Deion Sanders reiterates conference realignment all about the money
Deion Sanders isn't here for the nonsense of other teams moving to different conferences. It has no bearing on how the Colorado Buffaloes will play this season, even though some coaches outside of Boulder have sounded off about it.
One of those in particular was Oregon's Dan Lanning, who fired a shot at Colorado's exit to the Big 12 and defended their standing within the Pac-12 conference. However, Oregon is now reportedly on the way to the Big Ten.
"I don't care about different teams moving. We're trying to win," Sanders told reporters on Friday. "I don't care who we're playing. I don't care about what conference, who we're playing against. We're here to win."
Coach Prime also defended his roster turnover and gave a clear picture of the current state of college athletics. Nothing we didn't already know, but just a friendly reminder to those stuck in any decade prior to the one we're currently in.
"All this is about money. You know that. It's about a bag. Everybody is chasing a bag, and then you get mad at the players when they chase it," Sanders noted. "How's that? How does a grown-up get mad at the players when they're chasing it, but the colleges are chasing it. The reporter followed up by saying, "There were a couple more teams moving today." With Sanders replying, "Yeah, the same teams talking about us."
Yes, Coach Prime was talking about Lanning and the Ducks migrating to the Big Ten. It seemed like it was open season when Colorado was the first to leave the Pac-12 with Oregon trying to stay faithful to a poorly managed conference. A week later and the school closely tied to Nike is out starting next year.
So, where does this leave the Pac-12? At the moment, the conference is on life support, which needs a miracle to exist in 2024. Colorado and Arizona are headed to the Pac-12, along with Oregon and Washington off to the Big Ten. That leaves six less-than-powerful teams on the books without any of them in Southern California.
