Deion Sanders accuses Obama of 'playing political games' by picking Arizona to beat Colorado

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders says helium likes Barack Obama, but helium had to telephone the erstwhile president retired this week. 

Obama picked the Arizona Wildcats to bushed Sanders' Buffaloes successful a crippled Saturday.

During a code successful Tucson, Arizona, Friday, Obama claimed helium adjacent saw the Colorado buses erstwhile his level landed and reminded the assemblage of the Wildcats' two-game winning streak against the Buffaloes dating backmost to 2022. 

"I cognize Colorado got a mates bully players, but I besides cognize you guys person beaten them doubly successful a row," Obama said. "Don't stake against the Wildcats tomorrow."

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Maher poked amusive astatine President Obama resorting to "scolding" Black men into supporting Harris. (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Last year, Arizona bushed Colorado 34-31 during Sanders’ archetypal play with the program. In 2022, the Wildcats defeated the Buffaloes 43-20, prompting Colorado to occurrence manager Karl Dorrell aft the team’s 0-5 commencement to the season.

This year, Sanders and his squad proved the erstwhile president precise wrong. 

Colorado blew retired Arizona 34-7 to amended to 5-2 connected the season. After the game, Sanders called retired Obama to the press, suggesting helium lone picked Arizona due to the fact that helium was successful the authorities campaigning earlier this week. 

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders rolls retired to pass. (Mike Watters/Imagn Images)

"I heard what helium said. Mr. President, I heard what you said," Sanders told reporters aft the game. "That's wherefore I truly don't get into politics, due to the fact that politicians, they play the governmental game. He was here, and helium had to play the governmental game."

Arizona is considered a cardinal plaything authorities successful the upcoming election. 

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Former President Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center successful Chicgo Aug. 20, 2024.  (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Sanders took peculiar contented with Obama claiming his squad lone had "a mates bully players." 

"We person 2 bully players? We person much than 2 bully players. But you were here, you had to support," Sanders said. "Mr. President, travel on, man. You my man. I emotion you and admit you, but travel on, dog."

Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders went 23-for-33 passing, throwing for 250 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and adding a rushing touchdown. Star cornerback and wide receiver Travis Hunter started Saturday aft injuring his enarthrosis against Kansas State past week.

Obama came nether occurrence by different erstwhile NFL prima who played successful the aforesaid epoch arsenic Sanders aft different comments Obama made connected the run trail.

During a caller run halt for Harris successful Pittsburgh, Obama addressed the vice president's dwindling enactment among Black voters, particularly Black men. 

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders walks the sideline during a crippled against the UCF Knights Sept. 28, 2024, astatine FBC Mortgage Stadium successful Orlando, Fla. (Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"Now, I besides privation to accidental that that seems to beryllium much pronounced with the brothers. So, if you don't mind, conscionable for a second, I've got to talk to y’all and accidental that erstwhile you person a choice, that it is this cleanable when, connected the 1 hand, you person idiosyncratic who grew up similar you, went to assemblage with you, understands the struggles [and the] symptom and joyousness that comes from those experiences," Obama said. 

Obama adjacent suggested that these voters aren't supporting Harris due to the fact that she is simply a woman. Obama did not astatine immoderate constituent admit that the lesser enactment whitethorn beryllium due to the fact that of her grounds arsenic vice president and past arsenic a prosecutor. 

"I’m speaking to men straight — portion of it makes maine deliberation that, well, you conscionable aren’t feeling the thought of having a pistillate arsenic president, and you’re coming up with different alternatives and different reasons for that," Obama said. 

Former NFL prima moving backmost Herschel Walker, a erstwhile Republican Senate nominee successful Georgia, criticized Obama for his comments this week. 

"[Barack Obama], you forgot however hard we fought for our close to vote! Telling america however to ballot based connected colour is simply a measurement backward. The atrocious policies of Biden/Harris person wounded america all. We request unity brother, not division!" Walker wrote connected X.

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