BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders addressed the media Tuesday ahead of this weekend's rivalry game against Colorado State.
The Colorado Buffaloes are preparing for a rematch against Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell and the Rams in the Rocky Mountain Showdown, which CU won 43-35 last year in double-overtime in Boulder.
The football contest between Colorado and Colorado State won't be held again until the 2029 season.
The Buffs (1-1) will try to regroup this weekend after a humiliating 28-10 loss against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday in Lincoln. Colorado State (1-1) is coming off a 38-7 win on Saturday over the Northern Colorado Bears.
Deion Sanders responded to the report about Colorado's fight song during a press conference Tuesday, challenging the media to do better.
"Whoever reported that I told the band not to play the fight song, that's idiotic, ya'll know that," said Deion Sanders Tuesday. "When you saw that you knew that was a lie. We've got to start having some kind of a accountability to this. I understand this is a free and open world, that not everybody is a journalist, everybody's not an analyst."
"I'm thankful for many of ya'll that take your job and your craft serious," Deion Sanders told reporters. "And consequently you get facts before you run with false narratives. Please know that that stuff affects people. Me. You've been attacking me my whole life so I'm good.
"But other people that's involved, band members, Buff faithful and alumni. Sometimes they don't know what to believe," Sanders said. "Oftentimes in life we believe the first thing we hear, in which we shouldn't. I would just challenge you to be more responsible with your reporting."
Future Rocky Mountain Showdowns
- Sept. 15, 2029 - Colorado at Colorado State in Fort Collins
- Sept. 14, 2030 - Colorado State at Colorado in Boulder
- Sept. 17, 2033 - Colorado State at Colorado in Boulder
- Sept. 16, 2034 - Colorado at Colorado State in Fort Collins
- Sept. 19, 2037 - Colorado State at Colorado in Boulder
- Sept. 11, 2038 - Colorado at Colorado State in Fort Collins
CU Athletics announced Monday its homecoming game against Baylor on Saturday, Sept. 21, will kick off at 6 p.m. and be televised nationally on FOX.
The Colorado Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders will appear on all four networks in the same season for the first time in school history. Games this season are now scheduled to air on FOX, CBS, ABC and NBC.
The Baylor game will be the first Big 12 Conference game for the Buffaloes in 13 years. Tickets for the game at Folsom Field sold out in August.
Colorado's Week 1 season opener vs. North Dakota State was ESPN's highest-rated college football opener in seven years, garnering an average of 4.8 million viewers.
"Whether you like it or not, you want to see it," Sanders said of his program.
CU Buffs 2024 football schedule
- Thursday, Aug. 29 - CU defeats North Dakota State 31-26 - ESPN
- Saturday, Sept. 7 - Nebraska defeats CU 28-10 - NBC
- Saturday, Sept. 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Colorado State - CBS
- Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. - vs. Baylor - FOX
- Saturday, Sept. 28 - at UCF
- Saturday, Oct. 12 - vs. Kansas State
- Saturday, Oct. 19 - at Arizona
- Saturday, Oct. 26 - vs. Cincinnati
- Saturday, Nov. 9 - at Texas Tech
- Saturday, Nov. 16 - vs. Utah
- Saturday, Nov. 23 - at Kansas
- Friday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. - vs. Oklahoma State - ABC
The Colorado-Baylor game was the second CU game to sell out this season, along with the Family Weekend contest on Oct. 26 against Cincinnati. CU Athletics said fans interested in purchasing tickets for the Baylor or Cincinnati games can purchase via CU's official secondary partner SeatGeek.
