The Colorado Buffaloes are preparing hard for their next challenge on the road to CFP, the Baylor Bears. With both teams standing at a 2-1 record, it will be interesting to see if the Buffaloes’ horns or the Bears’ roar wins the day. Though the Buffs saw a good win over the CSU Rams on 14th September, the program needs to rake in as many wins as possible moving forward to keep their hopes of a playoff spot alive. As of now, Deion is pressuring his players tremendously to teach them the right plays and strategies to ensure that a repeat of the brutal loss against the Cornhuskers isn’t repeated again against the University of Baylor.

On the 20th September of ‘Thee Pregame Show Network’, the Buffaloes’ staff and Deion were giving dire instructions to their players and helping them realize their mistakes on the gridiron by analyzing previous footage. Amidst this, Deion seemed to lose his cool and sternly commanded the players to do a “better job” against the Bears.

Deion addressed his players in black and golden colors and firmly told them, “That cannot happen. How many times I have to tell yall that cannot happen? Defensive line do you understand? That cannot happen. This is a team that got 100 yards of penalties last week, so it’s discipline, discipline, discipline. In the offensive line, each one of you, singly, do a better job of competing today. Competing against one another, competing until the whistle blow, we good with that?” 

Thus, Deion has polished the horns of the Buffaloes enough for them to be ready to face the Bears on 21st September but while Coach Prime is excited to face off against Baylor in their home ground, he shut down any chance of him visiting the official mascots of the team.

Deion wouldn’t visit the live Baylor Bears at any cost

The stage is set for one of the bigger challenges for the Colorado Buffaloes as the Folsom Field fills up with the swarm of Buffs fans to come and support their beloved team. Though there are chances of slight rain during the game, this will undoubtedly be one of the more electric match-ups of this season. On the other hand, Deion seemed less than passionate about visiting the mascots of the University of Baylor, which are two live bears living within a specialized enclosure at the campus itself.

Deion thought the video footage of the bears was cute, but nothing that would make him want to visit it. He was heard saying, “I don’t see anybody there right now and I’m not gonna be the first. No, I don’t do the zoo stuff, I don’t go the zoo, I don’t wanna go on safari, I don’t do that kind of stuff. There’s nothing appealing about what I’m looking at right now.”

Coach Prime isn’t too keen on meeting the mascots but won’t shy away from meeting them on the field and hopefully defeating them by a good score.

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