CU AD Rick George feels like he and Deion Sanders are on the same wavelength – and more than that, George is confident that Coach Prime will finish his career coaching the Colorado football program beyond the quick fix he found in his brought me to Boulder for a year and a half until now.

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

When it comes to Sanders ending his career in Colorado, the responsibility is his. Andy Staples from On3 explains: Coach Prime will not be fired by CU under almost all circumstances.

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

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

Beating Baylor the way the Buffs did and then losing to UCF in Orlando proved that Coach Prime knows what he’s doing. A bowl game, Sanders’ stated goal at the Black and Gold Spring Gameis easily accessible.

Over and beyond, Big 12 competition is also possible. Things have changed very quickly this season and everything has been positive for Colorado.

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

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