julian JuJu Lewis.