BOULDER — Home run?
Nah. Bigger than that.
Colorado's hiring of Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders isn't just one swing of the bat. Sanders' arrival is a program-changing, 180-degree tectonic shift that will immediately turn the focus of college football squarely on Boulder once again.
The analogy that fits?
With Colorado's struggling football program facing a fourth-and-10 from the Buffaloes own 20, Athletic Director Rick George didn't just try to extend the drive.
To heck with simply moving the chains.
George wanted to change the scoreboard, one that has seen Colorado on the short end of a long stick for too many years.