Deion was hired in December. The football team's spring GPA was the highest ever for a Colorado football team. Hopefully that trend continues for the fall semester.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
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Deion was hired in December. The football team's spring GPA was the highest ever for a Colorado football team. Hopefully that trend continues for the fall semester.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
Tuck comin' now Tuck goin'.
eh, I think we're going to hear less about Coach Prime after the next couple of weeks.
Buffs gonna get blown out!
Didn't 50+ of them hit the portal over the summer? Wonder how good the grades are of the 50+ that transferred in?Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
They would have entered the portal in the spring. IDK if they stayed enrolled at CU, or if their GPA still counted as CU football players once they entered the portal.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
Word but I thought our D Line looked pretty damned good. Those edges were putting the hurt on Shough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adolf Allerbush
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The litmus test will be fall grades, when they're actually playing traveling etc.. You ain't got time to shop for bling if you're doing the course work AND football work.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
That CSU safety is a Boulder kid. That's gonna be interesting to overcome in his hometown moving forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
Those kids won’t be allowed to fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
Someone show me where an nfl player after a game, when in between your Dad/coach, and the Colorado state coach, is waving around a Richard Mille worth 300 to a million plus.
It’s fucking college ball.
If I’m an outside LB for oregon, I’m sticking that watch up his ass.
Let’s recap. CU wins a nail biter over big in-state rival CSU. CSU’s D line looks like the fucking Philadelphia Eagles against CU. So, there’s two distinct possibilities 1) CSU’s defense is much better than anyone previously thought 2) CU’s O line is in for a long season. My bet is on door number 2.
All the respect in the world for Neon Deion and what he’s accomplished. Every honeymoon ends. My guess is he’s got 5 days.
They'll be 5 and 2 in four weeks so pretty big improvement in one season. Just being competitive is worth a lot. Bunch of old uptight white guys getting too wrapped up over kids being flashy and stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowsparkco
For those complaining about duck fans.
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...th-threats-hit
Keep it classy buffs.
It's just a football game. WTF CU!?Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
Or 3) Starting a true freshman at center (due to injury) had a big impact. I don't think the OL is good, but with regular starters I think they're better than what we saw against CSU. CU has a top QB, some really good skill guys, and zero depth. Gonna be tough if the injuries stack up, but I think the interest in the program stays high even if they lose 1 or both of their next 2 games.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowsparkco
Did you read Deion's response to the death threats against the CSU safety? THAT is how you rebuke crappy behavior from your own side (politicians should take note). Brash, arrogant, loud? Yes. But classless? Hell no.Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
"Henry Blackburn is a good player who played a phenomenal game," Sanders said Tuesday. "He made a tremendous hit on Travis on the sideline. You could call it dirty, you could call it, 'He was just playing the game of football.' But whatever it was, it does not constitute that he should be receiving death threats. That this is still a young man trying to make it in life -- a guy that's trying to live his dream and hopefully graduate with honors or degree, committed to excellence and go to the NFL. He does not deserve a death threat over a game. [The death threats are] very unfortunate. I'm saddened if there's any of our fans that's on the other side of those threats -- I would hope and pray not. But that kid was just playing the best of his ability and he made a mistake. I forgive him. CU, our team forgives him. Travis, he's forgiven him. Let's move on. But that kid does not deserve that."
Do some of you guys still hate Deion?
It’s hard not to be impressed by what he’s done, even if you find him annoying. Great response to the death threat bs. I do wonder what the hype train will look like if they take a few bad beatings. But it’s totally within Oregon’s capability to choke this weekend and feed the flames even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
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The father-son dynamic ive seen the last 2 games gets me in the feels, hard. The interview after the TCU game where he says "thats my son", and Shadeur says "thats my pops". The hug after the Shilo pick 6 in the CSU game. Its so goddamn wholesome how obvious his proud dad moments are.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
I was living in the Dallas area in the 90s so all in on Deion. A good guy, smart football chops to go with the skills.. which is rare. Usually the person with off the charts natural ability sucks at coaching. It's the Coach K type who had to bust their ass doing twice as many drills as everyone else just to make the team that usually make the best coaches.
What Deion might not have is the college and NCAA rules savvy. Butch Davis could come in and turn things around pretty quick too, but it turned out they were cheating their asses off to do it. That's why he and John Blake pretty much got kicked out of college level coaching after a few years.
Wholesome NFL triple A ball. It's a microcosm of the macro BS that is semi-pro NCAA football.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
I'm just hoping that CU and UofO beat the crap out of each other on Saturday.
It's also still worth pointing out that after a full season with a team given to him, but with his kids.. Deion LOST to North Carolina Central University in the NATTY end of last season. Great game but they did lose. That same NC Central got smashed by UCLA like 69-7 or something like that. last weekend Deion brings in 50 players from all over and now has a team that was 1-10 beating top 10 teams. Ya no cheating/NCAA violations happening there LOL!
