The Most Hyped 4-8 Season in CFB History 

Colorado went from 1-11 to 4-8, and everyone thought their coach was a miracle worker. Northwestern went from 1-11 to 8-5 with a bowl win over Utah and nobody even noticed. Deion is one of the great self promoters of all time.

The worst thing that happened to CU was beating TCU in that first game. Not because they won, but because Sanders acted like he won a national championship afterwards and started calling everyone out instead of trying to check expectations and being humble.

Nobody talks about that Stanford receiver single handedly making that 29 point comeback possible. Dude put up madden numbers

He comes off as one of those mega church preachers that own jets 😂

Deion Sanders ruined his season by winning 2 games and was like , “ChEcK the RecEiPts”. Then when he faced real competition he got blown out. Players stomping on Oregon’s logo and cussing at Oregon players at pregame? Bro that’s how people come out to destroy you. I’m glad they did.

It reminds me of the Jags when they made it to the AFC championship. They also had a lot of talented players with big personalities and that worked for a little while. As soon as things started to go wrong though they went really wrong and the team was back to the bottom quickly.

#13 Ayomanor had one of the craziest nights I've ever seen a WR have for Stanford that night.

To add insult to injury Deion demoted Sean Lewis which was the oc in the first half of the season and was probably his best hire he made for pat shurmur and now Sean Lewis is the head coach at San Diego state

“They were 1-11 last year” Northwestern was 1-11, fired their long time HC in the summer, and went 7-5

It’s a rare sight to see KTO delve fully into college football. An amazing video, keep up the good work!

As an Oregon fan that beatdown was immensely satisfying to watch

“At least you have the broncos” got to be the best light roast I’ve ever heard

Oregon and Stanford killed this team Not just record-wise, those teams stole colorado’s swagger

The style isn't meant to be sustainable, it's meant to get him a bigger job in another season or two.

Elik Ayomanor taking 13 receptions for 294 yds & 3 TDs seemingly all on slants in the second half killed me😂 I was laughing so hard watching them blow that game to Stanford

Those first 4 weeks were the peak of my college football experience as a CU fan, 2016 was pretty cool but man, the rocky mountain showdown was trending on twitter, CU had fans for once. I wouldn't trade it for the world

If we're honest, most people didn't hate Deion or Colorado, but the way the media covered them. To be on gameday, Big, Noon, AND 60 Minutes within 4 weeks is crazy. Undisputed with Skip Bayless, the Cowboy homer had him on the show every week too.

This is the best football channel on RU-vid.

Worth noting that the day after the Stanford comeback, CSU came back from 10-30 in the 4th quarter to beat Boise State. Twas a good weekend to be in Fort Collins :)

As a Husker fan, I apologize for our awful team giving Deion more hype than they deserved early in the season

As an Oregon fan, watching our team humble Colorado was incredibly satisfying to watch.

I lost a fair bit of respect for them in the lead up to the Oregon game and in the immediate aftermath. After complaining about the disrespect that Colorado State showed them for things like stomping on the logo, they turn around and do the same thing. Coach Prime blaming the players when nobody on the team looked prepared. Then to go out and claim that Oregon colluded with other teams to get film on them. It was a bad look all around

The thing that sticks with me is it seems the Buffs looked worse , and losing by wider margins , as the year went on. That is a sign of a team QUITTING / SHUTTING THE LOUD-MOUTHED COACH OUT. The guy is all hype. Kansas , Northwestern , other schools had much more impressive turnarounds. Those coaches don't flap their gums and wear gold chains though.

The issue is that Colorado averages 3-5 wins per year and everybody focused on the previous year where they had 1 win. So they basically had an average year with a whole new roster so we can’t really say if this is a better year or just a normal Colorado year. Almost the whole roster was new and as you pointed out it is unprecedented. Really hard to say if he turned the program around or just brought in new talent to hype the year. I think NIL and the portal is going to make college football like NFL football and each year will be different and no program building will be done anymore.

This is why everyone who argues if Deion had the talent he would be an elite coach. These are his players. And he went 4-8.

