GoBuffs08
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Props to the Denver Post for setting a much more celebratory tone, especially when compared with Ringo and the Camera [h=1]CU-Boulder proceeding with $143M athletics expansion despite not meeting funding threshold[/h]
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Facilities Plans...
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Props to the Denver Post for setting a much more celebratory tone, especially when compared with Ringo and the Camera [h=1]CU-Boulder proceeding with $143M athletics expansion despite not meeting funding threshold[/h]
Just rewatched the Facilities walk-thru and the tentative completion of the NE endzone was Feb of '15. So construction not surprisingly going on during the season. That will be interesting, especially with the Ralphie run. Also someone on rivals said they already purchased season tickets for the section that is now officially under construction
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I'm told the video is "private"...now I'm really intrigued.
Pamela Anderson has really let herself go!
I have 1 seat in 121,this is the email I got this afternoon
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None of this is a surprise, but it seems clear that the editors of the DC are not on board with the athletic program at all. I wrote this in the other thread, but I think it might be worth adding in here, too.
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-colle...3m-athletics-expansion-despite-not?source=rss
Every time you see an article I think it would be a worthwhile exercise to make sure you are supporting good comments and disapproving the bad ones. When the average person takes a look and sees the anti-CU Athletics comments with plenty of 'dislikes' hopefully it will become ingrained that college athletics are an important part of a balance University and will ultimately be good for the community.
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-colle...3m-athletics-expansion-despite-not?source=rss
Every time you see an article I think it would be a worthwhile exercise to make sure you are supporting good comments and disapproving the bad ones. When the average person takes a look and sees the anti-CU Athletics comments with plenty of 'dislikes' hopefully it will become ingrained that college athletics are an important part of a balance University and will ultimately be good for the community.
The people of Boulder who comment on the DC don't understand logic. If you don't agree with them, you're wrong. If you think athletics lead to returns in academics, you're wrong. A college should only be used for education, no matter what better academic schools do with athletics.
FrankRizzo
Active Member
So they are taking out the bleachers in the north end? Are they building Dal Ward out towards the field for the new seating/space? Should look a lot better.
They each fluff one another reassuring themselves that college athletics are unnecessary. I guarantee you they get a high when plenty of people "like" their posts and they will become disillusioned if they begin getting lots of dislikes. I don't know. I am probably kidding myself.
i'm not 100% sure what you're getting at with the bolded statement -- VT is an example (that CVille likes to point out) of a school whose academics benefited from athletic notability, by way of increased admissions.
http://nber.org/papers/w18196
The people of Boulder like to ignore that a University can benefit greatly with athletics and instead act like athletics are pure evil
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1. As someone whose adopted the Buffs, I'm excited. probably not as excited as those of you who've been following the team for decades, but I'm happy with you nevertheless.
2. Timing: lots of speculation yesterday about why they are starting ahead of having the money -- could it be as simple as when they worked the schedule backward from 9/13/14 (ASU game) that the choice became either "start now at risk" or "put off until next year"?
2. Timing: lots of speculation yesterday about why they are starting ahead of having the money -- could it be as simple as when they worked the schedule backward from 9/13/14 (ASU game) that the choice became either "start now at risk" or "put off until next year"?
Pretty sure it's sarcasm...unless YOUR comment was sarcasm. In that case, 2x sarcasm = incomprehensible.
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As far as not being quite there in terms of fundraising, could it not be that the last donation to get them over the hump was contingent on ground being broken? That would explain the willingness of the regents to allow the project to move forward despite Ringo's report that the 1/3 has not been fully raised.
totally plausible but would require critical thinking by BDC posters and work by Ringo to confirm...
Haha.
SD and some others have been saying for a while that there has been talk of some significant donors ready to step up as soon as they see that this is actually going somewhere.
To put it in business investment terms, not everyone who invests in you is part of the early stage Series A round. A number of investors are more comfortable putting their money into Series B.
and here's hoping that series B will include some of the more vocal "forever buff" crew who continue to benefit from their time on campus...
Always good to get the AD's name right. Had a nice laugh.
CU athletics director Ken George told The Denver Post that the upgrades were "transformational".
http://colorado.247sports.com/Bolt/CU-breaks-ground-on-facilities-expansion-28607566
CU athletics director Ken George told The Denver Post that the upgrades were "transformational".
http://colorado.247sports.com/Bolt/CU-breaks-ground-on-facilities-expansion-28607566
CVilleBuff
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think tini is being sarcastic, as we've got a stubborn crop of morons in Boulder who refuse to listen to any logic on the issue. No matter how many facts you bring forth about athletics bringing in money and increasing applicants, they refuse to listen and believe this money is being taken from courses on rolling around naked on a canvas and interpretive dance that explores Japanese goat breeding. "Private donation" is apparently not in their vocabulary.
Glad to see the regents on board and willing to bend for the AD at a time when CU cannot afford to not build this. I think it helps that it is not just a football upgrade, it is not going to be a ridiculous palace like Oregon has, and it is going to include space for some research that could put CU on the map in the sports medicine field. Lots of benefits, not just for football.
Hope we see some of those donors step out of the shadows now that the have started dismantling Folsom.
Hope we see some of those donors step out of the shadows now that the have started dismantling Folsom.