BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado introduced a sideline bathroom in its opening game against Georgia Tech for Deion Sanders, who was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer and needs to frequently use the restroom.
The portable privacy tent, which is being sponsored Friday by Depend undergarment, is next to the Buffaloes bench, so the Colorado coach won’t have far to go.
said last month that he was cured. It was also revealed that a section of Sanders’ intestine was reconstructed to function as a bladder.
This will be Sanders’ third season in Boulder and first without his sons Shedeur and Shilo. The Buffaloes finished 9-4 last season.
Colorado is meeting Georgia Tech on the football field for the first time in program history. The two teams have been linked since splitting the national title after the 1990 season.
The Buffaloes are honoring the coach of that team, Bill McCartney, who died in January at 84. The players will wear a patch on their uniforms.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