Storming the field week 2 after beating Nebraska is crazy 😂

I really like how their season basically ended when oregon clapped them so hard they died burned out entirely the rest of the season trying to recover from the most brutal beatdown of a undefeated team lmao

For added context to the Dan Lanning speech, there were videos leaked of Colorado players stomping on the ducks’ midfield logo, which was why he got fired up. Great video as always KTO!👍

So yall THOUGHT Deon sanders ( a head high school coach that had only spent a few years actually being a head coach)ACTUALLY was qualified for the FSU JOB??!!

They were predicted to win 4 games and they did. The praise this team gets is insane

I’m a huge Oregon fan, and seeing everyone join Colorado’s side before the game, then watching Oregon put them in their place was one of the best feelings ever.

As much as I got tired of Colorado news, it showed how much smaller college football is than professional sports. Just one former pro athlete starting a frenzy over his bad team was a bigger story than Alabama ever is. It just means more eyes are on college football than ever before.

It's crazy how hyped this team was consdering shedeur was getting heisman talks. TCU rly pranked us cuz everyone thought they would at least be a football team

I flew to Colorado to see their game against USC & that place was ROCKING.... I'm hoping they can get to a bowl game next season but the Coach Prime effect is REAL. reat video man!

As a USF fan, I initially felt we missed out when we hired Alex Golesh instead of Deion Sanders. (Especially when our two best receivers transferred to Colorado) Now I feel like we dodged a bullet considering we went from 1-11 to 7-6 with a bright future ahead of us.

The thing with Deion is that he seems to just be looking for one type of player. He wants more hims, more deions. He can get them sure, but he’s almost making the recruiting class smaller. And if he wants more deions, what’s stopping them from changing teams like he did? Additionally, kids who want exposure might not want to play on a team where the main attraction is their coach and his sons. It’s very possible Deion levels out at consistent 8-4 seasons where he does win, but not enough to get to a bowl game.

Hard part about picking up a ton of transfers are those guys are mainly mid level backups on other teams. Not every transfer is Travis Hunter

As a CSU alum but an Atlanta native it was tuff but CSU lowkey exposing CU after all the hype made me so happy. Especially after all the dudes that’s don’t truly watch CFP (Stephen A.) talked all the crap it made it much nicer.

Deion in the press conference after Stanford said everything I needed to hear

This was edited beautifully, fantastic work as usual KTO. I love the use of clips to give perspective on what the media was saying about Colorado at different points in the year.

Being confident is good. Being obnoxiously arrogant is something else. When he looked into the camera as a first year head coach with a scrambled and stitched together team and program that lost all but one game the year before and said “We comin” like they were the 85 Bears or something, I knew it was over. The bubble may not have popped at that exact moment but that was when the universe turned against them.

"they're playing for clicks and we're playing for wins" -ducks coach right before they stomped prime's product

I seriously miss Gus Johnson calling NFL games. He brings excellent energy at his job. The man is a national treasure.

Ik you’ll probably not see this but I really want to thank you for getting me into football. I remember trying to get into it as a kid but I never really found any yt channels at the time that hooked me into it. But you were different you talked about famous games in football history and talked about insane players in history and it all just hooked me in and led to me to where I am today watching and knowing everything about the nfl and college football and leading me down a path a couldn’t be more thankful for.

I went from highly rooting for Deon to quietly hoping his team does half decent

Many are right about Oregon humbling Colorado but that Stanford game was absolutely brutal. To me, that was the turning point of their season. Just want to also add, they should have never left the Big-12 in the first place. One of, if not, THE worst move in conference realignment.

“I’m bringing my luggage with me and it’s Louie” proceeds to go 4-8

You should be SO proud of this video man. Such a polished, concise, well put piece of content. The definitive video on the insanity that was this Colorado season. Been subbed for 6+ years, and to see your growth/development as a creator has been so fucking cool. You're one of the best sports creators on the platform, keep doing what you're doing!

