While that start has only resulted in a single vote in the AP and coaches poll, the talking heads at ESPN are quickly coming around on Deion Sanders' team. With Stephen A. Smith and even Paul Finebaum celebrating Coach Prime's September success earlier this week,

The Colorado Buffaloes have been one of the biggest surprises of the college football season. They're off to a 2-0 start in their return to the Big 12, and they currently sit at 4-1 on the season, matching their win total from all of 2023.

Finebaum was the target of Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, who was upset that Finebaum was suddenly praising Colorado head coach Deion Sanders after the Buffaloes won their 3rd straight game with last Saturday’s road win over UCF to suddenly improve to 4-1 on the season.

Paul Finebaum regrets some of what he had to say about Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders. On Tuesday’s episode of “First Take,” Finebaum discussed the Buffaloes’ 48-21 win over the UCF Golden Knights and walked back some of his previous criticisms of the head coach and his program.

Paul Finebaum is eating his words a bit when it comes to his criticism of Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. On Tuesday's "First Take," the SEC Network personality sat down with Stephen A. Smith to discuss the Buffs' 48-21 win over UCF and ended up backpedaling like CU's coach in his prime.