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By David Ubben, Bruce Feldman and Justin WilliamsDeion Sanders stood in front of the Colorado football team in the visiting locker room moments before the Buffs took the field for their season finale last Saturday at Utah. The head coach was decked out in all black, save for a pair of custom gold Nike shoes.The season began with the Book of Genesis, he told his team, but now Colorado had reached the Book of Revelation.“There’s a lot of folks that started out great and done one thing at the end to just mess it all up. There’s a lot of folks that started out bad and did one thing at the end to make it all good,” he added, nodding his head. “You can make everybody forget every dern thing today. And it could be a heck of a plane ride (home).”Instead, Colorado lost to the Utes 23-17, completin...

By Christopher Kamrani, Marcus Thompson II and David UbbenBOULDER, Colo. — Obviously exhausted, technically beaten, but never crestfallen, Deion Sanders sits in a black leather folding chair with his left leg plunged into a navy blue tote filled with ice water up to his calf.“Woo, Lord Jesus!” he says.His son Deion Jr., the primary social media documentarian of the most spellbinding story in sports, asks him if his foot — which has caused the Pro Football Hall of Famer an array of health issues in the past two years — including two amputated toes — hurts.“It’s cold, dog,” Sanders says, smiling back, resting his face into his right hand.“Well,” Deion Jr. responds, “that’s better than hurt.”In an unspecified room within the Colorado Champions Center, Deion Sanders finally gets a breather. T...

BOULDER, Colo. — The field goal attempt swung right of the goal post and kept Colorado’s comeback bid afloat, at least for a bit.The sideline bled onto the field. Defensive coordinator Charles Kelly pumped his fist and slapped a couple of players’ helmets with an animated attaboy as players skipped back to the sidelines.Deion Sanders stood alone, 15 yards away from the fracas in his black hoodie with “COLORADO” written in black script across a white bar on his chest, black Colorado hat and sunglasses.He was busy talking to the coaches in the booth, his back to the celebration playing out on the field.Next moment, next play.Sanders’ sideline stoicism has become one of his trademarks, in stark contrast to some of his coaching colleagues who can often turn into red-faced, veiny-necked lunati...

EUGENE, Ore. — All September, Colorado has leaned into being America’s most loved, hated, watched and talked-about team. That didn’t change as it prepared to kick off as a 21-point underdog against a No. 10 Oregon team eyeing a Pac-12 title and a Playoff spot.Colorado defensive tackle Bishop Thomas skipped into the tunnel at Autzen Stadium, flashing his teeth wrapped in metal wire and brackets meant to perfect his smile. Safety Vito Tisdale stayed silent but held up the back of his fist and pointed to his wrist, which didn’t have a Rolex but did pay tribute to Shedeur Sanders’ wrist earlier this season when he shooed Nebraska’s players off the midfield logo.Oregon fans hovering over the tunnel played their part with boos, jeers and unfriendly hand signs of their own as the Buffaloes made ...