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How Deion Sanders' Colorado roster rebuild echoes history from 50 years ago

One of the most intriguing storylines in college football history featured a bold new coach who rode into town and caused a stir after he took over a downtrodden team that had won only one game the previous year.

The same coach then tried to build an instant winner by bringing in more than 65 new scholarship players during his first year – a massive class of newcomers that helped replace the players who quit the team in droves before the season.

But this was not just Deion Sanders, the new head coach of Colorado.