re: Denver Post Today..Big Issues:Who, when?...Les obvious choice..

My mom lives off of Highland road and she is visiting me now, we will be in BR for Christmas, maybe we can meet up and have a drink

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However Boulder has SOOOOOOO many hippies and weird people. They dress weird, smell wierd, and act weird.

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You say that like it's a bad thing.

Weird people are a good thing. Boulder doesn't have nearly as many "weird people" as people think they do however.

Let's say Michigan is still Miles' dream job (I believe it always has been and always will be). If things get too hot in Baton Rouge, Miles might be lured away to go someplace "safer" where he can bide his time and keep himself on Michigan's radar and wait until the stars align at Michigan. He would have bolted for his dream job in 2007 but the timing was terrible. The Skipper shrewdly locked him up the week of the SECCG with a new contract to keep the team focused on a possible national title (a very wise move in the short term as it turned out).

So I think Miles will seriously think about any offers that may come his way in the next year or two. Colorado might be too far of a step down, but it's still an interesting project considering his history there and their move to the newly expanded Pac 12. McCartney thrived off SoCal recruits (far and away the most fertile recruiting ground west of the Rockies) and CU will be in the new Pac 12 South with one game a year in SoCal.

I think if Miles were an opportunist like Saban is/was, then he'd been taking a damn hard look at any offers and consider getting out while the getting is good. Especially if he doesn't sign Mettenberger...

Personally -- can't believe I'm saying this -- I think LSU should go after Spurrier if Miles leaves. Pay him an obscene amount of money and tell him his job is to beat the tar out of Florida and Bama. All involved will be selling our souls to the devil but it sure would be poetic justice to hire Spurrier to be our mercenary after Arnsparger left us to be AD @ Florida. It'd be fun to see if Spurrier could do with LSU's resources as opposed to Carolina's... and it would only add to the reputation the SEC has as a conference where we'll pay any price (even to former hated enemies) to vanquish the competition and bring home the crystal football. Deep down, I think Spurrier is damn hungry for another national title and it'll never happen at Carolina. And he knows it...

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It's almost like some on here who have never been to Boulder are envious. I distinctly remember attending many concerts at the assembly center in the early to mid 70's and everyone was a "hippie".

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True. I was a kid in the 60's and 70's and everyone was freakin weird.

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It's almost like some on here who have never been to Boulder are envious. I distinctly remember attending many concerts at the assembly center in the early to mid 70's and everyone was a "hippie".

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It was that way into the late '70s. I enjoyed the concerts at the Assembly Center as much as the football games.

"Sterility" came along in the early '80s. Now, unless you look like the majority, you are a "hippy" or "weird".

Quality of LIFE becomes the issue when you have that kind of money already.

He may tell LSU adios and move from cancer alley to God's country.

I will lmao when Miles leaves here, and goes win back to back national championships for his next school, while our next HC delivers us back to back 7-5 seasons, with a Florida Gator type arrest record

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I AM from Louisiana and FWIW I would take Boulder and many towns in CO over any place in Louisiana

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Not so fast my friend.

I'm from Louisiana and I've lived in the West/Mountain West for many moons now. If it weren't for my children and my job - I'd be back home in a HEARTBEAT!!

Visiting an area versus living in an area doesn't compare properly. Sure, it's beautiful country but when that first snow dumps on your arse and the temps drop to single digits...you'll wish you were back in the south. Plus we have a different way of life in the south and it's something that's not prevalent out here. The sporting life is different, the nightlife is different...etc.

I'm not saying it's not a nice place to live but it's different than what you're used to.

Ozchuffnugg

Grew up in N.O. my parents use to take us skiing in breckenridge every Mardi Gras and I fell in love with the place. I was in Chicago working for Deloitte and did some work for a small start up in Boulder and they hired me. I was employee 26, we grew the company to $110M and McKesson bought us for $1Billion - did well and have stayed with MCK.