Colorado head coach Deion Sanders says he likes Barack Obama, but he had to call out the former president this week.

Obama picked the Arizona Wildcats to take on Sanders’ Buffaloes in a game on Saturday.

Speaking in Tucson, Arizona, Friday, Obama claimed he even saw the Colorado buses as his plane landed and reminded the crowd of the Wildcats’ two-game winning streak against the Buffaloes dating back to 2022.

“I know Colorado has some good players, but I also know you’ve beaten them twice in a row,” Obama said. “Don’t bet against the Wildcats tomorrow.”

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Maher joked about President Obama resorting to “scolding” black men to support Harris. (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Last year, Arizona beat Colorado 34-31 during Sanders’ first season with the program. In 2022, the Wildcats defeated the Buffaloes 43-20, prompting Colorado to fire coach Karl Dorrell after the team’s 0-5 start to the season.

This year, Sanders and his team proved the former president dead wrong.

Colorado defeated Arizona 34-7 to improve to 5-2 on the season. After the game, Sanders called out Obama to the press and suggested he only picked Arizona because he campaigned in the state earlier in the week.

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Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders rolls out to pass. (Mike Watters/Imagn Images)

“I heard what he said. Mr. President, I heard what you said,” Sanders told reporters after the game. “That’s why I don’t really get involved in politics, because politicians play the political game. He was here and he had to play the political game.”

Arizona is considered a key swing state in the upcoming elections.

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Former President Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, August 20, 2024. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Sanders particularly took issue with Obama claiming his team only had “a few good players.”

“We have two good players? We have more than two good players. But you were here, you had to support,” Sanders said. “Mr. President, come on, man. You, my husband. I love you and appreciate you, but come on, dog.”

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders went 23-for-33, throwing for 250 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions and adding a rushing touchdown. Star cornerback and wide receiver Travis Hunter started Saturday after suffering his shoulder injury against Kansas State last week.

Obama came under fire from another former NFL star who played in the same era as Sanders after other comments Obama made during the campaign.

During a recent campaign stop for Harris in Pittsburgh, Obama spoke about the vice president’s declining support Black votersespecially black men.

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders walks the sideline during a game against the UCF Knights on September 28, 2024 at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

‘Now I would also like to say that this seems to be clearer with the brothers. So if you don’t mind, I just want to talk to all of you for a moment and say that if you have a It’s so beautiful to have on the one hand someone who grew up just like you, studied with you and shared the struggles (and understands the) pain and joy that come from those experiences,” Obama said.

Obama even suggested that these voters don’t support Harris because she is a woman. At no point did Obama acknowledge that the lower support may be due to her record as vice president and history as a prosecutor.

“I’m speaking directly to men. Some of it makes me think that you just don’t like the idea of ​​having a woman as president, and you think of other alternatives and other reasons for that,” Obama said.

Former NFL star Herschel Walker, a former Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, criticized Obama this week for his comments.

“(Barack Obama), you forgot how hard we fought for our right to vote! Telling us how to vote based on color is a step backwards. Bad Biden/Harris policies have hurt us all. We need unity, not division. !” Walker wrote on X.

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