Deion Sanders is excited about college football's transfer portal reopening ahead of Saturday's sold-out Colorado spring game, but Nebraska's Matt Rhule continues to hammer down another point as a fellow first-year coach within the Power Five ranks. With a statement over the weekend, potentially directed at Sanders and his pending roster decisions, Rhule said his program's chief focus is on each other.
Sanders posted an Instagram video of himself dancing about the transfer portal's two-week April opening with the caption, "you know where to find me" to potential interested players. Colorado currently has the nation's top-ranked transfer class in the 2023 cycle on 247Sports.
“I hear other schools (say) they can’t wait for today, the transfer portal, they can’t wait to go out … I can’t wait to coach my guys, let me tell you that,” Rhule said after a weekend practice at Nebraska. “I’m not here … I’m not thinking about anybody else but this team out here.”
Last month, Rhule mentioned his program taking the blue-collar attitude ahead of his first campaign instead of the Hollywood-approach. Sanders, on the other hand, has given America an all-access pass to the inner workings of his team this spring.
"If you notice in our videos that we post and I'm proud to post those, they're always of us working," Rhule said. "They're never of us talking. (This) program is built on work, it's not built on hype."
The good news surrounding these veiled, offseason remarks from Rhule? Nebraska and Colorado can settle things on the field in Week 2 next season. The Buffaloes host the Huskers at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, Sept. 9.
