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UTEP football coach Scotty Walden came to the defense of safety Xavier Smith on Tuesday after Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders took a shot at the ex-Buffaloes player on social media. The issue stemmed from Smith’s comments about Deion Sanders in The Athletic earlier in the week. Smith, who eventually transferred to UTEP from Colorado, said the coach’s approach to his …

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders has recently faced some headwinds on the roster building front. The Buffaloes have experienced a mass exodus in the weeks after the spring opening of the transfer portal. One of the departing players, Xavier Smith, raised some eyebrows when he criticized his former coach. Smith said Sanders pushed him to transfer at some point …