Stood out to me too- even stepping back to the 10K foot view, it specifically said to do this "for all 17varsity sports."
Since this initiative was started, how close has CU been to a P12 or national championship in ANY of the 17 varsity sports? I would define "competing for a championship" as a championship game appearance or a top 2-3 finish if it's something like golf or T&F:
- Definitely meet that criteria (5/17):
- Mens and Women's CC have won multiple P12 titles and have definitely been in the mix for a national title nearly every year, winning 1 each
- Skiing has won one title and is in the mix every year
- MBB usually is in the mix for a P12 title, and went to the championship last year
- Women's lacrosse has constantly been in the top of the standings for the P12, competed for a P12 championship, and won multiple NCAA tourney games
- Sort of meet that criteria (3/17):
- Women's golf has usually been a middle of the Pac 12 finisher most years, although they finished 2nd one year and made the NCAA championships the next year
- Football competed in 2016 for P12 title, but outside of that- LOL.
- Get close to meeting that criteria (2/17):
- Volleyball has it rough in a very rugged conference, but has finished no better than 4th, although they did make a Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament one year.
- Soccer was in the top 3 of the P12 standings a couple of years, won multiple NCAA tourney games
- Definitely do NOT meet the criteria (7/17):
- WBB has been middle of the pack, at best.
- I don't think men's golf has ever even finished in the top half of the Pac12
- Men's and Women's track count as different varsity sports for both indoor ad outdoor seasons. In outdoor they compete in the Pac12 and in indoor they compete in RMAF- they've won 0 conference titles combined, and I don't think they've been in the mix ever.
- Women's tennis has not been very competitive as a team despite some standout performers.
Interesting to me that RG has hired coaches for 0 programs in the top group (not counting skiing as his hire hasn't completed a season yet), 1 program in the second group, 1 program in the 3rd group, and 2 programs in the 3rd group.
The most successful hires in that group are Wetmore, Rokos, Boyle, Whidden, and maybe Mahoney and/or Sanchez, and RG hired ONE of them (Mahoney).
If the goal is to compete for and win championships, why hasn't there been more accountability for not doing so?