FOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders loves everything about taking his Colorado Buffaloes 113 miles south of Folsom Field to Fountain Fort Carson High School for a week of workouts, tune-ups and team bonding that featured a stay at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus and a visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy.
One thing would make it even better: scrimmaging with or against the Falcons, something Sanders is hoping the NCAA will soon allow teams to do in the offseason as he first suggested a couple of years ago when Syracuse wanted to visit Boulder for a spring scrimmage.
“That’s something I’ve been suggesting for quite some time,” Sanders said after Thursday’s practice. “And the NCAA felt compelled to allow FCS schools to do what we thought of quite some time ago. So, we’re not involved; they won’t allow that. But even if we could just practice at the same location would do it justice. We don’t have to compete against one another…