Oregon's coach said it best their Cinderella story ends here and it did !!! They were lucky they didn't play Washington 😅😅😅

I grew up going to Colorado State games (my dad went there). I'm perfectly aware they're a mediocre program who might occasionally overachieve, but are going to be totally mid at best. So when Colorado had to take them to 2OT to win, I knew things were going to get rough for the Buffalos. I already forget which conference CU defected to for 2024, but Sanders might discover the tougher competition will take years to overcome. Or he'll take the first NFL gig offered to him.

Digging out two "Must be the Money" clips is a SURE sign that KTO did his homework. Job well done!!

Love the video KTO! More college football related videos would be awesome

I disrespected Colorado before the season. I claimed they would finish with only 3 wins, but instead they got a fantastic 4 wins. Sorry for my hate, y’all are clearly the next program up!

as a CSU fan it was so nice to see them fall of the earth. Let me put it this way. the phili 76ers were practicing at out arena for basketball and rather than coach his team he elected to spend a day talking to the 76ers instead. the head coach at CU was at CSU with a basketball team rather than helping his team be better. Thats all I think needs to be said about him

Prime fans assumed the pac12 was soft for some reason. Unlucky for Colorado they happened to be really fucking good 😂

Incredible video just in time for the holidays 👏🏻

That Colorado vs csu game was peak hype and excitement watching

This man always makes my lunch breaks awesome. Keep up the 25-30 min videos love the channel man

Shoutout to KTO for providing us with quality content for a solid decade.

i havent played football in 20 something years, but hearing that oregon coach made my blood warm up a little. gotta love a good pre game speech.

I saw all the early hype around Colorado but then they lost 1 or 2 games and I stopped hearing about them. But HOLY CRAP! 4-8! THEY CRAPPED THEMSELVES

Obsessed with your videos. They’re so well done! I pressed like before the video even started

Even though I was rolling my eyes to the CU hype, it was pretty fun watching the beginning of their season. Sanders getting humbled pretty quickly thereafter was also fun to see lol

Top tier content man. Thanks for the upload! 😊

The hype for this team was unreal. Major conference teams like this don't just flip a switch and go from 1 win to being contenders. I think we'll see if Deion can get it done over time.

Once again KTO produces solid football content. Best channel out there!

I have been waiting on you to make a video about this. Great content as usual.

The decision to try and throw the ball from inside their own 5 yard line with about 30 seconds on the clock before halftime against Oregon State was one of the dumbest coaching decisions all season in college football. Oregon State ended up getting the ball back and scoring before half and Colorado ended up losing by 7. All Deion had to do was have his team take a knee and go into halftime. That boneheaded sequence did not get talked about enough

As somebody who was in Colorado on vacation during the first 3 games. I can wholeheartedly say that the people of Colorado acted as if they just won the Super Bowl, World Series, the Stanley cup and the NBA finals all on the same day. Which, I can’t make them for acting as such.

Man. That weekend of the Oregon game was rough in Colorado. That one day and 70 to the Dolphins the next.

As a Sac St guy. Seeing Stanford beat Colorado gave us all the notion that we could be in the Pac 12

What a great video! You have to make a video soon about this entire season it had everything with colorado/ the rise of arizona/ the fall of tcu/ fsu getting snubbed out of the cfp/ usc going 7-5/ ou quick rise and fall(the ok state loss still hurts me) and the entire Michigan fiasco

I mean who’s fault is it really that they were so hyped up… the media were sucking them off left and right and when they underperformed everyone acted like the kids were to blame and Coach Prime for literally consuming the hype to get exposure to his players…

It must've taken a while to get all these clips from a few months ago. Respect, great video. I got to go to the Nebraska Colorado game and it was insane.

Mannnnn KTO I gotta admit you dabbling in college football content is refreshing, keep up the work brudda❤❤

26:43 The way each clip ended on the beat was satisfying to watch 🤝 good editing as usual man

He played 9 seasons in mlb 😭 I heard 13 and immediately had to do research

That Oregon game really bring them down to earth, the pre-game speech by the Oregon coach was amazing, I could not remember the exact words but it said like "They play for clicks, we play for us"

One of the most intriguing and enjoyable videos you've put out.

