CU disputes report about fight song at football games

CU has traditionally played “Glory, Glory, Colorado” immediately after touchdowns, followed by “Fight CU” after the extra point attempt.

BOULDER, Colo. — The fight songs that play after touchdowns at Colorado football games are now in the national spotlight.

Barstool Sports reported on Monday that head football coach Deion Sanders told the Colorado marching band it can’t play the school’s fight song after his son, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, throws a touchdown pass. The report said the stadium will instead play one of Shedeur’s rap songs.

CU Athletics issued a statement to 9NEWS calling the report “completely false.”

“The report that Coach Prime instructed the CU band to refrain from playing the fight song is completely false,” the CU Athletic Department said.

“The fight songs ‘Glory, Glory, Colorado’ and ‘Fight CU’ have been played after CU touchdowns and field goals for years and were played every time the Buffaloes scored against North Dakota State earlier this season. It’s common throughout college football for individual players to have small snippets of songs played during games,” CU Athletics said.

Traditionally, one of the university’s fight songs, “Glory, Glory, Colorado,” plays immediately after touchdowns, followed by another, “Fight CU,” after the team’s extra point attempt.

During Colorado’s home opener vs. North Dakota State, a snippet of Shedeur Sanders’ song “Perfect Timing” played after his touchdown passes, as seen in video highlights from the game, followed by the band’s “Glory, Glory, Colorado” and “Fight CU.”

“What happened to Accountability for lies told and consequently sold,” Deion Sanders posted on X on Monday. “A lie don’t care who tells it & only a fool can fool a fool but the Wise is Prudent.”

Colorado football alum and Fox Sports commentator Joel Klatt also refuted the initial Barstool Sports report.

“This is false…that is all,” Klatt posted on X.

This is false…that is all https://t.co/avgokBLk53

— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) September 9, 2024

CU Athletics announced Monday its homecoming game against Baylor on Saturday, Sept. 21, will kick off at 6 p.m. and be televised nationally on FOX.

The Colorado Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders will appear on all four networks in the same season for the first time in school history. Games this season are now scheduled to air on FOX, CBS, ABC and NBC.

The Baylor game will be the first Big 12 Conference game for the Buffaloes in 13 years. Tickets for the game at Folsom Field sold out in August.