Heartbreak News Now: The Colorado Buffaloes football head coach and two players have announced their departure from the team.
Breaking news now: Two players and the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team have announced their departures.
Since the beginning of March, at least 14 football players from Colorado have declared their intention to leave the squad and use the transfer site. However, Deion Sanders, the coach of the Buffaloes, has a warning for anyone who believes that implies his team is suffering in any manner as a result.
On Thursday, he said, “We’re good.” “Stop making a huge fuss over nothing.”
He has already seen this film. At least 39 Colorado players announced their departures last spring, according to USA TODAY Sports, as head coach Tony Sanders oversaw an unprecedented roster makeover before the start of his inaugural season, adding 47 scholarship transfer players to his squad.
There haven’t been quite as many departures this year. Furthermore, not many of the departing players were reliable contributors or full-time starters during the Buffaloes’ 4–8 campaign in 2017.
Sanders aimed to clarify that during his second press conference of the spring training season on Thursday.
Sanders told reporters in Boulder, “I wish you guys would do a little more homework when you start talking about the portal and understand what we’re losing.” “What are we failing to win? I have some free time today. What are we losing here?
The majority of the Buffaloes’ losses belong to their bench. At least 27 players have left the team since November. Savion Washington, an offensive tackle who started nine games for the Buffaloes last season after transferring from Kent State to Colorado, was one of the most recent departures. However, Washington was a member of an offensive line that allowed 56 quarterback sacks last year, which was the second-highest number in the country. He was up against a number of fresh entrants and moves.
Sanders, whose team concludes spring practice with its annual spring game on April 27, said, “I trust the recruiting team, I trust our coaches, and please have some faith in me.” “We’re doing well. We’re all okay. We’re all okay. You guys should be aware of what happens with the portal, man. There is fierce competition amongst folks for backups. You have to give it serious consideration when a starter transfers. Is that all there is to him? I’m not sure how many starters have actually moved across the nation. I believe several will be visiting us very soon—possibly even this weekend.”
This year’s transfer portal is more unpredictable than last year’s since players aren’t penalized for making more than one transfer. This time around is different because academically eligible players can now transfer more than once without incurring penalties, thanks to a recent federal court decision.
However, the door continues to swing both ways, in and out. At least 24 fresh transfers have already signed up for spring practice or committed to Colorado.
The transfer window for this spring begins on Tuesday and runs through the end of the month. Sanders, who is seeking additional depth at multiple positions, is receiving assistance in scouting potential transfer players from his two sons, safety Shilo Sanders and quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
At the press conference on Thursday, Shilo Sanders stated, “I just want to make it easier for other guys to really just feel like, `All right, if I want to go to Colorado, it’s not hard.”
He added that he forwarded more than fifty emails to the coaching staff.
It’s a player-to-player affair, according to Shedeur Sanders. “You don’t want to enter the portal and be stuck there.”
