{"id":2041666,"date":"2023-09-22T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:13:47","slug":"coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Sanders&#8217; midgame conversation with a player about his father had a significant impact on the game."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2041666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Coach Sanders Says Midgame Talk with Player About His Father Made Huge Impact on Game<\/h2>\n<p>Colorado head coach Deion Sanders has made a splash in his three games leading a program that won a single\u200c game last season but\u200b is now suddenly the talk of college football.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, an avowed \u200cChristian, has gotten a lot of attention specifically in regard to the ways in which he motivates his players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Prime\u201d said he inspired one \u2064of his young\u2062 wide receivers in order to encourage him to hit another gear \u200cduring the Buffaloes\u2019 game against in-state rival Colorado State on Saturday, a 43-35 victory in double overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders told Bleacher Report\u2019s Taylor Rooks\u200c that he \u2063reminded junior \u200bwideout Jimmy Horn during the game that the young man\u2019s \u2064father was in prison, watching with other\u2062 inmates, and was waiting for him to make a big play.<\/p>\n<p>Horn was\u2062 having a \u201chorrendous\u201d night, Sanders \u200dsaid.\u200b After a dropped pass in the third quarter, he hugged the young man and reassured him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coach prime hugs his player after a drop and \u2062says \u201cI love you.\u201d #coloradofootball <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtiGpCjmWw\">pic.twitter.com\/rtiGpCjmWw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tanner Phifer (@TannerPhiferNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TannerPhiferNFL\/status\/1703270280028619035?\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Buffs couldn\u2019t find a spark \u2062without two-way star\u2062 Travis Hunter, who had been injured.<\/p>\n<p>With about\u200d a minute to \u2063play in the game, Colorado was\u2062 down 28-20.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did they need\u2064 to score quickly, but they also needed a 2-point conversion for any hope of\u2063 going into overtime for\u200c a chance\u200b to win.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders told Rooks he pulled aside\u2062 Horn, who is \u2064from Sanford, Florida, and had a \u2064very personal conversation with him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had an instance on the sideline this last\u2063 game with Jimmy\u2063 was having a \u200bhorrific game,\u201d the coach said. \u201cHe\u2019s a receiver \u2014 Jimmy Horn. And I said, \u2018Jimmy, you\u2019re\u2062 a dog. You from Florida,\u200b man. And guess what? Pop is at\u200d the crib and he\u2019s incarcerated watching you right now. He wants to clap in front \u200cof all his different inmates because he believes in his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018We gonna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game\/\" title=\"Coach Sanders' midgame conversation with a player about his father had a significant impact on the game.\">make \u2063pops proud\u200c tonight<\/a>. That\u2019s what we gonna to do, because his son is a dog.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 pep talk concluded when he\u200c told Horn, \u201cNow you go out there and \u2064show \u2064the world who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horn caught a\u200b touchdown pass\u200b that set up his team for a successful\u2064 conversion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Colorado TD from Horn <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SR0DXKpEz8\">pic.twitter.com\/SR0DXKpEz8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062CJ Fogler account may or\u200c may\u200c not be \u2063notable (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjzero\/status\/1703284554969014385?\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two overtimes \u2064later,\u2063 Colorado walked away with a win to remain undefeated.<\/p>\n<p>Horn, a University of South Florida transfer, has not publicly commented on the catch, the talk or his father\u2019s status as an inmate \u2014 or \u2064indicated whether that was something he would have rather \u200dhis coach keep between them.<\/p>\n<p>But it appears whatever \u201cCoach\u2064 Prime\u201d said to the young man calmed his nerves and gave him something personal to fight for.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people were watching Horn play in the stands and millions more were watching at home. It\u2019s difficult to imagine that kind of pressure. Sanders helped\u2064 cool him\u2064 down to playing for an audience of one \u2014 his father.<\/p>\n<p>What the NFL Hall of \u2063Famer said to Horn seemed to spark something deep inside of him. What Sanders is doing so far for his \u200cteam is working. His unorthodox leadership methods have \u200cgotten the attention of everyone from atheists to college \u2062football purists.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent his employer a letter that demanded he stop \u201cinfusing his program\u2063 with Christianity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has\u200c ignored the letter and has doubled down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-if-telling-people-to-shape-up-is-bullying-then-america-needs-more-bullying\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: If Telling People to Shape Up Is Bullying, Then America Needs More Bullying\">teaching young men<\/a> to be men.<\/p>\n<p>On the \u2064topic of reaching his players last week,\u2062 Sanders criticized a world that lies to them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Are you a fan of \u2064Coach Sanders?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to\u200b The\u2063 Western Journal \u200cnews updates free of charge. You may\u200c opt out\u200d at\u2064 anytime. You also agree to \u200dour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy\u2064 Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: \u20640% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar \u200dname=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3477536\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think truth is good for the kids. We\u2019re \u2064so busy lying\u2064 we don\u2019t\u200b even recognize the truth no\u200b more in \u200dsociety,\u201d he said on CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d \u201cWe want \u2064everybody to \u200dfeel good. That\u2019s\u2062 not the way life is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he tapped the transfer portal to overhaul his team\u2019s roster in the offseason, others complained. But the coach is operating within the parameters of new rules.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders brings a unique and \u200dpersonal element to coaching that has shown up on the field three weeks\u2062 in a row. However unconventional he might be, he keeps finding ways to \u2063will his team to win.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063post \u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-player-father-made-huge-impact-game\/\">Coach \u2062Sanders Says Midgame Talk with\u200b Player About His Father Made Huge Impact on Game<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Can you provide\u2063 more examples of Deion Sanders&#8217; motivational stories and the impact they have had on his players&#8217; \u200bperformance<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Colorado\u200d head \u2064coach \u2064Deion Sanders has been making\u2064 waves\u2062 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-to-take-glorious-shot-at-fauci-with-sign\/\" title=\"Alabama fan defies 'College GameDay' rules for epic Fauci sign.\">college\u2063 football world<\/a> with his \u2062motivational tactics and leadership style. Sanders, who is known for his strong Christian beliefs, recently shared a\u200d story about how a midgame talk with one of\u2063 his players had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-biden-admins-decision-to-pause-jj-vaccine-causes-confidence-in-vaccine-to-plummet\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Admin\u2019s Decision To Pause J&#038;J Vaccine Causes Confidence In Vaccine To Plummet\">huge impact<\/a>\u2064 on their \u200bperformance.<\/p>\n<p>During the Buffaloes&#8217; game against in-state rival Colorado State, junior wide receiver Jimmy Horn was having a difficult night. After a dropped pass in the third quarter, Sanders approached Horn and reminded \u2063him of his father, \u2063who was currently in prison and watching \u2062the\u200c game with other inmates. Sanders encouraged Horn to make a big play and make his \u200cfather proud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deion Sanders, Colorado&#8217;s head coach, has quickly turned heads with his team&#8217;s impressive performance. Despite winning only one game last season, they are now the center of attention in college football. 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