Alabama’s Nick Saban has ‘tremendous amount of respect’ for Deion Sanders

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Deion Sanders has the eyes of college football focused on Boulder as his Colorado Buffaloes are 3-0 to start the season. 

"Coach Prime" completely flipped the roster after taking the job in December, starting the year with 68 new scholarship players, according to The Athletic. 

Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes looks on from the sideline in the third quarter against the Colorado State Rams at Folsom Field Sept. 16, 2023, in Boulder, Colo.  (Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

The roster flip has paid off. The Buffaloes have taken college football by storm through the early part of the season. 

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Even Nick Saban, head coach of Alabama and arguably the greatest college coach of all time, is heaping praise on Sanders. 

"I haven’t been able to see him a lot. I saw a little bit of the game last week against Colorado State," Saban said Wednesday when asked what he has seen from Colorado. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for Deion Sanders. First, he’s a great person, and he does a great job of marketing the program to create a lot of national interest. But I see their team playing well on the field. They play with discipline. They do a good job with executing. They’ve been able to score points, playing decent on defense."

Saban and Sanders know each other well, starring in Aflac commercials together. 

Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts prior to a game against the Texas Longhorns at Bryant-Denny Stadium Sept. 9, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.  (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

"All those things to me are