Deion Sanders and Colorado Athletic Department Call Fight Song Allegation ‘Completely False’

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Deion Sanders and the University of Colorado athletic department have denied a report about Sanders allegedly telling the band not to play the fight song.

After Colorado football’s 28-10 loss to Nebraska, 104.3 The Fan writer Jake Shapiro claimed in an article that the team lacked “fight.” He went on to say that the team’s lack of fight even went as far as Sanders telling the band not to play the school’s fight song after his son — quarterback Shedeur Sanders — throws touchdown passes. He did so, Shapiro continued, to make sure Shedeur’s own song could be played in the stadium.

Hours after that article was published, commentator Roland Martin reached out to Sanders directly for his response. In addition to refuting the allegation, Sanders claimed Shapiro “has had a bone to pick since I arrived.”

“This is a lie,” Sanders said in a text to Martin. “Please ask them to report who I told this to. There’s no ACCOUNTABILITY in that business anymore. None! This is also a guy that has had a bone to pick since I arrived. God bless him. They all want & need attention in this dying day of media jockeying for stability.”

In statements to multiple outlets , Colorado football spokesman Curtis Snyder denied the story as well.

“Nobody ever asked the band to refrain from playing the fight song,” Snyder told Outkick. “After a touchdown, the band plays ‘Glory, Glory, Colorado’ and after a point after touchdown, the band plays ‘Fight CU,’ as has been standard practice for years. When Shadeur Sanders scores, the band will wait a moment for a small snippet of Shadeur’s song to play before immediately kicking into ‘Glory, Glory Colorado.’ This is exactly what happened in the game against North Dakota State. This practice is not unique to Shadeur, as the band will wait a moment following a successful field goal to play Alejandro Mata’s song before playing ‘Fight CU.'”