Colorado vs Colorado State this year is possibly the best football game I’ve seen. Great video!

This year of college football actually had me watching some of these games almost as much as a NFL game. From this team, to watching KU, it’s been enjoyable watching, plus the atmosphere is incredible that i’ve realized in college. I’ve been watching a lot of your videos for knowledge, love your work sir 🤝

As someone who doesn’t watch nor care about college football I know they had me interested those first few games. I had no idea they ended up 4-8 tho what a far cry from that crazy start

As a student there....we all know hes gone when Shedeur is gone

wsu dropping 56 points on sanders is crazy, especially when wsu was on a 5 game game losing streak

KTO you’re literally the best channel. Whenever I’m feeling down or just overwhelmed with life I always go to your vids and it helps me feel so much better. Sounds dumb but it’s true. Thanks for your content you’re the 🐐 and literally make people’s days better so thank you man

I mostly stay in pro sports for a lot of reasons, but Prime had me glued to every game up to the Stanford loss. Absolute must watch TV for the first 4-6 weeks given your taste for hype. Even after that I found myself watching the highlights even if every outcome was an L. The Travis Hunter injury was devastating, the OL eventually got overwhelmed once teams got tape on their schemes, and overall the positivity ended up being toxic to a sustainable season. However like you said, this was an improvement for any normal program. The talk outside of the CU hype bubble is that you've got to go from losing big, to losing small, to winning small, to winning big. I'm not sure if they can accomplish that all by the time Prime's sons go off to the NFL, but honestly I'd be happy to be wrong. If nothing else, he's made college football relevant outside of the SEC plus the rotating cast of 4-5 teams. It's a reach for sure, but I think Washington might need to send some kudos his way for getting eyes on the Pac-12 in general to provide legitimacy to both Oregon and Washington on their way to that championship game. Last time Oregon was in the dance... it didn't go well.

You really not going to mention how Shedeur became the most sacked quarterback in college football with being SACKED 52 TIMES!!!

"We don't have the fight and the passion to do what we need to do". Honestly, that says it all. This whole thing seems like Vibes Based Reality. Dion was gonna come in with his vibes and they would win because of vibes. Why? Because vibes dammit, don't question it! I'm an Eagles fan and this reminds me in some ways when Chip Kelly brought the Chip Kelly offense to Philly and after some initial success he doubled down on "just his guys and just his vibes" and crashed and burned as soon as DC's got some tape on what was really just a dressed up college offense.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall

19:24 not correct plenty like myself said they weren’t very good had no defense and line sucked but we were called haters. So them finishing the season with 4-8 felt validating. I won’t lie

As a frog, we apologize for dropping the ball against CU and opening the door to this hellscape

Bro from CSU hitting the Dion dance is crazy, that’s what footballs all about, have fun with it

It's been fun to see Deion get humbled.

Don't know why I enjoy seeing this team derail so much, but I absolutely do.

The average Deon Sanders stan cannot comprehend that Jedd Fisch and Kalen Deboer are everything that Deon will never be. Hell they couldn't even tell you where they coached last year.

Your vids are awesome! Keep them coming!

It’s so annoying how people say “well it’s an improvement coach prime made a a prior roster without any wins last year to 4 wins! That’s improvement” when he got rid of the whole roster and isn’t even close to being the same as last years team

Can you do a video on Texas State or Northwestern’s turnarounds this year? We would love to see it!

Very well put together bro

the media really blew this thing out proportion and helped inflate CU's ego. I went to visit my friend who goes to boulder for the CSU-CU game and it was unlike anything I've ever experienced. The entire town was alive and it seemd like every single person in the world was in Boulder. The energy in that stadium was so electric and it felt like rushing the field wasn't even a question. The students were just as shocked as the rest of world and seemed to just be enjoying the ride, though there were definitely some who thought they could win the natty. Truly insane how a college football storyline got this big.