Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders has a big warning for his players ahead of Friday’s Alamo Bowl game: If any of them are caught smoking before the game, it will be “your last puff.”
In the video, Sanders is seen addressing his players and ensuring that they take their health and the game seriously.
“If I smell smoke on a floor or if I get someone who tells me someone is smoking on that floor, that will be your last puff,” Sanders said.
Some players were heard laughing, but Sanders continued to show them that he was dead serious.
“I’m just trying to tell you – this will be your last puff. That will be your last puff. I hope it goes well because it will be your last,” he added. “I promise you, if I smell smoke on your clothes at morning practice, at breakfast, at any time, that will be your last time.”
Koch did not clarify what type of smoke he was referring to, but presumably, he was referring to any type of smoke.
This will be the Buffaloes’ first bowl game since 2020, but if they win, it will be their first since 2004.
Colorado has two players who are strong prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft: Travis Hunter and Shadure Sanders. He is considered such a potential first-round draft pick that he has taken out disability insurance in case he is injured in any of his games this season, Fox News reports.
“We have two players that will probably be the first two picks of the NFL draft,” Sanders told the media on Monday. “I think we all know who those two are, and they’ve got it; I believe this is the most coverage college football has ever seen. That’s more than anyone who has ever played the game of college football. So, we are happy and excited.”
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