Strike 1: Deion Sanders is 100% correct about one thing.
“If his last name wasn’t Sanders, we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” the Colorado Buffaloes head football coach said.
He was referring to the controversial decision to retire the No. 2 of his son/quarterback Shedeur, a move that was greeted with a mixture of befuddlement and outrage by the CU fan base and loyal alumni. If the now former CU signal caller’s last name had been Liufau or Montez, the idea of retiring his jersey number would never have even been brought up in the first place.
It’s an indefensibly bad decision that the head coach didn’t try to defend. In typical Deion style, he simply turned it into an “us against them” debate.
It’s an opportunity that the best promoter in college football simply fumbled.
Keep in mind that before last Saturday, when Shedeur and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter had their jerseys retired at Folsom Field, there were only four other former Buffs – covering more than a full century of college football – that had been given the honor. They were Heisman winner Rashaan Salam, plus All-Americans Bobby Anderson, Joe Romig and Byron “Whizzer” White. All are in the College Football Hall of Fame, a place Hunter will eventually be, and Shedeur will not (unless Deion somehow gets put in charge of the place).
So, calling it select company is an understatement. It’s nothing more than a case of blatant nepotism. To the unbiased eye, clearly No. 12 belongs and No. 2 does not.
There are at least a half dozen former CU signal callers that deserved to be honored in some fashion before a guy who played two seasons in silver and gold and posted a 13-11 record. Shedeur did set numerous school passing records, but there were no championships of any kind, and no bowl wins. This is not to say he wasn’t an outstanding player, because he was. But so was Kordell Stewart. Only his father wasn’t the head coach.
Rather than subtly strong arm CU athletic director Rick George into making this ridiculous move, Deion should have championed the idea of creating a Ring of Fame at Folsom Field. Rather than dismiss the past – meaning anything that happened before he took over the program – Deion should have done something he does very well: Enhance it. He has a knack for making anything he gets involved with become bigger and brighter than it really is or was. CU football history is wonderful. Yet using some of his talent for promotion, Deion could have made it appear epic.
Imagine a Ring of Fame at Folsom Field that honored the true greats from CU’s football past, including the other CFB Hall of Famers Alfred Williams, Herb Orvis, Dick Anderson, John Wooten and former coach Bill McCartney. There’s former national champion quarterbacks Darian Hagan and Charles Johnson. Star QB Kordell Stewart. Former star running back turned Super Bowl winning assistant coach Eric Bieniemy, and All-America pass catchers like Michael Westbrook and (the other) Charles Johnson. There are national award winners like Matt Russell, Chris Hudson, Daniel Graham and the best No. 2 to ever play at CU, Thorpe Award winner Deion Figures. Icons like Dave Logan and Eddie Crowder could also be part of that Ring.
Had Sanders and George decided to unveil something like that (with Shedeur included) the reaction would have been 100% positive and been another boost for the program.
What Buff fans got, however, is yet another display of what matters most to their head coach.
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