College football is a breeding ground for fresh ideas, innovation, creativity, and pure unhindered fun. For a Colorado football program that's spent the better part of the last decade or so mired in the equivalent of a competitive tar pit, helplessly awaiting its inevitable demise, they were able to reach a nearby tree limb and pull themselves from their would-be deathbed in the form of head coach Deion Sanders.
Sanders, an NFL legend and one of the greatest professional athletes of all time, has breathed new life into a once dormant football program. In just his second season at the helm, he delivered Colorado's first nine-win season in nearly a decade while sending multiple players to the NFL Draft -- including the Heisman Trophy winner and second-overall selection Travis Hunter.