Deion Sanders calls late start times 'stupidest thing ever' - ESPN

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders doesn't want anyone sleeping on what's happening with his reconstructed Colorado Buffaloes.

It's just sometimes hard to stay awake until the end. A few late-night kickoffs have the Buffaloes chasing wins when many around the nation are catching «Zzzs.»

Coach Prime isn't the biggest fan of those late prime-time kickoffs, either. The Buffaloes will play well into the night once again Friday when they host Stanford at sold-out Folsom Field. The game won't start until at least 8 p.m. MT and doesn't figure to finish until after 11:30 p.m., maybe even carry into early Saturday.

«Who makes these 8 o'clock games? Dumbest thing ever. Stupidest thing ever invented in life. Who wants to stay up until 8 o'clock for a darn game?» Sanders said Wednesday on Buffs PrimeTime. «What about the East Coast — do they even care about ratings? Is anyone watching it? What are we supposed to do with the kids all day until 8 o'clock? What are we supposed to do in the hotel?»

Asked by the host of his show, Mark Johnson, about maybe watching some football in the downtime, Sanders quipped: «Who's playing on Friday?»

It will be just the second time the Buffaloes play on a Friday the 13th. The only other occasion was November 2015 when they lost 27-24 to Southern California.

Sanders only wishes these late-night games were as rare.

When the Buffaloes (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12) played Colorado State on Sept. 16 — kickoff was at 8:21 p.m. Mountain — the game didn't finish until 12:25 a.m. It did go two overtimes, though, and lasted a little over four hours as the Buffaloes rallied for a 43-35 win. It was the longest game in Buffaloes history, the school reported.

Up ahead is another late one for Colorado on Nov. 17 at Washington