3 married men weigh in on Travis Hunter’s relationship drama following Heisman ceremony



Over the weekend, Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy over Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty.

While football is clearly going well for the soon-to-be drafted athlete, fiancée Leanna Lenee’s behavior at the ceremony drew the scrutiny of millions, casting a dark cloud over what should have been pure merriment.

Lenee came under fire when she didn’t stand up when Hunter was announced as the Heisman winner. According to online reports, Deion Sanders had to urge her to stand up and congratulate her man.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the controversies surrounding Lenee. Fans also attacked her for an old statement she made about Hunter not being her type. Two viral videos also fueled the nasty rumors surrounding Lenee — one of which appears to show her getting upset with Hunter for taking pictures with female fans at an Adidas store and another showing her visibly upset after the Buffaloes victory over the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The narrative seems to be that she’s a bad egg who can’t handle not being the center of attention.

Hunter has made multiple statements defending Lenee and telling fans and news outlets to back off. Lenee also addressed the scandals in a TikTok video, during which she claimed that all the verbal abuse launched against her is the result of the misinterpretations of “birdbrained” people.

Jason Whitlock is of the opinion that Hunter needs a little marital advice before he ties the knot with Lenee.

“There’s no way you can have social media in the middle of that relationship,” he says, adding that as an unmarried man, he doesn’t have much experience to draw from.

Guest Pastor Anthony Walker, who is married, says, “It's you, your spouse, and God — like that's the core [of a marriage],” but “when we bring into the marriage all of the other eyes that are looking and all of the other voices that are contributing, you get further and further away from that.”

Christian commentator and writer Virgil Walker commends Hunter not only for defying the status quo and seeking marriage at such a young age but also for defending Lenee.

However, “He had better develop a very thick skin very quickly if he's going to allow a handful of people on a stream to upset him to the point where, you know, on arguably one of the best nights of his life — winning the Heisman Trophy — he's going to go back and bemoan the fact that someone had something to say about it,” says Walker. “There’s a lot of growing up that needs to be done on his part.”

TJ Moe echoes Walker's sentiment — “I love his instincts to protect his fiancée.”

But Hunter was clearly unprepared for the “social media blitz and the criticism,” and for that, Moe blames Deion Sanders.

“Deion should have said, ‘Ignore all the noise; don't respond to any of it. Your wife is going to get hit, your kids are going to get hit, your parents — everybody around you. And your job is to go back to them and say, I got your back no matter what, don't worry about anybody else,”’ he explains.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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Video: US Marines show Coach Prime's University of Colorado football players how intense a workout can get



Video captured U.S. Marines showing Deion Sanders' University of Colorado football players this week just how intense an off-season workout can get, BroBible said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

What are the details?

The outlet said things kicked off with a 6 a.m. wake-up call and then some pep talks.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

But things were far from rah-rah, as the outlet said one of the Marines told the college players they were in for a “taste of the Marine Corps.”

Indeed.

A 45-minute video captured the Marines putting the players through a "combat fitness test" with physical challenges that included "maneuver under fire, ammo can presses, air squats" as well as wind sprints.

Image source: YouTube screenshot


Image source: YouTube screenshot

The training session ended with an exercise called the “Buddy” during which players carry teammates over a specified distance, the outlet said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

The message from the Marines for the day was about trust and accountability, the outlet added.

How are folks reacting?

A number of commenters underneath the accompanying video enjoyed watching the players be put through arguably a lot more physical intensity than they're accustomed to:

  • "This will take the players to another level of discipline," one commenter said.
  • "Man, I been waiting for something like this," another commenter declared. "The culture about to change for real! Semper Fi Marines!"
  • "As a veteran this whole video is hilarious," another commenter said. "You can see the thoughts come across their faces that we all had during basic."
  • "Thank you to the Marines for their service home and abroad," another commenter said. "As a daughter of a Marine turned 82nd Airborne Ranger, I know first hand that this was just a [speck] of what they train through. Kudos to the coaching team for bringing this to the Buffs. They will be better for it! Great work guys!"

Here's the video of the session. Content warning: Language:

Colorado Football EXTREME Marine Training! youtu.be

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Whitlock on why he's ripped Deion Sanders & Colorado all football season



If there’s one name that’s been on Jason Whitlock's mind lately, it’s Deion Sanders — but not without good reason.

