Former FSU defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews enjoys watching Deion Sanders win debut
Mickey Andrews has never underestimated Deion Sanders.
Not as a player.
Coach.
Or person.
“The thing about Deion is he’s a guy who believes himself and what he’s doing,” Andrews said Saturday. “He’s not going to let people hang around who are not doing their part. He has such a high standard, beginning with himself.
“It was amazing to see.”
Andrews – Florida State’s defensive coordinator who coached Sanders at FSU (1985-88) – was glued to the television Saturday as Sanders made his FBC coaching debut for the Colorado Buffaloes.
There has never been a team with so much hype after going 1-11 last year and having just one season with double-digit wins the past 21 years.
Deion Sanders relishes being in 'Prime Time'
Sanders, of course, has built himself for Prime Time and proving doubters wrong.
The Buffs delivered in stunning fashion, upsetting No. 17 TCU 45-42 in Fort Worth, Texas on FOX Sports. The 21-point favorite Horned Frogs were coming off a national championship appearance last season.
Andrews, part of two national titles at FSU under coach Bobby Bowden, marveled over Colorado’s performance.
Sanders flipped the team’s roster in the offseason by adding 53 transfer players, including his son Shedeur Sanders and two-way player Travis Hunter.
His staff also includes former Seminoles assistants Charles Kelly (defensive coordinator/safeties), Tim Brewster (tight ends), Sal Sunseri (defensive tackles) and others in James Chaney (Director of Player Development) and Craig Campanozzi (director of sports video).
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Shedeur, the team’s starting quarterback, set a single-game team passing record with 510 yards and four touchdowns against TCU. He became the first Buffaloes quarterback ever to eclipse the 500-yard mark.
“A lot of you didn’t believe in us,” Shedeur Sanders said. “It’s crazy because you just got to understand our coach, Coach Prime, my dad, everywhere he went, he was a winner. Every game, every opportunity, he took advantage of.”
Hunter, a former FSU commit, became the first FBS player in at least 20 seasons to record more than 100 receiving yards and an interception in the same game.
Shilo Sanders, also Deion’s son, plays safety for the Buffs. Overall, Colorado’s revamped roster features 87 new players.
“Who would have ever thought that?” Andrews said of the Buff’s performance following the program’s major overhaul.
“When u see somebody who believes it and what they are doing to the extent he does, people around him enjoy being a part of it.”
Andrews also pointed out an important tangible about Colorado under Sanders, who coached the past three years at HBCU Jackson State.
“Ever since he got out there, he’s talked about finishing,” Andrews said.
“They finished. On both sides of the ball they finished. I thought for the first ball game, it was a great effort by both teams."
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Colorado football stuns TCU in Deion Sanders' debut as Buffs' coach
