Playing For Clicks: Colorado's Practice Jerseys Have Their Social Media Handles On The Back Of Them

This can't be real. This has to be a troll, right? Dan Lanning not only exposed Colorado's season for being a fraud last season with a 49-10 victory in Boulder, he exposed Colorado's entire program for being a fraud with his "they're playing for clicks" speech. Colorado's response? Throw our players Social Media handles on the back of their PRACTICE JERSEYS.

Without question the most cringey thing I've ever seen in my entire life. Looking like one of those 12u football team TikTok video. And I need the answer to this question: who thinks this is cool? Because say what you want about him, Deion Sanders has generally been "cool" in his playing and coaching days. This is not cool, and while he may not know that at 56, SOMEONE in that locker room needed to stand up and say that this does us absolutely no good on the NIL / Social Media front, and it does us a lot of harm on the corny allegations. Maybe the fucking Punter should've been the one to say something?

And what about the dudes that don't have Social Media? I know that's like finding a needle in a haystack these days, especially with kids that play for Coach Prime, but what do they have, a normal practice jersey? Reminds me of the Blue Checkmark verification from Twitter. Cooler not to have one. 

I just can't believe that no one in within the walls of that facility didn't have the balls to say, hey coach, we're getting roasted for only caring about social media. Maybe just go with the normal practice jerseys this year? And to the people saying they had this last year too, my question is this: why did they bring them back? Sometimes you gotta look yourself in the mirror and re-evaluate the way you do things when a man rips you to shreds like this: