 The notion, as they join the Big 12 this year, that they might actually make a run at the playoff. Here's Feinbaum. Anyone asking whether Deion Sanders and Colorado are close to the playoffs simply doesn't understand the reality of the road. They're not going to the playoffs this year. And I'm not sure Deion Sanders is ever going to get them to the playoffs because I don't think he has the patience to stay at Colorado forever.