its kind of remarkable how much one hire has made such a difference in a mid-size sleepy town at the foothills of the Rockies lol

Coach Prime sounds like an Amazon related product though, he needs to just stick with coach Sanders


>Equal to Colorado and even greater than some programs with
>much greater resources: California, Stanford, UCLA, Georgia
>Tech, Maryland, UVA, and Louisville among others. That is
>beyond impressive. Prior to Deion arriving, I think their
>attendance was in the 20-30,000 range - which is still
>impressive. I’m sure Prime Time gave the city of Jackson a
>much needed boost to its slumping economy. He definitely gave
>the program hope and a glimmer - albeit fleeting - of what
>they can achieve. That would be cool if the program could
>sustain this pace, but it would be incredibly naive to expect
>that. Just as it would be naive to expect Prime to stick
>around for 10+ years at JSU.
>
>Down the road, I do think people/football historians will look
>back to his stint at JSU with great reverence and fascination.
>
>
>Colorado is an interesting choice. There is precedent for
>Colorado being a highly competitive team, but that now seems
>like a lifetime ago. That national recruiting scene has
>changed so much that it just seems unfathomable that you can
>dominate in places like Colorado. It will definitely be fun
>to watch him rebuild that program. I highly doubt he stays
>there longer than 5 years though. My gut tells me he’ll use
>CFB as a springboard to the NFL.