5 storylines to watch as Deion Sanders, Colorado head east to face Northwestern
Colorado's football team, led by coach Deion Sanders, faces Northwestern aiming for a perfect nonconference record. A victory would mark a 3-0 start, repeating a milestone reached during Sanders' first season. The game follows previous wins against TCU, Nebraska, and Colorado State.
For Coach Prime and Colorado, a perfect nonconference record is within reach. It happened in the first year of the Deion Sanders era, when Boulder reached heights it hadn’t seen since the 1990s with the 3-0 start that included a rousing season opener at TCU and back-to-back home rivalry wins over Nebraska and Colorado State. […]
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