Deion Sanders, who is never short of opinions, said he is not happy with the number of late-night games his Colorado Buffaloes have had to play this season.
Colorado (4-2, 1-2 Pac 12) plays another night game on Friday when it hosts the Stanford Cardinal (1-4, 0-3) at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (8 p.m. Mountain).
The game will be televised at 8 p.m. on ESPN
“Who makes these 8 o’clock games? Dumbest thing ever,” Coach Prime said Wednesday on “Buffs PrimeTime.” “Stupidest thing ever invented in life. Who wants to stay up until 8 o’clock for a darn game?
“What about the East Coast — do they even care about ratings? Is anyone watching it? What are we supposed to do with the kids all day until 8 o’clock? What are we supposed to do in the hotel?”
Host Mark Johnson asked Sanders if he could watch football in his downtime before night games, but Coach Prime had a quick retort.
“Who’s playing on Friday?” Sanders asked jokingly.
Colorado’s 43-35 double overtime win over in-state rival Colorado State in Week 3 began at 8:21 p.m. Mountain Time, and that classic didn’t finish until 12:25 a.m. — the longest game in school history, according to the school.
The Buffaloes’ next late contest is on Nov. 17 when they travel to Washington State for an 8:30 p.m. Mountain Time kickoff.
Colorado — who is coming off a hard-fought road victory over Arizona State on Saturday — also has had some earlier games on its slate this season, having three kickoffs start at 10 a.m. Mountain Time.
They won two of those three games.
Sanders won’t have to deal with as many late-night games as his Colorado program moves from the Pac-12, which is known to play many night games, to the Big 12 next season.
“Thank God we’re not going to be in this conference,” Sanders said on his radio show.
Besides Friday being a late game for Colorado, it also will be played on an infamous night — Friday the 13th.
The only other occasion was in November 2015, when they lost 27-24 to Southern California.