Hawk: speculation on my job security purely media-driven

[CarolinaBuff]

The fact that Oregon St was a preseason #1 the last time the Buffs were nationally relevant makes it feel like it was a hundred years ago.

Oregon State did finish at #4 in the 2000 AP poll. :huh:

 

[SINKRATZ]

Oregon State did finish at #4 in the 2000 AP poll. :huh:

I'm not arguing with the ranking, it's just that Oregon St is, at best, the 5th or 6th best team in their conference now, so it seems like a long time ago that they were #1 in the country.

They (and unfortiunately we) are a world away from where we were in 2001.

 

[BlackNGold]

Sub 500 seasons in Red

McCartney:
1982 Colorado 2-8-1 1-5-1 T-6th
1983 Colorado 4-7 2-5 T-6th
1984 Colorado 1-10 1-6 7th
1985 Colorado 7-5 4-3 3rd L Freedom Bowl
1986 Colorado 6-6 6-1 2nd L Bluebonnet Bowl
1987 Colorado 7-4 4-3 4th
1988 Colorado 8-4 4-3 4th L Freedom Bowl
1989 Colorado 11-1 7-0 1st L Orange Bowl 4
1990 Colorado 11-1-1 7-0 1st W Orange Bowl 2 1
1991 Colorado 8-3-1 6-0-1 T-1st L Blockbuster Bowl 20
1992 Colorado 9-2-1 5-1-1 2nd L Fiesta Bowl 13
1993 Colorado 8-3-1 5-1-1 2nd W Aloha Bowl 16
1994 Colorado 11-1 6-1 T-2nd W Fiesta Bowl

Neuheisal:
1995 Colorado 10–2 5–2 T-2nd W Cotton
1996 Colorado 10–2 7–1 2nd W Holiday 8 8
1997 Colorado 5–6* 3–5* T-4th — —
1998 Colorado 8–4 4–4 4th W Aloha — —

Barnett:
1999 Colorado 7-5 5-3 3rd (North Division W, 62-28 Insight.com Bowl
2000 Colorado 3-8 3-5 4th (North Division)
2001 Colorado 10-3 7-1 1st L, 38-16 Fiesta Bowl † 9 9
2002 Colorado 9-5 7-1 1st (North Division) L, 31-28 (OT) Alamo Bowl 21 20
2003 Colorado 5-7 3-5 T-4th (North Division)
2004 Colorado 8-5 4-4 1st (North Division) W, 33-28 EV1.net Houston Bowl
2005 Colorado 7-5 5-3 1st (North Division) L, 19-10 Champs Sports Bowl

Hawkins:
2006 Colorado 2–10 2–6
2007 Colorado 6–7 4–4 L Independence
2008 Colorado 5–7 2–6
2009 Colorado 1-2 0-0

With Mac he replaced Fairbanks who went 7-26 (3-8, 1-10, 3-8) in 3 seasons and left Bill an empty cupboard. I just wonder how bad it really was at the end of Barnetts tenure. Hawkins, through 3 seasons, was 13-24 by way of comparison.

So CU had 3 losing seasons in 21 years before Hawkins and since Hawkins we have had 3 in 3 years with a high probability of a 4th. Yep. Looks like a media-driven conspiracy to me.