The Flutie effect. Leaving Jackson State and entering Boulder, the excitement in the air surrounding “Deion Sanders as Buffs HC” was palpable. A 5-year deal bringing in around $29.5 million – but there was a small caveat. As Paul Finebaum once said, “Colorado isn’t important in college football… they’re irrelevant in the big picture.” A 1-11 record served under the disguise of an attractive contract and full control of the Buffs’ football department. It was a stinker, but to say there wasn’t any promise? “But I can see the future, and it looks real good,” was a premonition Deion Sanders had once had, and somehow it all worked out perfectly. From 4-8 to a massive 9 wins.

We’d like to quote Finebaum again on this: “I came after you, I came after Prime, and here I am scraping the egg off of my face. And I’m glad to be doing it because this is a fascinating story.” And it was, indeed. Somehow, Buffs weren’t “playing for clicks” anymore. In a single season, it became a hotspot for the top talents on the transfer, and now they even have the 2nd best QB of the 2025 class on standby. Are we wrong to say that this demands for a contract extension? Because that is exactly what’s happening right now… “Today is an exciting day. We move forward with Coach (Deion) Sanders for another five years,” Buffs President Todd Saliman pointed out.

Another 5 years bringing in, to put it accurately, $54 million. Let’s throw out the “Coach Prime would leave for the NFL” narrative out the window, cause Deion Sanders is here to stay and maybe even take Colorado to a natty win. Just look at it this way: In 2 years, Coach Prime gave us a top QB prospect for the 2025 class and one of the best WR/CB 2-way star on the board.

Give this man 5 more years, and god knows what he is going to do because, as it stands, Colorado, right now, has one of the most interesting 2025 class. You have Julian Lewis and Kaidon Salter for the QB position. In the receiving and running corps, you have Micah Welch, Isaiah Augustave, Omarion Miller, Joseph Williams, and Drelon Miller.

O-line? Well, Jordan Seaton is still raising the bar and this time he will also have Carde Smith and Zylon Crisler. While you can argue that the offensive line woes have always been a curse for Coach Prime, 2025 could spin a different tale. Finally, for the defense, well, the Robert Livingstone gamble paid off in 2024, and it is going to pay off again.

All of this makes CU’s future interesting to say the least. But what is more interesting than these roster changes are the 2 spinoff narratives that are connected to Coach Prime’s contract extension.

More than the SEC’s best, all thanks to Cowboys

$10.8 million. As interesting as this number is, the more funny part is that Coach Prime is out there competing with Kirby Smart for the highest-paid coaches in college football” title. Yes, we are not joking. Smart made a bank at $13.2 million. Deion is just a few million shy of breaking that record, and it’s honestly wild.

Coach Prime is already making more than Steve Sarkisian ($10.6 million,) and we like to think that you can thank the Dallas Cowboys for this. Why, you ask? Well, this entire storyline of Deion leaving and joining the Cowboys has been running the rounds for almost a year.

The plot is simple: Coach Prime becomes the next HC and Shedeur Sanders becomes the next Cowboys QB. But hey, much like every other fanfiction, this one fell through the floor. Right now, with a new contract extension, you are going to see a ton of Coach Prime on your favorite streaming service.

And who knows, maybe this results in the Buffs going on a playoff rampage in 2025?