Colorado Releases Statement On Absurd Deion Sanders/Band Story
Deion Sanders reportedly pulled a pretty comical move involving the Colorado band, but the school is offering its own spin.
The Buffaloes fell to 1-1 in week two after getting absolutely boat raced off the field in Lincoln by the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
It was beyond embarrassing for Deion and his team. It was 28-0 before Colorado even knew what hit them, and the antics didn't stop with the bad play on the field.
Shedeur Sanders decided to throw his offensive line under the bus after the game. Now, it appears the circus isn't over just yet.
Deion Sanders wants Shedeur's rap song played after touchdowns
A report released over the weekend by DenverSports.com after the blowout loss to the Cornhuskers claims Deion has ordered the Colorado band to not play the fight song when Shedeur scores. The reason? He reportedly wants his son's awful rap song to play instead.
"A year later and the offensive line still doesn’t fight for each other.A year later and the fight song doesn’t even play in the stadium after the quarterback throws a touchdown. Deion Sanders told the band they couldn’t play if his son Shedeur Sanders scores a touchdown so that the loudspeaker can play a recording of his son’s song ‘Perfect Timing,’" Jake Shapiro wrote Saturday night.
For those of you who have successfully lived life up until now without knowing about Shedeur's rap aspirations, you can hear his truly awful song below.
Colorado didn't return a request for comment to me, despite having several hours to do so since speaking to CBS Sports. I think you'll understand why when you see the comment CBS Sports was given.
An unnamed spokesperson for the school told the outlet the following:
"Coach Prime never told the band they couldn't play the fight song. For sake of trying new things, for multiple players, we play a few seconds of specific songs after they score. On a touchdown, the fight song plays after the extra point, which has always been part of the sequence. On a FG, after a few seconds of a song for [kicker] Alejandro Mata, the fight song plays."
That's not even really much of a denial. In fact, the unnamed person seems to confirm "a few seconds of specific songs" will play after touchdowns, but Deion didn't tell the band to not play the fight song. It's stunning anyone accepted that statement without a name attached to it.
A second statement later came to OutKick on the record and more or less said the same thing.
It's time to ask if Deion is running a football program or a reality TV show. It's honestly hard to tell at times. Fans don't go to football games to hear music from the team's quarterback. College sports is about traditions, and every team's fight song is important to the game day experience.
Playing Shedeur's truly horrible rap song is wildly unnecessary and I'm not sure that's what fans want to see after just getting destroyed by Nebraska.
Is Colorado out of control? (Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images)
Yet, this is Colorado we're talking about. At this point, nothing really surprises me. One day, we had coaches throwing fists. Next, we have the team getting blown out. Now, we have music drama. The circus never ends. Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com what you think.