{"id":2357874,"date":"2024-10-22T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deion-sanders-fires-back-accuses-obama-of-playing-political-games-after-comments-about-coachs-team\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:32:39","slug":"deion-sanders-fires-back-accuses-obama-of-playing-political-games-after-comments-about-coachs-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deion-sanders-fires-back-accuses-obama-of-playing-political-games-after-comments-about-coachs-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders Fires Back, Accuses Obama of \u2018Playing Political Games&#8217; After Comments About Coach\u2019s Team"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fdeion-sanders-fires-back-accuses-obama-of-playing-political-games-after-comments-about-coachs-team%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=2357874&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--><p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminists-condemn-installation-of-marilyn-monroe-statue-as-misogynistic-claim-it-was-designed-to-look-at-her-crotch\/\" title=\"Feminists Condemn Installation Of Marilyn Monroe Statue As \u2018Misogynistic,\u2019 Claim It Was Designed \u2018To Look At Her Crotch\u2019\">recent commentary<\/a>, there has been discussion surrounding former President Barack\u200c Obama and the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team under the\u2062 coaching of Deion Sanders, especially after the Buffaloes\u2019 recent victory over the University of Arizona Wildcats. Obama, who\u200d has been a prominent Democratic outreach figure, \u2063made remarks in Tucson suggesting the Buffaloes had only \u200da couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nick-sabans-leaked-recruiting-call-goes-viral\/\" title=\"WATCH: Nick Saban\u2019s Leaked Recruiting Call Goes Viral\">good players<\/a>, leading to some light-hearted\u2064 backlash from Sanders. Despite the rivalry\u2063 and political undertones,\u2063 Sanders expressed his admiration for Obama while also critiquing his comments. The article highlights \u200bthe intersection of sports, politics, \u2064and\u200b public\u200d perception, questioning Obama&#8217;s credibility amongst college towns that traditionally support his party. it underscores the \u200dBuffaloes&#8217; improved performance this season, showcasing their potential despite prior losses\u200b and the implications of political endorsements \u200bin sports contexts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If I were either former President Barack Obama or the Harris-Walz campaign, I wouldn&rsquo;t go anywhere near Boulder, Colorado in the next few weeks. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, the college town might be their natural constituency: young potheads and academia lifers. But somehow, these constituencies also manage to combine their generally woke tendencies with fandom. That&rsquo;s where the University of Colorado Buffaloes 5-2 football team, coached by NFL legend Deion &ldquo;Prime Time&rdquo; Sanders comes in.<\/p>\n<p>The Buffaloes latest victory was over the University of Arizona Wildcats &mdash; which happens to be a far worse team that is also located in a state where the results of the presidential election are coin-flip odds at best for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats&rsquo; top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obamas-pro-kamala-video-backfires-goes-horribly-wrong-viewers-hear-message-arent-buying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outreach surrogate in Arizona<\/a> has been former President Barack Obama, which is where the Obama connection comes in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As we landed, we saw Colorado&rsquo;s busses at the airport,&rdquo; Obama told a crowd in Tuscon, Arizona &mdash; home of the Wildcats &mdash; on Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2024\/10\/19\/deion-sanders-barack-obama-arizona-colorado-buffaloes\/75759311007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I know Colorado&rsquo;s got a couple good players,&rdquo; he said, after the crowd booed the Buffaloes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I also know you guys have beaten them twice in a row, so don&rsquo;t bet against the Wildcats tomorrow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Coach Prime noted in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rodgers-responds-to-critics-after-packers-fall-to-detroit-i-dont-give-a-s-what-any-of-these-experts-on-tv-have-to-say\/\" title=\"Aaron Rodgers Responds to Critics After Packers Fall to Detroit: \u201cI Don\u2019t Give a S*** What Any of These Experts on TV Have to Say\u201d\">post-game comments<\/a> on Saturday, he thought that &ldquo;somebody gave [Obama] some great statistics&rdquo; about how the rivalry had gone prior to this game, but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">past performance isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t indicative of future results: Colorado won easily, 34-7.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona now stands at 3-4. QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-deion-sanders-son-refuses-to-shake-hands-with-trash-talking-opponent-after-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shedeur Sanders<\/a>, son of the coach, threw for 250 yards and engineered three touchdowns in the win.