I get this is a minority opinion, but I think if Sanders sticks around, he will improve Colorado within a few years. I'd be excited if I were a Colorado fan; I mean they have very little to lose. . . Colorado football has had exactly one winning season in the last 16 years* and are coming off a 1-11 record last year. They'll probably have some depth issues and whole lot of losses this year, but it will likely be an improvement
*did not count 6 game covid season
This is the sticking point for me. I don't think he'll ever have major success there, because if he shows serious improvement in even 2 years, I think a Florida school or SEC team throws absurd money at him knowing he could completely flip a roster and change a culture quickly. He's bitched non stop about the weather in Boulder since getting there.
Also, they completely removed the 25 man scholarship per year rule due to Covid. And I know it'll never be back to that number with the immediate transfer rules now, but has there been any mention of going back to anything like that? or gone forever?
Yeah, maybe if Leipold can get KU to a bowl game in 2 years, then Deion can, too. He's probably going to have to figure out a way to ease up his nonconferece schedule to make that happen, though. There aren't enough good players in the portal to make any sort of immediate success happen.