The spotlight on the Colorado Buffaloes and the pair of Coach Prime and Shedeur Sanders overtook the world of college football last year. Yet this year, they’re not all the hype since they failed to stand up to the fans’ expectations with a poor 4-8 record. Coach Prime and his empire seem to be witnessing cracks in his foundation and it might just be his own fault, as per a recent theory.

It is worth noting that Deion Sanders didn’t have to work too hard in landing his role with Colorado as the head coach. However, it doesn’t take anything away from the fact that he was undoubtedly a phenomenal defensive tackle with the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL, which eventually got him inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Now that the tough path of Dan Lanning’s career is being discussed, doubts are being raised about the credibility of Deion Sanders and the hype that surrounds his son, Shedeur.

Deion Sanders’ hype to be blamed?

On the 20th July episode of the ‘OutKick’ show, the hosts went on to discuss Deion’s year two in Colorado and how the hype fest has hit a bit of a slump as compared to last year. Moreover, they talked about how Deion didn’t work as hard as other coaches in the league to get to where he is now. And even invoked the name of the HC for the Oregon Ducks, Dan Lanning.

They mentioned how Lanning is a coach who’s more on the young side and yet, he still had to work his way up to become a HC rather than Deion Sanders, who was handed the job on a silver platter. The hosts said, “Dan Lanning, who is young, by the way, got a great opportunity as a young guy. You work your way through the ranks to GA and you live in someone’s basement. You do this and that. Those coaches that do that, which are most of these guys that have been around it for so long, they don’t want to see some flashy talking guy come in out of nowhere and steal their spotlight and beat them. So there is a little bit more worked up animus with those coaches as they go against Deion Sanders and that’s just human.”

It is interesting to note that Dan Lanning and Deion Sanders shared a brief moment of rivalry before their showdown last season when the Oregon coach took a jab at the Buffs’ program by claiming that they play for “clicks” rather than the sport itself. It looks like Lanning has reignited his beef with Coach Prime and the Colorado program in his recent comments at the SEC Media Day.

Dan Lanning’s thoughts on Colorado

The Colorado Buffaloes witnessed a major change this season when they shifted from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 conference. During the SEC Media Day, they made their debut as a part of a new league altogether, but it’s safe to say that the Oregon coach wasn’t affected by their transition in the slightest.

When asked about his reaction to the news, the coach took a slight jab at Colorado and how they’ve never accomplished anything in Pac-12 and said, “Not a big reaction. I’m trying to remember what they won to affect this conference. I don’t remember. Do you remember them winning anything? I don’t remember them winning anything.”

To this harsh, cold truth, Travis Hunter had a response of his own and assured the fans that redemption was coming soon. The WR said, “We just basically gotta make them eat their words, really. We can’t pick at ’em. He’s not saying anything bad, he’s just saying we didn’t win anything. So it’s like, yeah, we know we didn’t win anything, but we comin’.” Though it’s honorable that Hunter is trying to protect the team’s reputation, he’ll have to do a lot more to ensure that Lanning, in fact, has to eat his words after a brilliant 2024 season.