The Colorado Board of Regents announced Saturday it would meet on Sunday with the agenda being: a “Personnel matter at CU-Boulder — athletics.”
That would seem to translate into a discussion of what the Buffaloes plan offer Deion Sanders for their open head coaching position.
Sanders said this week he had been offered the position.
Multiple sources close to the negotiations told The Denver Post that CU is prepared to make Sanders the highest-paid football coach in school history to lure the Jackson State coach from FCS to the Pac-12.
Sanders spent Saturday coaching Jackson State over Southern in the SWAC Championship Game.
The FCS Jaguars are 12-0 and have a Celebration Bowl date on December 17 with North Carolina Central.
On the field after the game, Sanders announced: “We still have one more to go, and we will finish.”
The Post also mentions how Colorado could make itself more attractive to athletes.
Several sources have told The Post that CU will be modifying its policies regarding transfer credits to make it easier to recruit players from the transfer portal, addressing an issue that has been a sticking point for current and former Buffs football coaches.
Under current university academic requirements, not every credit from every system carries over once the student-athlete is accepted in Boulder. This sometimes makes new student-athletes ineligible immediately and in academic limbo until the credits can be made up.
The next coach will replace Karl Dorrell, who was fired in October after the Buffs got off to a 0-5 start. Dorrell’s buyout means CU will be paying him approximately $8.7 million.
Interim coach Mike Sanford went 1-6 with the lone victory in 2022 coming in overtime against Cal.