Deion Sanders, who is rarely in need of opinions, said he shouldn’t be glad with the variety of late-night games his Colorado Buffaloes have needed to play this season.
Colorado (4-2, 1-2 Pac 12) plays one other night game on Friday when it hosts the Stanford Cardinal (1-4, 0-3) at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (8 p.m. Mountain).
The sport can be televised at 8 p.m. on ESPN
“Who makes these 8 o’clock games? Dumbest thing ever,” Coach Prime said Wednesday on “Buffs PrimeTime.” “Stupidest thing ever invented in life. Who desires to not sleep until 8 o’clock for a darn game?
“What concerning the East Coast — do they even care about rankings? Is anyone watching it? What are we purported to do with the children all day until 8 o’clock? What are we purported to do within the hotel?”
Host Mark Johnson asked Sanders if he could watch football in his downtime before night games, but Coach Prime had a fast retort.
“Who’s playing on Friday?” Sanders asked jokingly.
Colorado’s 43-35 double time beyond regulation win over in-state rival Colorado State in Week 3 began at 8:21 p.m. Mountain Time, and that classic didn’t finish until 12:25 a.m. — the longest game in class history, in accordance with the varsity.
The Buffaloes’ next late contest is on Nov. 17 after they travel to Washington State for an 8:30 p.m. Mountain Time kickoff.
Colorado — who’s coming off a hard-fought road victory over Arizona State on Saturday — also has had some earlier games on its slate this season, having three kickoffs start at 10 a.m. Mountain Time.
They won two of those three games.
Sanders won’t must cope with as many late-night games as his Colorado program moves from the Pac-12, which is understood to play many night games, to the Big 12 next season.
“Thank God we’re not going to be on this conference,” Sanders said on his radio show.
Besides Friday being a late game for Colorado, it also can be played on an infamous night — Friday the thirteenth.
The one other occasion was in November 2015, after they lost 27-24 to Southern California.