Only one thing would convince Colorado head coach Deion Sanders to leave his job with the Buffaloes for an NFL head coaching gig. Sanders said he would

Deion Sanders is building something at Colorado. The Buffaloes went 1-11 the year before Sanders arrived and just two short years later Sanders had Colorado back in a bowl game, finishing the season with nine wins.

Deion Sanders has been saying since he got to Colorado that he had no plans to ever leave for the National Football League. Coach Prime, who starred in the NFL from 1989-2005, has repeatedly said that he had no interest in coaching professional players.

It’s hard to argue there’s a more polarizing figure in football these days. The moment he stepped foot on campus, Sanders turned the Colorado Buffaloes into appointment-viewing television. Sanders completely transformed one of the worst programs in the country into a playoff contender in only two years.