BOULDER, Colo. – BYU football travels to Folsom Field this weekend for the first time in 44 years. The Cougars will kick off the Big 12 matchup against the Buffs at 8:15 p.m. (ESPN, KSL NewsRadio), stepping straight into the “Prime Time effect.”

Deion Sanders didn’t just become the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes; he transformed the program and its fan base.

Before his arrival in December 2022, Colorado football was coming off a rough 1–11 season in the Pac-12 under Karl Dorrell. Folsom Field hadn’t sold out since 1996, and there was little energy surrounding the program. But then Sanders arrived, and with him came a new identity.

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Colorado’s 2023 spring “Black and Gold” exhibition game, which had

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