Deion Sanders and his Colorado football team suffered such a huge loss against Stanford on Friday night that “Saturday Night Live” made fun of it a day later in a segment featuring actor Kenan Thompson in the role of “Coach Prime.”
Thompson dressed in a white CU hat and a white Colorado hooded sweatshirt with sunglasses as he took questions from “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost on NBC. The segment lampooned Sanders, his trademark confidence and his 46-43 double overtime loss to Stanford after taking a 29-0 lead in the first half. Colorado is 4-3 after starting 3-0 in the first year with Sanders as head coach.
“We just keep winning, man,” Thompson said in the role of Sanders. “Every game, every minute. We winning at life.”
“Yeah, you’re also 4-3, so you have lost a few,” Jost told him.
“Colin, look at me, man,” the fictional Coach Prime said. “What about me makes you think that I care about what you think about me? You don’t understand that my team has it all, man. Coaching? Genius. Offense? Explosive. Defense? Trying. It’s a complete package, man.”
“Yeah, well millions of people are watching your games,” Jost told him. “You’ve obviously turned the program around. But it’s not perfect. I mean, just last night you lost to Stanford in double overtime.”
“Wasn’t that crazy?” the SNL version of Coach Prime said. “Man, we went up 29 to nothing at the half, so I went home and fell asleep. I woke up this morning as shocked as…
