Colorado's Deion Sanders warns players about smoking ahead of bowl game

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Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders laid down the rules for his team as they arrived at their hotel in preparation for the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.

Sanders was seen in a video telling his players there was no smoking allowed.

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Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders before the game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, Nov. 29, 2024. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

"If I smell smoke on any floor or if I get someone that tells me somebody is smoking on that floor, that will be your last puff," Sanders said.

Colorado players started laughing but Coach Prime made clear he was serious.

"I’m just trying to tell you – it will be your last puff. That’ll be your last puff. I hope it was good because that’s gonna be your last one," he said. "I promise you, if I smell smoke on your clothes at practice in the morning, at breakfast, at anything, that’s gonna be your last time."

Sanders is taking his first Football Bowl Subdivision bowl game very seriously.

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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders talks with quarterback Shedeur Sanders during a timeout in the Central Florida game, Sept. 28, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

The Buffalos will enter their first bowl game since the 2020 season, which was shortened due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the football program hasn’t won a bowl game since 2004, when Gary Barnett was still roaming the sidelines for the Buffaloes.

Colorado has