In case you spent last weekend in a coma, you missed one of college football’s most abysmal programs rise from the ashes and stun a 20-point favorite on their home turf. The University of Colorado’s upset over last year’s title contender Texas Christian University may have been a surprise to much of the nation (and clearly Vegas oddsmakers), but not to Buffalo fans and alumni.

The program’s journey back started with Colorado Athletic Director Rick George’s bold hire of Deion Sanders, a multi- dimensional talent the likes of which few sports have ever seen. In 1989, he had three hits in five at bats in a major league baseball game and, five days later, returned a punt for a touchdown in an NFL game. While his remarkable athleticism earned him Super Bowl rings and landed him in Pro Football’s Hall of Fame, it appears that was merely Coach Prime’s first act. Sanders possesses an almost evangelical gift for inspiring those around him—the believers, as he calls them—in ways any turnaround specialist would envy.

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