Deion Sanders made it clear that his Colorado team wouldn’t engage in any of the detested practices teams use in bowl games — and he wants the college football world to take notice.

When a team doesn’t make the College Football Playoff, all too often you see starters who have a chance of being drafted or won’t be back next season having to sit out bowl games to avoid injury .

This will not be the case for Colorado, which has two of the most highly regarded draft prospects on its roster in quarterback Shedeur Sander and receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter.

They will play no matter where Colorado ends up.

“Our kids are going to be in our bowl game because we signed up for it, and we are going to finish it,” Sanders said during his media presentation Friday. “We won’t drop out because it will mess up the structure of next season.

“There are a few teams that should take note. They laid an egg in the bowl game and haven’t recovered since. We don’t plan to do that. We plan to go there and fight like we fought today, no matter where we are.”

Sanders may have had a disguised chance at Florida State, who he played for during his college career.

The Seminoles are 2-9 this season after being eliminated from the College Football Playoff a year ago and opting to sit out their starters against Georgia, which ultimately led to a 63-3 loss in the Orange Bowl.

Sanders can’t avoid a slip-up with a Colorado program that he has completely turned around and that still has a shot at the CFP if it gets some support in the standings on Saturday and earns a bid for the Big 12 Championship earned.

The Buffalos were 1-11 the year before Sanders took office, and two years later they are 9-3 and ranked No. 25 in the country. His son Sheduer could be the No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL draft.

However, the two-time Super Bowl winner wishes he could choose the location of the bowl game in Colorado as a thank you to the fans.

“I wish we had said that in the bowl because I want to get somewhere where our fan base could get there economically,” he said. “Because they are so important to me. . . They show up and show themselves.”

Colorado plans to do the same with its entire roster, no matter where it plays.