Good response on his part. I applaud him for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
Part of what Deion has brought together is a great staff. Not just talent from all over.
No program is clean. You’re delusional if you think so.
Tru that. I'm a Sooner, Wife's a Tarheel. We've all been taken down before and will be again. There is a limit to how much shenannigans the NCAA (and other teams) will tolerate. It just all looks too good to be true without crossing that line. Don't be shocked it if is. I'll be shocked if they do investigate and don't find anything outrageous.Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
I hate being so pessimistic about it in general and yeah, it does look too good to be true. However, as good as CU has been vs 3 unranked teams (sorry, TCU shouldn’t have been ranked), the next 2 are going to tell a lot. Too bad it’ll be without Hunter.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
Buffs fans should just enjoy the ride. It takes eons for the NCAA to investigate even obvious shit and issue sanctions.. I don't think anyone was returning their 2005 USC Natty gear when they were stripped of that title over a year after the fact. For better or worse, the NCAA usually does let them play and sorts it out after the fact with shit like I suspect is happening there.Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
the new NIL rules remove the need for the vast majority of cheating. Almost all serious rules violations were impermissible benefits related, and related to the fact that the kids had no money so the schools paid for hookers, houses, cars, etc. Now the college kids, even high school recruits are getting paid so the schools dont really have to pay them or their family off. The rules violations now will just be calling/texting recruits when they shouldnt be, and practicing too much. Thats kind of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
And also, like you said, if you aint cheating you aint trying. Everyone rounds off corners and pushes the boundary so its not really a competitive advantage and we should just enjoy the storylines now for what they are.
^^ Yeah, seriously. What rules are left to break anymore between the transfer portal and NIL?
As much fun as this has been as a CU fan, I'm fully expecting USC and Oregon to beat CU pretty handily these next 2 games. They won't run the table vs Utah, Oregon State, and Washington State either. But I have to think there are a ton of kids just waiting for signing day or the portal to open that want to play for CU next year with all the attention they're getting.
Yeah, I was happy to see that. Great stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
Finally some decent matchups on the schedule this weekend. Must be fall.
I don't know which fan base is going to be more butthurt Sunday morning but you've got a doozy between two of the best at that in tOSU and ND Saturday night.
Hey, I resemble that remark…
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Originally Posted by californiagrown
Academic requirements.. That's why I keep saying just wait until mid terms. What kind of students are all these kids who left their institutions to hop on the Deion Show? Most of you DGAF about these kids being students or getting a degree while they're there. So you're totally ignoring that dimension and REQIUREMENT.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenboy
And as for the portal. UNC Football has a kid who can't play this season because he transferred twice, but only after the full blessing and waivers from the other two schools.
I read somewhere that to be eligible for sports at CU you cannot have two semesters in a row below a 2.0. So if the kids transferred in over the summer, they can get a 0.0 and still be eligible. I think. Dont quote me on that. But i believe academic eligibility based on GPA is determined school by school, not by the NCAA.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumJongGuy
Looks like generally 2.0 give or take, a little higher to receive/keep and athletic scholarship..Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
Looks like football players only have to take 9 credit hours in the fall. That's a reasonable break. Did not know they didn't have to earn 12 technical full time" in the fall. There's an annual requirement of 24 though so they would have to do 15 in the spring or 3 over the summer to keep up.
There are kids who are trying and successfully getting a top notch education while playing D1 football. But, most football schools also have hand picked courses that are hard to fail. At Georgia in the mid-nineties I knew starters on our football team and sorority girls who didn’t belong at that university. They generally sat next to each other when they attended classes in Child and Family Development.
I took one for a grade padding elective.. Elementary School Art. Junior level 2 hour elective. I was the only guy in the class full of young female education majors. WINNING!Quote:
Originally Posted by lowsparkco
North Carolina got busted a couple years ago for "paper courses" that were deemed too easy,.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univer...%20involvement.
I took gymnastics for 1 hour of credit my senior year, (I was a gymnast on the team). I got an A.
Are you saying the Sanders brothers are taking PE and playing flag football for credits ? It actually wouldn't surprise me.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Had quite a few football players in a 'History of Jazz' class that I took at CU. Lecture on Tuesday, then different jazz bands would come in and jam on Thursdays. Awesome class actually. IIRC most of the football players were majoring in communication.
not suprising at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by fatnslow
i played three years of college baseball on a full-ride scholarship in the 90s. my favorite class of all-time and 'athlete-friendly' was Appreciation of Footbag Arts. i shit you not. i'd occasionally show up, drop in on a random circle and kick the hack sack around. the 'professor' would spark one up and lecture on the finer aspects of random esoteric buddist/toasist practices such as jianzi and other weirdness. the only assignment was to fill an empty rasta sack with your choice of medium and suture it closed. easiest A ever.
embarrassingly enough that course along with the remaining three years of athlete-specific coursework was practically tossed into the burn barrel when i decided to drop baseball and actually pursue a real degree.