Deion Sanders holds CU Buffs news conference before nationally televised game

BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders will address the media Tuesday as the Buffs return from a bye week.

Sanders’ press conference is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Ranked 21st in the newest Associated Press college football poll, the Colorado Buffaloes are preparing to face Texas Texas in Lubbock on Saturday. The game will be broadcast nationally on FOX at 2 p.m. Mountain time.

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FOX said that its Saturday pregame show “Big Noon Kickoff” will be in Lubbock for the CU-Texas Tech game.

The Big 12 Conference announced Monday that Colorado’s next home game, on Saturday, Nov. 16, against Utah at Folsom Field, will kick off at 10 a.m. Mountain time and will also be broadcast nationally by FOX.

Of the 11 games now selected for the 2024 season, the Buffs now have eight games on network television and all 11 on either the flagship ESPN or network television, both program records. 

Head coach Deion Sanders and the Buffs have won five of six.

• Thursday, Aug. 29 – CU defeats North Dakota State 31-26 – ESPN
• Saturday, Sept. 7 – Nebraska defeats CU 28-10 – NBC
• Saturday, Sept. 14 – CU defeats Colorado State 28-9 – CBS
• Saturday, Sept. 21 – CU defeats Baylor 38-31 OT – FOX
• Saturday, Sept. 28 – CU defeats UCF 48-21 – FOX
• Saturday, Oct. 12 – Kansas State defeats CU 31-28 – ESPN
• Saturday, Oct. 19 – CU defeats Arizona 34-7 – FOX
• Saturday, Oct. 26 – CU defeats Cincinnati 34-23 – ESPN
• Saturday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. – at Texas Tech – FOX
• Saturday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. – vs. Utah – FOX
• Saturday, Nov. 23 – at Kansas
• Friday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. MT – vs. Oklahoma State – ABC

In Colorado’s last game before a bye week, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders threw a pair of touchdown passes to Travis Hunter and ran for a score to help Colorado become bowl-eligible with a 34-23 win over Cincinnati.

Sanders put on quite an efficient aerial show, completing 25 of 30 passes for 323 yards. He completed his first 15 passes, which was the most to start a game in program history.

The Buffaloes and Deion Sanders will appear this season on all four major networks in the same season for the first time in school history. Games this season were scheduled on FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC and ESPN.