2025 Spring Football

[The Alabaster Yak]

No. But having your number retired is the highest honor you can get and I think there are 25 guys or more with similar or better careers at CU.

I guess we just view things differently. I think the impact that Shedeur has had (and will continue to have) on the CU program is only surpassed by a few players in program history, and there's an argument he is #1 in that category over the last 30 years and the catalyst for whatever success CU will have moving forward.

 

[Bread]

For real, is there a way people can contact the AD to express dissatisfaction with this?

I believe it’s www.boomercomplaints.com

 

[Go Buffs]

I don't really have any issues retiring Hunter's jersey. It is odd to do it so quickly though

 

[Bison]

Criteria for a player to have his name/number enshrined on the Folsom press box facade:

Must have earned first-team All-America honors twice, first-team All-Conference honors three times or were winners of recognized national awards such as the Heisman Trophy or Thorpe Award.

Shedeur maybe qualifies from winning the Johnny Unitas Award, but it's an edge case.

Ah that explains why Bieniemy's or Hagan's number haven't been retired.

 

[Bison]

Coach Prime wasn't happy today.

 

[Bison]

Second scrimmage video. Salter looks like he will be QB1. He did some successful zone read runs.

 

[leftybuff]

Second scrimmage video. Salter looks like he will be QB1. He did some successful zone read runs.

Dumb question, but Salter is #3 and Juju is #10?

 

[hokiehead]

I don't really have any issues retiring Hunter's jersey. It is odd to do it so quickly though

Timing is not odd, rather it's sensible, maximizing media attention by announcing it just before the draft.

 

[gramercyrules]

Dumb question, but Salter is #3 and Juju is #10?

Lol, yes

 

[JMBuffs]

Dumb question, but Salter is #3 and Juju is #10?

But don't get used to it, we're retiring their numbers in May

 

[leftybuff]

But don't get used to it, we're retiring their numbers in May

I hear a petition has been launched to allow CU to use letters instead of numbers on jerseys for obvious reasons. Too many dawgs....

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

I hear a petition has been launched to allow CU to use letters instead of numbers on jerseys for obvious reasons. Too many dawgs....

I heard it was Roman Numerals.

 

[Buffalo Brad]

I accept the Johnny Unitas Award for the nation's best QB as a national award. That is literally one of the 3 qualifying standards.

More on the edge would be looking back at Sefo, who had about 100 CU records when he left. I love him, but I'm not sure that the Polynesian POY qualifies as a recognized national award within the criteria.

*The other criteria are 2x 1st Team AA or 3x 1st Team All-Conference, for reference.

And he will be the highest drafted, most NFL ready QB to ever come out of CU. I think it was rushed for both. I do think there is a legit reason so put his name up and definitely Travis. Just too soon more than anything but what ever.

And by the way, all of the idots out there yelling at Rick George, he is a figure head as far as football decisions are concerned and Prime is the one calling any and all shots for the program. They gave him the keys and in my opinion, rightfully so. It was the only way out of the hole Rick put us in with our little man Phil.

 

[Birch1]

Ah that explains why Bieniemy's or Hagan's number haven't been retired.

They haven’t?

 

[Birch1]

And he will be the highest drafted, most NFL ready QB to ever come out of CU. I think it was rushed for both. I do think there is a legit reason so put his name up and definitely Travis. Just too soon more than anything but what ever.

And by the way, all of the idots out there yelling at Rick George, he is a figure head as far as football decisions are concerned and Prime is the one calling any and all shots for the program. They gave him the keys and in my opinion, rightfully so. It was the only way out of the hole Rick put us in with our little man Phil.

Since the criteria is what it is, it makes some sense that if a player wins a national award they get inducted immediately, which is the case here. It means Prime is on it. What is more questionable is why Rashaan Salaam had to wait 18 years after winning the Heisman? Prime would hopefully have been on that as well if he were around back then.

Interestingly though, you won’t find many other Johnny Unitas award winners over the past decade already inducted into their Alma maters athletic hof. I don’t think you’ll find many Heisman winners already in their school’s hof. Prime is on a different timeline.