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Deion Sanders calls Colorado season the 'Last Supper'
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders. Ben Queen-Imagn Images

Deion Sanders calls Colorado season the 'Last Supper,' promises to get it right

The Colorado Buffaloes concluded a disappointing 3-9 season on Saturday with a 24-14 loss to Kansas State. It was a significant drop off from the 2024 season that ended with an appearance in the Alamo Bowl. 

Despite the poor result and the fact that Colorado has had losing seasons in two of head coach Deion Sanders' first three seasons with the program, Coach Prime remains committed to turning things around in Boulder. He has already emphatically stated he is the right man for the job, and doubled down on that on Saturday.

Deion Sanders said this season was "the Last Supper"

Sanders ended his press conference with a passionate monologue about turning the program around, saying he will do so if it is the last thing he does on earth. He then ended it by calling this season the "last supper."

“You don’t have to go easy on me, I’m a big boy. I’ve been doing this for a long time. And when I win, I don’t mind a clap, and when I lose, I don’t mind a boo. I played this game. I know this game like the back of my hand. And I love this game, and I love all the ups and downs, the ins and outs about it. I’m built for every last bit of it.

“But if anybody’s built to reconcile and to get this back on course, it’s me. And I will do it if it’s the last thing I do on our Earth. Trust me when I tell you. This was the Last Supper.”

That could be taken as a way of him saying he is going to resurrect the program and bring it back in future seasons. 

Either way, it is a heck of a way to end the season with the press. 

In three years, Colorado is just 16-21 under Sanders' watch, and only 9-18 in Big 12 conference play.

That is probably not what Colorado was hoping for when it hired Sanders and then signed him to a new long-term contract extension prior to this season.

Replacing quarterback Shedeur Sanders and two-way superstar Travis Hunter proved to be extraordinarily difficult for Sanders and Colorado this season, and it is clear there are still quite a ways for the program to go. Still, Sanders is not ducking away from the challenge. He has brought a lot of attention to the program, and is still talking a big game, but the pressure is going to start building for him to back it up and produce more consistent results. 

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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