Kolek planning to go pro
Lot of that is built on a soft Big Ten West
They gave up a bunch late to both Notre Dame and Michigan, but otherwise the defense was absolutely fine last year.
No, it would give them a chance to upgrade the Ivy League’s academic standing. It would be another feather in their academic cap
Karl Dorrell got canned at CU yesterday as well.Now up to 5 P5 coaches that got the boot before October really beganG TechArizona StNebraskaWiskyCULeashes aint getting longer.CU is a fascinating program fall off. Really solid program all through the 70s and 80s. Then Bill McCartney turned them into a power. Neuheisel and Gary Barnett kept them in some varying level of good standing, but then starting with Dan Hawkins disaster there the program has turned into a joke. Interestingly similar to Nebraska, a former B12 rival.Its a program with a great campus, great stadium, great history, lot of built in advantages. But they can't even keep talent home. Colorado has had 20-25 Top 400 recruits over the last 5 years. CU only got 1. Utah has become a pretty rich recruiting area. CU isn't grabbing any of that. Oregon has really swooped in and started raiding what used to be their territory. And thats just thinking Rocky Mountain area advantages. Not even considering CA or TX where they used to recruit well and don't stand a chance at the moment.You gotta wonder if they bring Bieniemy back and overlook his black marks from 15 years ago. I don't think he's getting an NFL HC look this year or next. Otherwise, I think Illinois' DC is a CU alum and that defense has been legit.
I should have been more specific . My friend the Big Badger Benefactor was actually saying that they are not embracing NIL.
Is he sure? They have two already, a NIL launch platform and the Varsity Collective, just launched with some big backers. Plus, they have the advantage of being the only game in town in Madison. And they were one of the first schools in the Big Ten to adopt Alston benefits, which, IMO, is more important than NIL (and what MU needs to do) as it provides benefits to everyone.
Per friends in Boulder at at CU, the biggest issue CU has had in recruiting is the population of Boulder and negative recruiting used by coaches, telling Black players they don't want to go there. Until recently, Boulder is currently 88% white. It is still less than 1% Black and the CU student population is only 2.6% Black. Additionally, CU has the reputation as a rich kid school, and the city of Boulder is very wealthy (the median home price is over $1 million). College sports is secondary for students and citizens there. Kids would rather ski or hike on the weekends than go to games. Plus, CU doesn't put much money into sports. CU just isn't a place where football success can be sustained.
I think this is probably much more about something else other than two straight bad conference losses. I mean it's fairly common for B10 coaches to go into Columbus and get their asses handed to them--------Chryst isn't the first and he sure won't be the last. And while Illinois was an embarrassing stinker, a coach of his tenure should be allowed one of those once in a great while.You'd have to be an insider to know for sure, but my guess is that he had lost complete control over the locker room and/or the confidence of his coordinators and assistant coaches.Notwithstanding what happened at Nebraska, the mid-season timing is a little odd. And to my Badger fan friends ( the few that I have) be careful what you wish for.
CU's athletic department budget is around $90MM. They're not Oregon, but they're easily average, if not a bit higher, in the Pac12. Hardly spendthriftsThe recruiting comparisons to the heyday of CU football is very valid and a huge issue as they severely lack talent. However, the rest is just excuses for poor performance. Drive around the greater Boulder, or even Denver, area on a fall Saturday and there is black and gold everywhere. The spirit shops on campus are massive and have every CU monagramed item you could think of. Acting like its Mountain Country Club U with no athletic appeal or support is just unsubstantiated.
Nope. He was widely loved by the players and staff.
The main reason Tucker left CU for Michigan State was money - CU would not pony up to pay him nor his assistants. They're the DePaul of the Pac-12. Overall their football operating expenses are is 8th in the Pac-12.
That may have been the best decision CU has made in past two decades.
Michigan State blinked too early, LSU is glad they did
it's not like MSU themselves is paying him though. It's two billionaire donors. MSU's inferiority complex killed them with Tucker - "he beat Michigan twice, we must keep him and give him Jimbo Fisher money. I mean. that worked out for TAMU..."
This is insane.https://twitter.com/JimMWeber/status/1577461664601223169?s=20&t=8eqZON8Nx_-bf-2FgYaT2AAnd of course, the AD who signed this deal moved on to LSU.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
The Athletic did a deep dive into the firing of Chryst. Basically chalks it up to a lot of disorganization, especially in the recruiting department, and a failure to get the most out of his talent.It seems la bit like this is the athletic department getting its side out without putting is name behind it, but still a decent read.https://theathletic.com/3661745/2022/10/06/paul-chryst-fired-wisconsin-jim-leonhard/?source=emp_shared_article
$11 mil plus what he's already earned is not a bad way to ease inta retirement, hey?