Now in his third season as head coach, Deion Sanders has changed the national conversation around Colorado .

Yet, through the first eight games of the season, the Buffaloes have left some people skeptical about the future of the program after losing Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (and Sanders' son), Shedeur Sanders.

As Colorado returns to Folsom Field on Friday for a date with Arizona, Sanders had a simple message for his team: treat football like a hobby you love and give it everything you have.

"This is a wonderful place to live, a wonderful place to play the game, and I don't know why young men wouldn't want to go out there and give it their all," Sanders told reporters on Tuesday.

"This week, we talked about hobbies. I asked the team a

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