Woah! The Colorado Buffaloes would never want to see Deion Sanders’ reputation tarnished, so much so that they banned local columnist Sean Keeler, who came up with back-to-back personal attacks on Coach Prime. This was interesting enough for Denver Sports to take up for their podcast. And with the ex-NFL player Phillip Lindsay also a part of the show, this decision did not fit well.

Earlier, Deion openly snubbed another reporter (this one from CBS), refusing to answer his questions because of the tag he was bearing. However, the reason was later established as “abuse of trust.”

The CFB fans have been split up into two groups: Team Deion and Team Sean. And Lindsay had to choose one of the two sides. On the August 24 episode of the podcast, even though the former Denver Broncos RB tried to keep it neutral, “I think that everybody should be able to voice their opinions,” he immediately cut to the chase. All Lindsay stressed was that the baton was in Colorado and Deion’s hands. “But when you have a platform which can be seen throughout, you have every right for your opinion. But as a coach, you have every right not to answer the question as well.”

When Deion found himself in a sticky spot, he could have exercised his power to keep silent. “If you don’t feel comfortable answering it you don’t have to answer,” highlighted the ex-NFL phenom. Instead of banning Keeler, they could have respectfully handed the situation instead of letting it escalate into a fiasco, “Colorado they should have just said, ‘Hey we are not gonna answer any of Sean Keeler’s question’ and leave it that.” The rest was up to the reporter. But what had propelled the Buffs program to implement the drastic step?

The personal attacks Keeler used for Deion had left Colorado in a tizzy. A CU communications staffer pointed out how the reporter came up with back-to-back brutal jabs like  “Deposition Deion,” “false prophet,” “Planet Prime,” “Bruce Lee of B.S.,” and “the Deion Kool-Aid.” But Coach Prime’s hoopla with reporters is not something to be surprised by. 

The mystery behind Deion Sanders’ CBS snub

Now that Deion’s honeymoon period in Boulder is over, it’s not about hero worship anymore. Coach Prime now often gets hit with brutal questions that usually lead him to lose his cool. On August 9, Friday, like the Denver Post writer Keeler, the Buffs HC had issues with another reporter, Eric Christensen, of KCNC. Just because he bore the “CBS” tag, Deion refused to answer his questions. 

The Buffs HC replied, “I’m not doing anything with CBS… Ain’t got nothing to do with you. I’ve got love for you. I appreciate and respect you… Then know what they did.” While the snub’s exact reason is still unclear, it’s assumed that it had to do with CBS rankings for Deion that placed the Buffs HC in a lowly position. This was enough for him to take offense. 

However, On3 analyst Philip Dukes later dismissed such a probability. Instead, he defended Deion Sanders, claiming, “Let’s just get this straight. Deion Sanders is not mad because of that ranking.” He further clarified, “There was an abuse of trust between the two, and I’m sure that will be expounded upon later on.” It’s high time that the Buffs HC improves his reporter tackling.