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, the defense notched seven sacks against Wildcats QB Noah Fifita, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401636897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So naturally, Sanders took the opportunity to dunk on Obama &mdash; who he&rsquo;s a fan of.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Obama is everything to me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I mean, I love him, I admire him. I respect him tremendously. But I heard what he said, you know?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;President [Obama], you&rsquo;re my man, I love ya, I appreciate ya, but come on dawg.&rdquo; &#129315;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeionSanders?\">@DeionSanders<\/a> calls out the former President for saying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUBuffsFootball?\">@CUBuffsFootball<\/a> has 2 good players &#128517;&#11015;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/785OlcDum6\">pic.twitter.com\/785OlcDum6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFBONFOX\/status\/1847814222195147227?\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President, I heard what you said, man,&rdquo; Sanders continued. &ldquo;Like c&rsquo;mon, c&rsquo;mon. That&rsquo;s why I really don&rsquo;t get into politics. I&rsquo;m into people. Because politicians, they play the political game, and he was here and had to play the political games that they have two good players. We got more than two good players. But then you&rsquo;re here [in Tucson], so you have to support that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But president, c&rsquo;mon man,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;You my man. I love you, I appreciate you, but c&rsquo;mon dawg. God bless you. I still love you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He probably loves you, too, especially if there are any swing seats left somewhere in Colorado. He loves your team, as well, as long as he&rsquo;s there.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, invite him to your next game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/coach-prime-fire-okay-football-coach-say-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coach Prime<\/a>! He&rsquo;ll be a Buffaloes fan for at least three hours on one Saturday. The only team he has any permanent affinity for is the Purple State Panderlions, after all.<\/p>\n<p>At the basic level, there may be plenty of questions about the Prime-coached Buffaloes, but whether or not they&rsquo;re better than they were last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abnormally-sized-king-penguin-chick-becomes-social-media-star\/\" title=\"Abnormally Sized King Penguin Chick Becomes Social Media Star\">year isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, their only game against a currently ranked opponent ended in a loss, against No. 18 Kansas State. However, they&rsquo;re not far outside the rankings, with ESPN rating them the 40th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/41901478\/college-football-2024-week-8-sp+-rankings-takeaways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best team this week<\/a>. And, like any team with a winning record in a Power 5 conference, they have more than a few good players.<\/p>\n<p>But this is who President Obama is. Maybe the people in Boulder &mdash; and other college towns, for that matter &mdash; might want to think a little bit harder about just how much they can trust the rest of the jumble that falls out of his mouth along the campaign trail. He&rsquo;ll tell you whatever you like &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-gets-mixed-economic-report-less-than-a-month-from-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least until Election Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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While this college town may seem like a natural fit with its young, progressive residents and academic crowd, these groups also blend their liberal views with sports enthusiasm. This is highlighted by the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team, coached by NFL legend Deion &#8220;Prime Time&#8221; Sanders. The Buffaloes recently defeated the University of Arizona Wildcats\u2014a team that struggles and is in a state where Democrats face tough odds in elections. Obama has been actively campaigning in Arizona, which ties him to this situation. During a recent event in Tucson, he acknowledged Colorado&#8217;s players but encouraged support for the Wildcats instead. Coach Sanders later responded humorously to Obama&#8217;s comments about his team&#8217;s talent level, emphasizing that they have more than just two good players while expressing his admiration for Obama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2357875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Obama-v-Sanders.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43489,39749,5315,43488,33418],"class_list":["post-2357874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coaching-criticism","tag-deion-sanders","tag-obama","tag-political-games","tag-sports-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Obama-v-Sanders.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}