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By Andrew Hughes
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Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders doesn't appreciate the student section's unofficial tradition of smoking weed during the second quarter of every game.
While speaking to CBS News's Romi Bean with Folsom Field in the backdrop, Coach Prime described the wave of smoke that hits at the T.V. timeout. He seemed none too pleased about it while admitting he never smoked a day in his life.
This isn't the first time Sanders has spoken about a disdain for marijuana usage at Folsom Field.
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Coach Prime once called out adults smoking weed in the stands with children around during a book tour for his March 2024 release, "Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field."
"Who's smoking up in here? Good lord," Sanders said during his book tour, per the Athletic's David Ubben. "I've never been high, but I've been close here, being the coach at Colorado.
"I don't know what y'all do, but between those 40s (the student section at Folsom Field), it goes down. Jesus Christ. We got kids in here. It was so blatant one game, I thought they were doing it on the sideline. 'Check the bench! Who's got the fat one?"
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Sanders' future at CU is no longer a question about whether he likes Boulder, marijuana smoke and all. He's reassured Buffs fans time and again that he likes living in Colorado at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
What is a question is his health. Coach Prime revealed a bladder cancer diagnosis that will force him to wear Depend adult diapers and have a porta-potty on the sidelines.
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He's laughed it off and even monetized his struggles, but one man can only deal with years of various health ailments before sliding out of the spotlight.
With Shedeur Sanders the Cleveland Browns' QB3 and Shilo Sanders potentially not making an NFL roster at all, the whole family may be preparing for life away from the spotlight within a year or two.
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