“At this point, Deion Sanders has more in common with Jim Jones than with Nick Saban,” Whitlock says, adding that the notorious cult leader “used a mash-up of Christian theology, Marxism, racial idolatry, and social justice” on his followers.

70% of Jones’ followers were black, and 45% of them were black women.

Those tactics that Jones used to reel his followers in “have been combined and used repeatedly to make fools of black Americans too often,” Whitlock says, noting that Deion Sanders’ tactics haven’t been much different.

“Black people find racialized religious doctrine irresistible in hopes of building an oppression-free football paradise in Boulder, Colorado,” Whitlock says.

Sanders has fanatically brought up God and the hood where he came from, and even went so far as to claim that he made white people uncomfortable.

“That’s Deion Sanders doing his Jim Jones impersonation.”

Whitlock can’t help but notice that on the same day, 45 years after Jim Jones convinced his followers to join in a mass suicide, Deion’s team suffered a massacre of their own.

The team was fighting for last place in the Pac-12 conference when the Washington State Cougars destroyed Deion’s team 56-4.

“For those of you who drank the ‘Coach Prime’ Kool-Aid, thankfully all you will suffer is wounded pride and ego,” Whitlock says.

“What I hope is this is a teachable moment about the dangers of falling for a cult of personality, of pledging allegiance to anyone based on skin color rather than a set of values throughout the football season.”

Sanders, who unapologetically chases money, popularity, youth, material possessions, sex, pride and racial justice, has finally been shown for what he really is.

“Deion does not want to grow up. He’s made youthfulness an idol. The gold chains, the hoodie, the sunglasses, the friendship with rappers half his age are all symptoms of his fear of aging,” Whitlock explains.

“His leadership style is inappropriate, immature, poisonous, corrosive,” he adds.


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Here's why Deion Sanders & Erin Andrews' relationship is troublesome



Erin Andrews has a big announcement.

The FOX sideline reporter has partnered with Colorado’s Deion Sanders to launch a “Coach Prime” line of apparel aimed toward women.

However, Jason Whitlock thinks this is a terrible idea.

“I’m old school. This, you know, 15 years ago, 20 years ago, 25 years ago — major no no,” Whitlock says, adding, “it’s not a good look in my opinion.”

Steve Kim agrees, noting that her employer, Fox Sports, has a “large hand in the coverage and shaping the narratives of college football.”

“The lines are not just only blurred, there are no lines anymore,” he adds.

This partnership also signals to other young reporters that it should now be a goal of theirs to partner with big names in not just college football, but the NFL.

And when reporters start to see business opportunities, they might not be critical or realistic in their reporting of star athletes or coaches.

“You may be less critical in the back of your mind,” Kim says, adding, “that guy could be a future business partner of mine.”

Whitlock is in complete agreement.

“Let’s say you’re a young reporter on your way up. You’re some 26-year-old, why take the risk of criticizing any of these athletes, because it may cut you off from access,” Whitlock says.

“There’s supposed to be a separation of media and athletes and media and the people they cover. And that separation has been totally blown to smithereens,” he adds.


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Whitlock: Can 'godly' Deion Sanders be authentic when he’s doing THIS?



Deion Sanders is a lot of things – he’s one of the greatest NFL players of all time, he’s a two-time Super Bowl champion, he also played Major League Baseball, even making it to the World Series one year, and now he’s become the head football coach at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

No one can deny that the man is a legend.

But is he godly?

He claims to be, often crediting God with his long list of victories.

Jason Whitlock, however, isn’t so sure this profession of faith is authentic.

“The man claiming God as his motivating force invited the gangster rap world to his locker room, to his sidelines, to Boulder, Colorado, and everywhere,” says Whitlock.

He then plays a clip of superstar rapper Lil Wayne leading Deion’s team out onto the field.

For those who don’t know, Lil Wayne is a rapper known for gang affiliation and exceedingly explicit song lyrics.

Whitlock plays a second clip of another rapper, a man who calls himself Key Glock, hyping up the players in the locker room.

Key Glock is signed under Young Dolph, the “little wannabe thug that got murdered in Memphis,” says Whitlock in disapproval.

Deion is “the guy who’s telling everybody, ‘Oh, God told me to do this, God this, God that,’” and yet, “on the sidelines [are] Lil Wayne, Key Glock, the Rock, Master P, Offset … the whole gangster rap community – that’s who Deion front and centered for all of Boulder, Colorado,” Whitlock scolds.

“But this is a God thing?”


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