Colorado’s Deion Sanders embracing Nebraska rivalry ahead of home opener: 'This is personal'

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Whether it's playing on the football field or coaching, Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has never lacked confidence. His arrival in Boulder has brought unprecedented attention and cash flow to a Colorado Buffaloes program that only managed to win one game in 2022.

"We told you we coming. We told you we coming. You thought we was joking," Sanders proclaimed on Saturday following Colorado's upset win over the defending national champion TCU Horned Frogs.

Sanders and Colorado will now turn the page use this week to prepare for a highly anticipated home game against Nebraska. Sanders said he is well aware of the passion that comes with the Colorado-Nebraska rivalry.

"I've learned the serious nature of this rivalry, and I'm embracing it 100%," the first-year Buffaloes coach told reporters on Tuesday. 

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Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders before playing the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Ft. Worth September 02, 2023.  (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Sanders added that he is taking the game against the Cornhuskers is personal: "This is personal. That's the message of the week. This is personal."

Colorado tickets sales spiked in the days following the 45-42 victory over TCU. A university spokesperson told Front Office Sports that approximately $430,000 in single-game football tickets have sold since Saturday.

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Fans who want to be in the stands for Saturday's matchup against Nebraska will likely have to resort to the secondary market, where tickets were starting at