{"id":2041671,"date":"2023-09-22T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:17:29","slug":"coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-with-player-about-his-father-made-huge-impact-on-game-2","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-2\/","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-2%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=2041671&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\u200d Deion Sanders has\u2062 made a splash in his \u2062three\u200c games leading a program that won a single game last season but is now suddenly the talk\u200d of college \u200dfootball.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, an avowed Christian, has gotten a lot of attention specifically in regard to the ways in which he motivates \u2062his players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Prime\u201d said he inspired one of his young wide\u200d receivers in order to encourage him to hit another \u2063gear during the \u200cBuffaloes\u2019 game against in-state rival Colorado \u200cState on Saturday, a 43-35 victory in double overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders told Bleacher Report\u2019s Taylor Rooks that he reminded junior wideout Jimmy Horn during the game that the young \u2062man\u2019s\u200b father \u200bwas in prison, watching with\u2064 other inmates, and was waiting for him \u200bto make a \u200cbig play.<\/p>\n<p>Horn\u2062 was having a \u201chorrendous\u201d night, Sanders said. After a dropped \u200bpass in\u200d 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 says \u201cI love you.\u201d\u200c #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 without two-way star \u200bTravis Hunter, who had been injured.<\/p>\n<p>With about a minute to play in the game, Colorado \u200dwas down 28-20.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did they need to score quickly, but they \u2062also needed a 2-point \u200bconversion for\u200c any hope of going into\u2063 overtime for a chance to win.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders told Rooks he pulled aside Horn, who \u200dis from Sanford, Florida, and had a very personal conversation with\u200c him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had \u2062an\u200d instance on the sideline this last game \u2062with Jimmy was\u200c having a\u200d horrific game,\u201d the coach said. \u201cHe\u2019s \u2062a receiver \u2014 Jimmy Horn. And I said, \u2018Jimmy, you\u2019re a dog. You from Florida, man. And guess\u2062 what? \u200bPop is at the\u2064 crib and he\u2019s incarcerated \u200cwatching you right now. He wants to clap in front of 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-2\/\" title=\"Coach Sanders' midgame conversation with a player about his father had a significant impact on the game.\">make pops proud tonight<\/a>. That\u2019s what we gonna \u2064to do, because his \u200bson is a dog.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pep talk concluded when he \u200btold Horn, \u201cNow you go out there and show the world who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horn caught a touchdown \u200bpass that set up his team for a successful 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 CJ Fogler account may or may not be\u200d notable (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjzero\/status\/1703284554969014385?\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two overtimes later, Colorado walked away with \u200ba win to remain undefeated.<\/p>\n<p>Horn, a University of South Florida transfer, has not publicly commented \u2063on the catch, the talk or his father\u2019s status as an inmate \u2014 or \u2063indicated whether that was something he would have rather\u200c his coach \u200bkeep between them.<\/p>\n<p>But it appears whatever \u201cCoach Prime\u201d said \u200bto the young man calmed his\u2063 nerves and\u2064 gave him something personal to fight \u200cfor.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people were watching Horn play in the stands and millions more were watching at home. \u200dIt\u2019s difficult to imagine\u200b that kind of pressure. Sanders helped cool him\u200c down to\u2062 playing for an audience of one \u2014 his\u200b father.<\/p>\n<p>What the NFL Hall of Famer said to Horn seemed to spark something deep inside\u200b of him. What Sanders is doing so \u200cfar for his team is working. His <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.\">unorthodox leadership methods<\/a> have \u200cgotten \u2062the\u2063 attention of everyone from \u2062atheists to college \u2064football purists.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the Freedom From \u2063Religion Foundation sent his employer a letter that \u2062demanded he stop \u201cinfusing his \u200dprogram with Christianity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He \u200dhas ignored the \u2062letter and has \u2062doubled 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 \u200bmen.<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of reaching \u2062his players last week, 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 \u2064you a fan of Coach 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 \u200dpoll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates\u2064 free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy 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: 0% (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\u2062 name=cname + \u2063&#8221;=&#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 we\u200b don\u2019t even recognize the truth no more in society,\u201d he said on CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d \u201cWe want everybody to feel good. That\u2019s not the way\u2063 life is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he tapped the transfer portal to overhaul his team\u2019s roster in the offseason, others complained. \u2063But the coach is \u2063operating within the parameters\u2064 of new rules.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders brings a unique\u200d and personal element to \u200ccoaching that has shown up on the field three weeks in a row. However unconventional he might be, he keeps finding \u2062ways to \u200dwill \u2062his team to\u200b win.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coach-sanders-says-midgame-talk-player-father-made-huge-impact-game\/\">Coach Sanders Says Midgame Talk with 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>He needed to\u2064 stay focused and\u200d play his best for his father, who had recently\u2062 passed \u2063away.\u2063 According \u2062to Sanders, this midgame talk had a huge impact on Horn&#8217;s performance and the\u2062 overall\u200c outcome\u2062 of the game.<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064Coach Sanders Says Midgame Talk with\u2062 Player About His Father Made Huge Impact \u200bon Game<\/p>\n<p>Deion Sanders, the head coach of the \u200dColorado football team, has been making waves in \u200bthe world \u2064of college\u200b football. In his first three\u200d games \u200cas coach,\u200b he has \u2063completely turned around a program that \u2064only\u2063 won a\u2063 single game last season.\u2064 One aspect of Sanders&#8217; coaching style that has received\u2064 a \u200clot of attention is how he\u2062 motivates \u2064his players.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2063 the Buffaloes&#8217; \u200crecent game against in-state rival Colorado State, Sanders\u200c shared a personal conversation he had with one of his wide \u2062receivers,\u200b Jimmy \u2062Horn. Sanders reminded Horn during the \u200dgame that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deion Sanders, Colorado&#8217;s head coach, has caused a stir in just three games. Despite a single win last season, his team is now the center of attention in college football. 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