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The Unwavering Confidence of Deion Sanders
Time Magazine ^ | OCTOBER 6, 2023 7:00 AM EDT | By Sean Gregory / Boulder, Colo.

Posted on 10/19/2023 7:29:38 PM PDT by dennisw

Before kickoff, the sidelines at Colorado’s stadium are now the place to be seen. There’s rapper DaBaby hyping up the crowd. There are Sanders’ friends and fellow football Hall of Famers Terrell Owens, Warren Sapp, and Michael Irvin. Hey, that’s basketball Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett and future baseball Hall of Famer CC Sabathia and rapper Symba. The VIPs wear a special credential around their necks: Prime Passes, in the shape of the gold whistle Sanders uses in practice. Boulder County is 1.3% Black, yet as one sideline spectator observes, the scene “feels like Black Hollywood.”

And what’s been happening on the field is as spectacular as what’s happening off. As the Buffaloes charged back against the Trojans, slicing a 41-14 third-quarter deficit to 48-41 with just under two minutes left, Folsom Field, filled with more than 54,000 roaring fans, felt like the epicenter of sports. Could Sanders’ squad, which had already exceeded expectations, stimulated the college-football economy, and compelled more than 8 million people to watch Colorado beat Colorado State in double overtime after 2:15 a.m. Eastern time in mid-September—ESPN’s highest college-football viewership figure at that hour—pull off this monumental comeback?

USC recovered the late onside kick to clinch the game, but Colorado’s charge just added to the Coach Prime euphoria. “The atmosphere is electric, man,” DaBaby tells me before leaving the field. “Look, f-ck the NFL game. Right now this is the most exciting place to be in football.”

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Sports
KEYWORDS: deionsanders
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1 posted on 10/19/2023 7:29:38 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

Is this some “sportsball” thing?


2 posted on 10/19/2023 7:37:10 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: dennisw

FULL VERSION ARCHIVED ——— https://archive.ph/AGzbc

I remember when he was called Neon Dion at FSU. He was a wildly popular entertainer on and off the field. Undoubtedly this man about town was taking some drugs too. Way back in 1990 or so.

“Deion Sanders, in full Deion Luwynn Sanders, bynames Prime Time and Neon Deion, (born August 9, 1967, Fort Myers, Florida, …”

At Jackson State he was a big promotor of C19 vaxxxes. Later on he fell victim to them with very serious blood clots in his legs along with 2 toes chopped off. He has had quite a few operations where his legs veins were cut open to pull out the blood clots.

He is a very upbeat man and religious too these days.


3 posted on 10/19/2023 7:39:02 PM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: dennisw
There’s rapper DaBaby hyping up the crowd. There are Sanders’ friends and fellow football Hall of Famers Terrell Owens, Warren Sapp, and Michael Irvin. Hey, that’s basketball Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett and future baseball Hall of Famer CC Sabathia and rapper Symba.

Oh well, if DaBaby and Symba are on board...

But honestly, IDGAF.

4 posted on 10/19/2023 8:05:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: dennisw

I was a fan until he pulled the race card this year. That was it for me.


5 posted on 10/19/2023 8:06:02 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: dennisw

The thing about Deion is... he’s always about Deion. He never made a tackle in his entire NFL career. Is / was he an absolutely freakish athlete? Undoubtedly. So I’m not getting on the Deion / Colorado bandwagon.


6 posted on 10/19/2023 8:07:43 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: dennisw

If black celebrities are showing up from out of state to support a black football coach, I feel free to admit that the only basketball team I ever cared about was the early 80s Celtics. And I actually lived in Massachusetts back then.


7 posted on 10/19/2023 8:12:00 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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At Jackson State he was a big promotor of C19 vaxxxes. Later on he fell victim to them with very serious blood clots in his legs along with 2 toes chopped off.

I wonder if it's related to the vaccine. He seems like a healthy guy. He was an athlete. A defensive back. So why would he get a clot in the first place? Doesn't make sense.

8 posted on 10/19/2023 8:14:01 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Has Deon (mr. born again Christian) ever apologized to Tim McCarver for throwing FOUR tubs of ice water on him in the Atlanta Falcons locker room after that baseball playoff game? The blood vessels were coming out of McCarver’s neck, and all he kept saying was “you’re a real man Deon”. McCarver was barely holding himself back from tearing Deon up (and ending his commenter career).


9 posted on 10/19/2023 8:16:11 PM PDT by RKM
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To: dennisw

The Buffs will finish their last five games 1-4. First, build the defense.


10 posted on 10/19/2023 8:17:06 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: dennisw

I think the gold headphones are a nice touch 😆


11 posted on 10/19/2023 8:24:09 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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Deion had “Compartment Syndrome “ here’s the story. It wasn’t the vax.

https://people.com/health/an-orthopedic-surgeon-on-why-deion-sanders-had-2-toes-amputated/


12 posted on 10/19/2023 8:39:17 PM PDT by chuck allen
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That factor likely contributed, says Sheskier: “I think there’s genetic predisposition, plus he may have had high cholesterol or plaque developing in his artery, making it more likely to develop a clot.”


13 posted on 10/19/2023 8:51:01 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dennisw

When you encounter a Black man with great confidence, or maybe it is a large ego …. He really is not all that different from his White MALE counterpart.
Dialect might be different.
Black guy might say n199@h.
But people are people. They just want a LOT of respect/ haha giggle snicker laff


14 posted on 10/19/2023 8:51:19 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Rummyfan

He never made a tackle in his entire NFL career.

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1996 - Deion Sanders Chase Down Tackle Saves Touchdown | Cowboys vs Bills

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7VCI3E1Ua8U&pp=ygUURGVpb24gc2FuZGVycyB0YWNrbGU%3D


15 posted on 10/19/2023 9:17:42 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: dennisw

Some might say it’s arrogance and self promotion.


16 posted on 10/19/2023 9:19:19 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

You mean Deion actually made a tackle?


17 posted on 10/19/2023 9:20:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dennisw

If Deion is the greatest coach in history then that’s wonderful for him. But he’ll have a hard time convincing anyone else if he has too many more days like he had against the football teams of the Oregon Ducks, USC Trojans, and Stanford Cardinals.


18 posted on 10/19/2023 9:24:16 PM PDT by Degaston
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This Guy only found evidence of one ea. tackle.

That being enough to defeat the proposition, the defense rests.


19 posted on 10/19/2023 9:24:17 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: dennisw
Hmmm. Someone with a first name that begins in D is flamboyant, successful, and absurdly self-confident. He shifts his line of work and becomes even more successful. People cheer and he draws a crowd of devoted followers. Heck, I like Donald Trump, so why not also like Deion Sanders?
20 posted on 10/19/2023 9:24:46 PM PDT by Rockingham
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