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re: Why can’t Colorado be consistently competitive?
Posted on 12/29/20 at 10:19 pm to HippieTiger
Posted on 12/29/20 at 10:19 pm to HippieTiger
It’s amazing how ignorant these recruits can be to those types of things. They just want to go pro. They don’t give a shite how crappy of a city they live in or how ugly it is outside of the football ops area.
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Posted on 12/29/20 at 10:22 pm to turnpiketiger
Case in point, elite b ball players going to fricking Lawrence, Kansas or Lexington, Ky. Having been to both and seeing the areas first hand it is truly astonishing to me
Posted on 12/29/20 at 10:32 pm to turnpiketiger
For some reason this topic gets brought up a lot on this board.
CU doesn’t give a frick about football. They hit gold with McCartney for a great 6 year stretch but that’s genuinely it. The momentum from those years barely carried into the early 00s before they tanked back to their norm.
There is no talent in Denver or Colorado as a whole, Boulder is overrated as hell besides the views, their student support for football is laughable, and their administration generally just does not give a frick about it. They settle for mediocre coaches and once that coach is presented with another opportunity they bolt.
CU will have a 10 win season every now and then when the stars align and they have a bunch of seniors on the team. Other than that, they’ll never be more than average to below average football program.
CU doesn’t give a frick about football. They hit gold with McCartney for a great 6 year stretch but that’s genuinely it. The momentum from those years barely carried into the early 00s before they tanked back to their norm.
There is no talent in Denver or Colorado as a whole, Boulder is overrated as hell besides the views, their student support for football is laughable, and their administration generally just does not give a frick about it. They settle for mediocre coaches and once that coach is presented with another opportunity they bolt.
CU will have a 10 win season every now and then when the stars align and they have a bunch of seniors on the team. Other than that, they’ll never be more than average to below average football program.
Posted on 12/29/20 at 10:46 pm to Frac the world
Those views lead to some of the best and most varied outdoor recreation in the country but I'm sure most teens don't give a single frick about that. It'll never be a consistently respectable football program
Posted on 12/29/20 at 10:57 pm to turnpiketiger
Eat less soy burgers and switch to buffalo.
Posted on 12/29/20 at 11:57 pm to turnpiketiger
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You’d think out of the talent they can pull from Denver ,
There's not any.
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Texas and the west coast
They don't stand a chance against much better programs that recruit those areas. And honestly, I doubt a lot of black athletes want to go live in the whitest city in America.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:18 am to HippieTiger
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Those views lead to some of the best and most varied outdoor recreation in the country but I'm sure most teens don't give a single frick about that. It'll never be a consistently respectable football program
Boulder attracts outdoor enthusiasts, hipster white dudes and rock climbing junkies.
Not really the recipe or a lure for great football players.
Shame because it's 10X better place to live like some of the traditional powers, Lincoln Nebraska, Tuscaloosa, L.A., etc.
So if you don't think you're going Pro, you go to Colorado...and that's the type of player they get...CU always ranks near the top in terms of quality of life in University rankings...but top athletes go to places that may be shiteholes but it gets them to the NFL.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 3:31 am to turnpiketiger
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You’d think out of the talent they can pull from Denver , Texas and the west coast
According to the roster of their website, 22 players are from Texas (mostly skill position), as opposed to 26 from Colorado.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 6:30 am to turnpiketiger
CU was winning at one time, however their admin didn’t like it. They have an admin that would be happy if sports went away all together. It’s the types that think boosters donate to watch a kid take an accounting test or in the cu admin case a gender studies test.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:14 am to turnpiketiger
Bill McCartney ain't walking through that door. Nor is Eric Bieniemy, or Darian Hagan, or Chad Brown.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:20 am to JohnnyRebel
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Zero football culture at CU, the students don’t care nor do the faculty.
Exactly. When I went to a game there, most of the students showed up well into the 1st quarter and left after half time. Beautiful school, but without a big commitment to the program from the fanbase or University, they are never going to pull blue chip guys.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:29 am to Hill Country
Eventually the mountains, or the ocean, or whatever just becomes scenery like a rock or some grass. "Fun" places for athletes are places that have a pulse or a vibe around the team. Where the entire city or state is pulling for you and your success. You're actually wanted.
That's why places like Lincoln, Iowa City, Madison, Tuscaloosa, South Bend, Baton Rouge, etc, etc are awesome even if they don't have mountains or beaches.
That's why places like Lincoln, Iowa City, Madison, Tuscaloosa, South Bend, Baton Rouge, etc, etc are awesome even if they don't have mountains or beaches.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:36 am to turnpiketiger
High altitude= low birth weight, not gonna be a lot of homegrown talent.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:41 am to SeeeeK
Because McCartney was paying players to get them out there
Once he left that was it
Once he left that was it
Posted on 12/30/20 at 11:54 am to JohnnyRebel
When coach McCarthy was their,there was a perception that the students didnt like having the recruits on the campus,because a lot were bad students and raised hell .
Remember the 30 for 30 documentary called "the gospel according to mac"
It explains the relationship between the students and players ,students and town folk came across as racist in the documentary.
That's just what it implied
Remember the 30 for 30 documentary called "the gospel according to mac"
It explains the relationship between the students and players ,students and town folk came across as racist in the documentary.
That's just what it implied
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:12 pm to nicholastiger
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Because McCartney was paying players to get them out there
Once he left that was it
Barnett finished 1st in their division 4 of the last 5 years he was there.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:22 pm to turnpiketiger
Because most recruits don’t think of Boulder like an established job holding, home owning American with kids does.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:13 pm to turnpiketiger
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You’d think out of the talent they can pull from Denver
Who was the last big time football recruit from Colorado? Lendale White?
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:19 pm to msudawg1200
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Bill McCartney ain't walking through that door. Nor is Eric Bieniemy
If they threw out enough cash, Bieniemy might go walking through that door.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:25 pm to VADawg
2020 Class best 5 players in the state of Colorado went to
Virginia, Washington, Notre Dame, LSU, and Michigan.
Virginia, Washington, Notre Dame, LSU, and Michigan.
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