CU AD Rick George feels like he and Deion Sanders are on the same page — plus, George is hopeful that Coach Prime will end his career coaching the Colorado football program after the quick fix he made in his year and a half in Boulder brought so far.

“We hope Coach Prime ends his career here… he and I are on the same page… it’s not a short-term solution… I love the culture he’s created,” said George (h/ t Scott Procter of the Coloradoan).

If it comes down to Sanders ending his career in Colorado, that’s his business. As On3’s Andy Staples explains: Coach Prime will not be fired from CU under almost all circumstances.

“I understand. Every coach who takes over a team has to figure that out, but the question is: is Deion trying to win? Because Deion is not going to get fired,” Staples said on the latest episode of Andy StaplesOn3 (h/t Steve Samra from On3). “For example, he’s not on the… Billy Napier, Sam Pittman. These are guys who get fired if they don’t succeed. Deion is not fired. Deion could go 1-10, 1-11. He won’t be fired. So he can build it however he wants, he chooses to do it this way. … It’s definitely the architect. I’ve seen plenty of buildings built. I know what happens if you build them one way, I know what happens if you build them another way.

“So if this architect thinks he knows something that every other architect who has ever existed doesn’t, congratulations. But if he’s wrong…”

Beating Baylor the way the Buffs did, and the subsequent decimation of UCF in Orlando, proved that Coach Prime knows what he’s doing. A bowl game, Sanders’ stated goal during the Black and Gold spring gameis well within reach.

Beyond that, Big 12 contention is also feasible. Things changed very quickly this season and it was all positive for Colorado.

It now seems more likely that Coach Prime will stay beyond this season. He won’t leave for a program that will give him less autonomy and he certainly won’t follow Shedeur and/or Shilo into the pros. Even his retirement feels like a waste of the culture he built in Colorado.

Sanders could stay here. But nothing is 100% until it happens in this sport.