Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders is known for bringing some of his NFL experience to bear in the college ranks.

At training camp on Thursday, he again floated an idea that's normal for professional teams but not allowed in the college ranks: scrimmages between teams.

The Buffaloes, who'd previously been linked to scrimmaging the Syracuse Orange, might instead face an opponent much closer to home if the NCAA allows it.

Could Colorado and Air Force Battle in the Spring?

Coach Prime this week suggested that his squad could face off against another Colorado school: the Air Force Falcons.

After all, he noted, the second tier of college football, the FCS, allows multiple schools to practice together. Why not the top-tier FBS?

“That’s something I’ve been suggesting for quite some time,” Sanders said, as reported by Arnie Melendrez Stapleton of The Associated Press. “And the NCAA felt compelled to allow FCS schools to do what we thought of quite some time ago. So, we’re not involved; they won’t allow that. But even if we could just practice at the same location would do it justice. We don’t have to compete against one another."

While joint practices would be better than the current situation, Sanders added that he'd ultimately like the intrasquad spring games held by many programs to be expanded into battles between two teams.

“But I wish one day we could have a spring game against one another," he said. "It would be wonderful for the state. It would be wonderful for the cities if we did home and away. It would be a great look, I think for college football and Colorado football. I would love that.”

Sanders' push for NFL-style joint practices and scrimmages comes as he took his team on a pro-style trip for training camp this season.

Coach Prime and his team went "113 miles south of Folsom Field to Fountain Fort Carson High School for a week of workouts, tune-ups and team bonding that featured a stay at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus and a visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy," Stapleton wrote.

“We wanted to go somewhere away that was significant, not around the corner like 30 minutes, 45 minutes,” Sanders said. “We wanted to get away so they couldn’t have really the contacts or urge to drive back home — even though we’re on buses, they’re not doing that — no visitations or anything like that, no outside foot coming in. They’re doing a great job of feeding us.

“They’re off the phone. We monitor that and they’re really getting to know each other and really getting a bond. Like, I sat at a table with a group of guys yesterday and they they were telling me stories about some of them were sleep-walking and walking out of the room and one of the coaches fell out of bed ... there’s been some wonderful stories that have transpired.”