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On Saturday, the unranked Kansas Jayhawks will welcome the No. 16 Colorado Buffaloes for a highly-anticipated Big 12 matchup. After a rough start to the 2024 college football season, the Jayhawks have found their stride in recent weeks.
Fresh off a win over No. 17 Iowa State two weeks ago, head coach Lance Leipold and his squad notched another ranked victory over the No. 6 BYU Cougars this past weekend.
Kansas will look to notch its third consecutive ranked victory over Colorado on Saturday, but Leipold isn't giving Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes any bulletin board material. On Monday, Leipold delivered some classy remarks about Coach Prime and the job he's done with the Colorado program. "I have a lot of respect for Coach Sanders, Coach Prime and how he's gone about it.
I told him that the one of the first times I met him," Leipold said. "..
. He coached high school football, he coached at a HBCU university that doesn’t have many resources and he found a way to be successful. He found a way to build this program and his own philosophy.
" Kansas Head Coach Lance Leipold on Coach Prime : “I have a lot of respect for Coach Prime...
He coached High School Football, he coached at a HBCU university that doesn’t have many resources and he found a way to be successful” pic.twitter.com/yR22FWfi3E Leipold is receiving some praise for his classy response when asked about Sanders.
"Looking forward to this game. Kansas Coach seems like a good guy," one fan wrote. "He gave prime his flowers he said prime was ahead of the curve with rebuilding that was cool to hear him say," another said.
"Need more of this respectfulness in college football. Seems to have been lost in a lot of programs," another added. #SkoBuffs Respect to Coach Leipold.
Kansas has been playing better and we see why. 🤝🏾🫡🦬💪🏾 Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Sanders and the Buffaloes are favored by 2.
5 points over Leipold and the Jayhawks heading into Saturday's game. The contest is set to kickoff at 3:30 p.m.
EST at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium..
