49ers’ Shanahan enjoys watching Sanders’ success with Colorado

SANTA CLARA — At 14, Kyle Shanahan began wearing his Deion Sanders jersey every day to school. Seriously. Every. Single. Day. Thirty years later, Shanahan and Sanders are in the same profession. Shanahan, 43, has established himself as one of the top coaches in the NFL, while Sanders, 56, has quickly made his mark in his first season in the FBS ranks as coach of unbeaten Colorado. "It's been fun to watch, it's been really cool ... Just from being such a fan of him growing up, how cool he is now, but really what made it real was watching their first game," Shanahan said Tuesday. "That was the week before we started and I was just hanging out at the house and got to watch them vs. TCU and to watch how their team played was the coolest thing. "Everyone knows how cool Deion is, we always talk about the silent tape and how a team looks and to watch those dudes come out and battle and how hard they played and the confidence they had, that was what made it so fun to watch. After three seasons as head coach at Jackson State, Sanders took over at Colorado, a school that finished 1-11 last season. "I'm from Colorado, my wife went there, the best man at my wedding went there," Shanahan...