Deion Sanders sets a culture of accountability at Colorado

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[{"selector":"#anim-06891bd5-e220-46c2-80b0-ed5aa3d8f016","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b3284cde-1d22-4236-8502-856ed5d9fabe","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-121.42857%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Sanders informed returning players he wanted them to quit when he arrived in Colorado. Jackson State players received the same message.

[{"selector":"#anim-a08b4b56-5221-4c91-9786-bcf96476acb0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-09fd5038-befd-4c64-9451-850e2c742b35","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-121.42857%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] “If you chose that. If language can turn you off, you're not for our old-school workforce. Sanders said Sunday on 60 Minutes,

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Never compromising that. Not for players. For no assistant coach. Not for a sports director or wealthy donor.

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Why? He knows his methods work. They worked in youth and high school. Former Jackson State employees now work at Colorado.

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[{"selector":"#anim-21039b88-e967-4ddd-9bb6-75e44acdb7f4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2af7517d-0af8-4dfc-8b6f-f08e9b23a43b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-122.55639%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Sanders turned Jackson State from a stodgy program that hadn't won a SWAC championship in over a decade into a juggernaut that went 24-3 and won consecutive SWAC titles his last two seasons in three years.