Deion Sanders and the Colorado football program are the focal point of some social media ridicule right now.
It all stems from Sanders’ son Shiloh, a safety for the Buffaloes, soliciting transfers on his Instagram account.
“Defense transfers DM me, Offense transfers DM [Shedeur Sanders],” Shiloh wrote. “This not Last Chance U.”
The shockingly informal–and seemingly disorganized–recruiting effort has gotten Sanders and company mocked on X/Twitter.
“Prime putting the kids to work. I can see the resume now… 2023-24 University of Colorado: Starting safety/assistant player personnel director,” joked On3’s Andy Staples.
“This feels like it’s being run like a travel baseball team,” said the Walk-On Redshirts Podcast account.
“I can’t believe this real,” said Nebraska Rivals’ Tim Verghese. “From the top down, Deion and his staff have been ridiculously lazy when it comes to recruiting. Recruiting staffers asking guys to drop film in their replies, HC’s kids telling portal guys to dm them. This isn’t how a serious program operates.”
“How Colorado looks right now #desperation,” a Nebraska fan joked.
“Colorado is Last Chance U,” said a USC fan account.
Maybe Sanders really has all of this under control, and when the dust settles, he’ll have a roster capable of improving on last season’s 4-8 record, which included eight losses in nine games after a 3-0 start.
If he doesn’t though, the criticism is only going to get louder and louder.