Coach Prime with a special coolness factor: Deion Sanders Image: Reuters
African-American football hero Deion Sanders is shaking up the college game with his unique style: bold, razor-sharp, successful. But his coolness also causes envy.
The rivalry between the two universities’ football teams doesn’t just have its own name. It’s called the Rocky Mountain Showdown and has existed since the sport’s early days more than a hundred years ago. Recently she also has a famous face. Mostly shaded by a wide-brimmed cowboy hat and deep dark sunglasses, which conjured up the sizzling tension of a duel à la “High Noon” before the last competition between the two competitors just over a week ago. The game had to be extended twice before the home team from the University of Colorado won 43:35 against Colorado State University in front of 53,000 spectators.
Good for Deion Sanders, the man with the hat and sunglasses and seemingly limitless self-confidence, who his opponent, guest coach Jay Norvell, ridiculed with a little verbal shove before the encounter because of his poker face attitude and cheeky sayings had tried. The victory wasn’t just fuel for the aura of Sanders, who had taken over the post just a few months ago.
