Ralphie VII update: Colorado mascot leaves games early due to slippery field
The goal for most teams is to keep the injury report relatively clean, even if they don’t always have a ton of control over that. But that can extend to mascots, too, like Colorado star Ralphie VII.
During halftime of a game against Iowa State, Colorado announced that Ralphie would not run on the field prior to the second half. The reason? Slippery conditions on the field. The mascot is headed back to the ranch instead.
Best to keep Ralphie safe, after all. The fans will certainly understand the shelving.
Ralphie isn’t the only one in the program who had an altered game routine on Saturday, either. Head coach Deion Sanders also had to adjust his plans on gameday after undergoing a procedure to treat blood clots this week.
Sanders opened up on how he was feeling following the operation in the middle of the week. Like Ralphie, he’s feeling good and just wanted to make sure he didn’t take any unnecessary risks this week.
Deion Sanders planned to walk out with Colorado
Colorado coach Deion Sanders has dealt with his fair share of health issues in the last couple years. Earlier this week, he underwent a procedure to deal with some blood clots he was having.
He has since recovered, though he’s admittedly still feeling a little sore. But he was in good enough shape to take part in his weekly coaches show on Thursday afternoon.
“I’m a little sore today,” Deion Sanders said. “It’s always the second day is always much more sore than the first day, because you still have some of the medication inside you on the first day. So I’m a little sore today. So I was mainly on the cart, coaching from the cart today.”
That said, he looked no real worse for the wear. He was in good spirits during the show. Asked to clarify his status, Sanders kept it short and sweet.
“All good,” he said. “All good.”
Deion Sanders was in good spirits even before the procedure, noting that he was looking forward to getting “that Snoop D.O. double G” before the procedure — referring to the anesthesia. The joke landed well.
Well enough that the host of the weekly coaches show had a good laugh about it. He brought it up again.
“It was so funny because Pacman (Jones) is like my son, and he was sitting right there too,” Sanders said. “And I told the anesthesiologist, look, you don’t give me the right amount of Snoop Dogg I’m sure he has something on him right now.”
So what’s Saturday going to look like for Deion Sanders? He explained.
“I’m good. I’m not running out,” he said. “I’m not running out, I’m walking out this time. So don’t expect me to run out. I’m going to kind of walk out, like the old Ralph.”
