Deion Sanders explains how he’s educated players on Nebraska rivalry

Deion Sanders and crew got his team ready for the Colorado–Nebraska rivalry this week. An old school Big 12 rivalry, it’ll be renewed Saturday night.

Whale Colorado returned to the Big 12, Nebraska is still in the Big Ten. Still, the teams certainly have a disdain for one another.

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Sanders opened up on what the rivalry means to the school and how his team was educated this week.

“I can’t speak for generations, my man, I’m just happy and thankful that we are here right now,” Sanders said. “We’re going to dominate the day as best as we can. But it’s been things passed along and passed down from older generations to now that the governor got up in the meeting today and he took the floor. He allowed us to know some things about this rivalry and some things that should impact us, just passionately about this rivalry. 

“I’m pretty sure you’re not going to see anybody on the team wearing red anywhere this week because he politely allowed us to know that’s a no-no. So, I love it. I think that’s what college football is all about, whether we’re in the same conferences or not. But this is a tremendous rivalry, and I look forward to it.”

Nebraska leads the all-time series 49-21-2 dating back to the first meeting on November 17, 1898. Last time out, Colorado beat Nebraska in Boulder 36-14 in September last season.

Not only that, Colorado won three meetings in a row.

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Sanders and Colorado have a fascinating individual to deal with: freshman QB Dylan Raiola.

“You attack weaknesses,” Sanders said. “I don’t know if you attack inexperience. If that’s a weakness, so be it. But the kid made some darn good throws, some pretty good plays. They did some consistent things that we knew they would do within their offense.”

In his first college start against UTEP, Raiola completed 19 of 27 pass attempts for 238 yards and two touchdowns. Importantly, he showed the ability to push the ball downfield and make smart decisions throughout his time on the field.

“A phenomenal game,” Sanders said. “I mean, it started out back and forth a little bit, but they went ahead and did what they needed to do. I love what he showed in his first college game ever. I love what he showed.”