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Deion Sanders': Overcoming Adversity and the Road Ahead
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Right back out of here for the early line. It is a glorious day because why? Football is on the
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horizon for it. We can see it coming in both the NFL and in college football, but sometimes Joe
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Ranieri, we sit back and say, count your blessings out here because yes, professionally, we love to
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do what we do. Football players love to play football. Coaches love to coach. Content providers
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love to give content here. So when we take a look at Deion Sanders, he's coming into the season with
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a new perspective. We got a video yesterday from a press conference that Deion gave and saying,
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you know what? Here's the update. You've kind of touched on it, but what was it like staring
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death in the face and dealing with the reality? I didn't stare death in my face. I stare life. I stare
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life in the face, man. I stare. You think I'm playing when I tell you I'm God's guy. I really
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am. I'm allowed to go through these trials and tribulations so that I could touch and reach
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and bless people with my words, with the energy, with that thing that God gave me. So I never
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thought about no death. You know, I had to make a will because I want to be a business. I want to
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be a good steward, you know, for my kids and for my family. But no, I got too much life to be thinking
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about death. Too much life. I got too much life in me and I got work to do. We had to win the third
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championship. You talking about death? No. God definitely ain't getting ready to take me before that.
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Sometimes it's hard to stay positive. Know what the situation is. And you take a look at Deion.
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They certainly lived a blessed life. I mean, unbelievable high school football player.
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Fantastic in college. Goes to the NFL first round draft pick for Atlanta. Has a great career. Makes
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a lot of money. Made a lot of money as a TV analyst. Making even more money now as a coach for the
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Colorado Buffaloes. But to say that positive after all the trials and tribulations and the health
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issues that he's had over the past like decade. To still come in front of that microphone and say,
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I got energy. I'm lucky. I love to be here. Let's get it started, man. That says a lot.
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And he's, you know, unfortunately been down this road before because he had to miss time when he
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was with Jackson State because he had blood clots. If you recall, I think he had a couple of toes
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amputated because of it. So this is, you know, he's been down this road and this guy has been like
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he said, you know, I've done this. So I know what's going on here. And the fact that he was able
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to recognize it and then deal with it, because I believe he found it back in May. So this has been
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a heck of a, a heck of a last couple of months. And now he is ready to go here. And I wouldn't
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bet against him this season here at all in any way, shape or form.
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And the main thing he was preaching about there is always go get checked out and something us as
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guys never like to do. And that's including myself, where if you do go get checkups regularly,
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they catch these things early and they can handle them as opposed to catching them too late. So maybe
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the biggest win yesterday was Dion up there, not talking about his football season and what's he
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thinks going to take place there. But Hey, you know what? Let me get this PSA out here. Go ahead and
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get checked. Look, it worked for me here and certainly keep believing here that you can get better.
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Even if you do get some of these circumstances here, which takes a look next at the Colorado
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Buffalo is coming up in 2025. A lot of major changes. No more Shadour Sanders as quarterback
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here. You have Travis Hunter in the NFL and we take a look at their win total at five and a half
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games. This will be interesting because they got a quarterback transfer here in a Caden Salter.
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They also have an offensive line. It's going to return Joe, their bookend tackles, both right and
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left tackle. And they hit the transfer portal hard to pick up a center and a couple of guards.
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So it looks like they're going to have a better offensive strategy from an offensive line
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standpoint, but it's hard to replace some of the talent that they lost here in the upcoming
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season, Joe. Well, and this is where coaching comes into play, right? So, you know, he did great
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in the portal, like you said, and he's got some players there. The question is now him and his
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that coaching staff is, can they put it together? Can they get six wins on the season? Donnie,
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again, I wouldn't bet against him. It was a little different with his son under center there,
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but I do think the pressure maybe is going to be a little bit off of him this year. And I think
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they might be able to surprise a few guys. Yeah. And that's awesome because you're looking at,
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oh, look at the talent that they lost. There's no way they can do that. But if you're better on
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the offensive line, which you do, it took a ton of sacks last year and you get a veteran
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quarterback. It's not if you're breaking in. Well, I got a four-star kid coming out of high
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school. He's a freshman. You got a kid that's been around the block, man. Where's he been? Tennessee,
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Liberty played a lot there and had some success. Now comes over to Colorado to let him fly. So maybe some fun
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times, but you're right. Last year's success was let's get to a bowl game and see if we can win
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it. They did get to a bowl game. They didn't win that, but now you have a tougher schedule as it's
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perceived and the expectations aren't as high. Maybe they do surprise some people certainly
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next year in the big 12, but we saw the, some of those notes and prices here, the five and a half
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team total, which isn't a lot. Six gets you bowl eligible. The big 12 title 31 to one price to reach
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the college football playoff 18 to one, and then to win a championship 900 to one, which is probably
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not feasible, but expectations heading into the season, Georgia tech at home, Delaware at home,
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before they go on the road to Houston, maybe they can pick a few up wins against Haynes King
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and those Georgia tech yellow jackets. By the way, if I told you right now, I mean, they can't be Owen
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to for hosting Delaware, right? Like Delaware is not going to go in and beat Colorado. So at least you
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got one win before you go on the road there to Houston. Yeah. Well, and by the way, I mean,
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look ahead lines for that Houston game is, is almost a pick them anyway. So I don't know that
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I would, I'd be saying it's a, it's a gimme for Houston. They got Wyoming after that at home and
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Wyoming is going through all sorts of changes as well. Yeah. I mean, Craig bowl is gone. He feels
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like he's been there forever. There are a lot of there to me in the first five games, two or three
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wins. You're halfway there for the rest of the season. I need to get up and over that five and a
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half.
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