{"id":1866,"date":"2023-09-20T06:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T06:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/deion-sanders-reveals-divine-calling-to-the-university-of-colorado\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T06:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T06:24:53","slug":"deion-sanders-reveals-divine-calling-to-the-university-of-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/deion-sanders-reveals-divine-calling-to-the-university-of-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders Reveals Divine Calling to the University of Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes calls a play against the TCU Horned Frogs during the first half at Amon G. Carter Stadium on September 2, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. <\/span> | Ron Jenkins\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The man known as \u201cPrime Time\u201d is turning his latest coaching gig into a time of praise and thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl champion and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders may go by \u201cCoach Prime\u201d now as head coach of the University of Colorado, but in an interview <\/a>with CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d Sanders made it clear who he credits with his career both on and off the field.<\/p>\n

The 56-year-old Sanders shared with \u201c60 Minutes\u201d his excitement over the Colorado Buffaloes football program, which took its first game this season 45-42 over TCU after winning only one game all last season.<\/p>\n

Sanders \u2014 who turned around the flailing program at Jackson State University in Mississippi before relocating to Colorado \u2014 said he\u2019s not surprised at how the Lord is using him in rebuilding struggling organizations.<\/p>\n

“God wouldn’t relocate me to something that was successful,” he said. “That don’t make sense, do it? He had to find the most disappointing and the most difficult task.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd this is what it was. And this is what it is. And I love that.”<\/p>\n

His comments echoed similar remarks he told <\/a>the network last year after accepting the position at Jackson State. Sanders was asked why he took the role, he replied, \u201cI truly believe with all my heart and soul that God called me collect and I had to accept the charges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the Buffaloes’ win over No. 17-ranked TCU, Sanders was quick to praise God for the outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, Jesus. I’m so thankful right now,\u201d Sanders declared in a post-game interview <\/a>with Fox Sports during which his quarterback son, Shedeur Sanders, praised his father\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

Considering the Horned Frogs were in the national championship game earlier this year and the Buffaloes had failed to notch a top 20 road win since 2002, Sanders was understandably grateful for the performance \u2014 and, it seems, God\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a blessing,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody, Buff Nation who supported us and all the hood that had my back. I thank y’all. God this is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Travis Hunter, who also transferred from Jackson State University, was a key member of the Colorado team that secured the win over TCU. Sanders referred to him as his \u201cother son.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to tell you, but you ain\u2019t wanna believe me because I\u2019m just a lofty young coach,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cI don\u2019t know nothing about football. I just played in the NFL for 14 [years], played at a high level in college for four and have been coaching youth all the way up for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders said he wasn\u2019t rattled by the people who doubted him and his players because he had expected constant questioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to continuously be questioned because we do things that have never been done \u2026 and that makes people uncomfortable,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cWhen you sit up here and see a confident black man talking his talk, walking his walk, and coaching 75 percent African Americans in the locker room, that\u2019s kinda threatening. We\u2019re going to consistently do what we do. I\u2019m here and I ain\u2019t going nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders, who said in a 2018 interview <\/a>with Andscape that a suicide attempt led him to God, has been committed to living a faith-first lifestyle since.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe you can be at your optimum without your faith,\u201d he said. \u201cSports is sports, it\u2019s a game. My faith is everything. It\u2019s the gas that propels the courage, the truth, keeps me going. It\u2019s the wind, it\u2019s the wings, it\u2019s the air that pumps into my lungs that provokes me to live. Faith is everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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