Deion Sanders Is SI’s 2023 Sportsperson of the Year
Deion is the first NCAA football coach to win Sport's Illustrated's award since Joe Paterno in 1986. None of the overblown Power 5 Conference college football coaches we currently consider great college coaches have achieved this award despite some winning multiple championships.
Deion Sanders has achieved this feat in his first year at Colorado Boulder, and despite a statistical losing record of 4 – 8.
This again shows, as many have shown and as Deion has stated, it's about more than football, it's about life.
We want Deion to succeed at Colorado, but more importantly we need him to help others succeed in life.
Also, Paul “not so” Finebaum and Lee Corso are sick to their stomachs, along with the usual camaraderie of idiots who still don't get it and will never understand, as Coach Lou Holtz essentially said, in order to WIN you must understand what's important now. Sport's Illustrated got it right hands down firmly and hands up in praise.