BOULDER, Colo. -- Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders proudly recited the numbers from his first recruiting class at Colorado.
Two five-star recruits. A No. 23 overall class ranking, which was the highest in 15 years, he pointed out, while starting to reshape his team in the transfer portal.
Then a quick reminder: He isn't done gathering talent. Not by a long shot. This is just a brief pause, he teased, with the possibility of more skilled players arriving sometime after the spring.
It has taken Sanders less than two months in Boulder to not only revamp a downtrodden program but to give a starved fan base something else: hope.