NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders offered a one-on-one interview to the CBS reporter he snubbed a week prior as an olive branch in the wake of the ongoing feud with the broadcasting company.
The University of Colorado head coach made amends with the reporter at the program’s weekly press conference on Friday.
“Is the guy here from CBS? Who’s here from CBS?” Sanders asked Friday about Eric Christensen, who he had passed over a week prior. “Tell him ‘He know. He know.’ I want everybody to know that we was good then, but they made it seem like we wasn’t good. We’re good. I love him, and I appreciate him, and tell him I’ll do a one-on-one sit down with him. We’re good. We’re good now. We’ve been good, but we’re really good now.”
Sanders’ public declaration signaled that the ongoing feud between him and CBS had come to an end.
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The week before, Sanders made it clear that he didn’t care for CBS or any reporter associated with the broadcasting company at a press conference on Aug. 9.
“CBS,” Sanders said while giving a dismissive hand-wave. “I’m not doing nothing with CBS. Next question. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. It’s above that. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. I got love for you. I appreciate you. I respect you. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. They know what they did.”
Sanders never confirmed why he didn’t have an affinity for the broadcasting company. However, CBS Sports ranked the Colorado head coach as the second-worst coach in the Big 12.
CBS Sports’ David Cobb listed the six consecutive losses in Sanders’ first season as head coach, cracks in the offensive line, and talking a big game as reasons why the Hall of Famer was ranked second to last.
Additionally, Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports wrote an article discussing Sanders’ second year as Colorado’s head coach will be a test of his coaching abilities. Dodd stated that Year 2 will be an uphill battle for the “entertainer.”
Sanders has never been one to shy away from being vocal. In fact, his first year in Denver was filled with the head coach being in the spotlight. It’s where he is comfortable and where he’s used to being.
The pressure is on for Colorado’s program to be successful this upcoming season, especially with Sanders at the helm.
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