MORGANTOWN — In their own way, they are legends in the game of football but they have taken circuitous routes to Saturday’s meeting on Mountaineer Field as coaches of the visiting Colorado football team and the homestanding West Virginia Mountaineers.

Both were defensive backs, Deion Sanders at Florida State and on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Rich Rodriguez at WVU, where his true fame came through his legacy as coach. But their paths seldom crossed, yet Sanders had a huge impact upon not only Rodriguez’s career but that of one of his greatest players, Noel Devine. kAm%96J 92G6 >6E @?=J @?46 367@C6[ E92E 36:?8 E9:D J62C 2E q:8 `a |65:2 s2J[ 3FE :E H2D E9C@F89 $2?56CD’ C6=2E:@?D9:A H:E9 s6G:?6 2D 2 9:89 D49@@= AC@5:8J E92E E96 EH@ H6C6 5C2H? :?E@ E96 D2>6 DA96C6 @7 :?7=F6?

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