BOULDER, Colo. -- Rain pelted Deion Sanders as he walked out of the tunnel onto Folsom Field for his second spring game as head coach. Fans in the lower bowl cheered and clamored for him to get a little closer. Sanders waved hello before walking out to the water-logged field to check out the drills his players were running.
Last year, a sold-out record crowd of 47,277 braved snow and frigid temperatures for their first glimpse of Coach Prime, a man whose presence alone made Colorado football relevant again and the talk of the college football world. This year, the stadium is not filled, with vast open spaces in the end zones and upper decks.