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Is Deion Sanders destined for Boulder, Colo.? Fox Sports reported Saturday morning that Colorado officials, “desperate to pump some life into [the Buffs] program,” have offered its vacant football coaching position to Sanders, the Jackson State coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer. A Buffs athletic department official said he would neither confirm nor deny the report. Sources familiar with the search, speaking on the condition of anonymity, have indicated that CU had recently whittled its candidate pool to three or four finalists and were not expected to formally announce a hire until after this weekend. The Buffs (1-10) fired Karl Dorrell on Oct. 2 after an 0-5 start this season and an 8-15 record since his hire in February 2022. Since 2012, CU has gone through four full-time football coaches, two of whom were let go prior to the end of their final season. Sanders, 55, sports a 26-5 record over three seasons at FCS Jackson State, his first collegiate coaching job. The Tigers won the SWAC East last fall and are 22-2 over the past two years.