Deion Sanders dared the media to write the truth about Colorado football: Ok, it's time to end this charade

Deion Sanders said on Saturday night following the loss to Texas Tech that he would have more respect for the people covering his team if they would just tell the truth about what is taking place in Colorado.

"You know what it is. If I say it, youre gonna run with it, you know darn well what it is," Sanders exclaimed. "Write it yourselves… Its blatant... Id respect ya'll a lot more if you said it yourself"

Ok, i'll say it: the spotlight on the Colorado program has been turned off, and there is nobody else to blame besides Deion Sanders and the athletic department.

The 2023 season went about as you'd expect, with a 4-8 record while trying to overhaul the roster with transfer portal players.

It was the 2024 season that gave Colorado fans something to savor, thanks in large part to Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders, along with a group of teammates who were bought into what Coach Prime was instilling within Boulder.

Then came a 3-9 season in 2025, followed by a squad that is currently 2-3 after the collapse against Texas Tech.

You can't sugarcoat this any longer, the shine has worn off, and the spotlight is now glaring down on the problems most of us knew were going to hamper Colorado over the long-haul. Trying to install your own grit mentality with a roster full of transfers, which is common now in college football, has not produced results in Boulder.

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Last week, Deion made the decision to dismiss three players from the program after a number of incidents, which included those same athletes laughing in the Northwestern locker room after being dragged all over the field by the Wildcats.

This week, he's essentially asking the media to throw his quarterbacks underneath the bus just so he doesnt have to do it at the podium.

Sure, the future is looking bright in Boulder.

"Lets stop the shenanigans, man," Deion Sanders told reporters following the loss to Texas Tech. "Weve got one glaring problem. You guys know darn well what that is. Lets stop the foolishness. Weve got to play better at one specific position. Thats it."

Well, that sounds like a 'you' problem, given the circumstances around an offensive line that cannot protect the quarterback and a group of athletes that found themselves lost in the spotlight that used to come with playing for Sanders.

As for 5-star quarterback Julian Lewis, who was demoted last week, there seems to be more to the situation than Deion is intentionally letting on. But don't worry, the Colorado coach is not going to specifically call out the redshirt freshman, he's just going to act as if it's the quarterback's job to sit at the podium foll