Despite the pitch from Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders and the quick social media acceptance from Orange coach Fran Brown, the two sides were denied a waiver for a joint spring game, the Division I FBS oversight committee announced Friday.

Colorado and Syracuse applied for a waiver from the NCAA to play a spring football game against each other. An NCAA committee said no.

Deion Sanders and Fran Brown wanted to make college football history. An unprecedented spring game between Colorado and Syracuse, which was proposed to the NCAA. However, the outstanding idea will go back in the box for a later date.