![]() “He’s one of those guys that, like Michael Jordan, has stayed relevant. His father’s Twitter account as of July 14 had more than 1.5 million followers.Ĭontext: Kirby Smart, coach of the two-time defending national champions at Georgia, had 405,000. is one of a handful in the Buffs coach’s circle providing regular video updates inside the CU football program, with a viewership closing in on 300,000 subscribers as of early July. The Well Off Media YouTube channel run by Coach Prime’s son Deion Sanders Jr. Whether it’s 1993, 2003 or 2023, Coach Prime has been in your fantasy league, your living room, your Amazon Prime account or your Instagram feed, almost continuously, for the better part of four decades.Ĭoach Prime keeps his circle of trust small, but that circle has social media channels he continually feeds with exclusive access and content, a sort of one-man media ecosystem that now calls Boulder County home. Like actors going into politics, one of the reasons Sanders transitioned from television punditry and endorsements to winning big at Jackson State was that he never stopped being famous. Kids these days also like being wooed by, and interacting with, celebrities - especially via their phones. (Sanders) is one of the throwbacks to the old-school, the old-time.” ![]() … With that style, it’s either you’re going to love it or you’re going to hate it. “I think some of that old-school stuff helps those kids. “Kids these days, they’re a little bit prima donna,” laughed Goetz, whose Express alumni include Teddy Bridgewater, Geno Smith, Tyler Huntley, Amari Cooper, Asante Samuel Jr., Sony Michel and Devin Bush Jr. ![]() And the co-founder of South Florida Express, one of the nation’s leading 7-on-7 programs, says Coach Prime is as real as it gets. Parents usually nab a whiff at 10.īrett Goetz has been fielding calls from college football coaches - big-time college football coaches - for about 20 decades running. Kids can sniff out a phony from 15 yards away. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post) “He’s managed to stay relevant” We’ll only know for sure when they kick it off for real.” A CU Buffs player walks through the tunnel at Folsom Field on the day of the Black and Gold game on April 22, 2023. … How much success these pieces (have together) remains to seen. “College football is the single most team-oriented sport. “The extreme use of the tools (available), getting them to come together as a team and, fundamentally, is this a good fit, is the (Name, Image and Likeness) piece in place, do I want to play for this coach? Now that all these guys have made those individual decisions, you have to come together as a team. “There’s no roster (in college football) that’s been built this way before,” Fowler continued. A practice that had Fowler pinching himself at the microphone as he called it, in person, for the Worldwide Leader in Sports. It was CU’s, with a sellout crowd packed onto snowy Colorado Avenue for a glorified practice. Television networks are slotting the Buffs into primo Saturday viewing times instead of letting them fritter away anonymously on the Pac-12 Network - the fate of so many CU tilts since 2011.ĮSPN aired one spring football game live in April. ![]() In eight months, CU football has gone from the least relevant, least interesting Power 5 program to the epicenter of the college football universe. A football program with one non-pandemic winning season over the previous 17 years hit rock bottom last fall at 1-11, negative superlatives springing up like swaths of empty seats. “Even if it wasn’t CU,” Fowler continued, “I would be fascinated.” That it’s happening with Fowler’s alma mater only makes it more personal. Deion Sanders, given a free hand and a blank check to run his own FBS program? Anything could happen. If it were Tulsa or Rutgers, Fowler would still have his eyes glued to the makeover, rubbernecking at the novelty, transfixed at the audacity of it all. “This is an experiment on a grand scale that we have not seen in this sport before.” “This is an experiment,” Chris Fowler, the Buffs alum and longtime ESPN voice, told The Post recently. Can Coach Prime fix the roof in time to entertain all those guests from Nebraska? Tune in next week and find out! If CU football were a house, it would’ve been condemned.Įight months later, Folsom Field is America’s fixer-upper, ground zero for the most fascinating reality show in football. The nails wore the rust of hubris and neglect. The boards on the floor curled with malpractice. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuīOULDER - The front porch leaked.
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