Colorado is giving new meaning to the term “rebuild” in college football.
In a span of about five months after the Buffaloes hired coach Deion Sanders away from jackson state On December 3, 2022, a staggering 52 Colorado players entered the transfer portal. The Associated Press called the massive exodus “unprecedented in [the] it was from the portal.”
The course of events in Boulder has ruffled the feathers of more than a few in all of college football, including pittsburgh trainer Pat Narduzzi. Narduzzi, who won the ACC title with the Panthers in 2021 only to see All-American receiver Jordan Addison go to USCcriticized Sanders for misusing the system in an interview with 247Sports.
“That’s not the way it’s supposed to be,” Narduzzi said. “That’s not what [transfer portal] rule it was meant to be. It wasn’t to check his list. We’ll see how it works out, but that, to me, looks bad on college football coaches across the country.”
Shortly after his hire, Sanders was filmed saying holdovers from the Buffaloes’ 1-11 ’22 team, “I take my own baggage with me,” explicitly encouraging them to enter the portal.
“I grew up in a profession where you can’t tell a guy that he has to leave based on his athleticism,” Narduzzi said. “When I came to Pitt in 2015, I didn’t kick anyone out. Zero. Those are your boys. When you become head coach, you inherit that team and coach it. If someone wants to leave, great. You don’t kick them out.”
For better or worse, a completely different Colorado team will take the field when the Buffaloes open their season in TCU September 2.
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