So what exactly went down between CU and Air Force? Everyone talks about the bad things we did be there is not a single story or detail.
One story I heard was the club hockey teams got into a pretty good fight and, as a result, were banned from playing each other.So what exactly went down between CU and Air Force? Everyone talks about the bad things we did be there is not a single story or detail.
UNM would be cool for me, easy road trip. Plenty of hotels, restaurants, etc.
I'd like to replace this game and play a cycle of Wyoming, CSU, AF (prob not), and UNM
I'd like to replace this game and play a cycle of Wyoming, CSU, AF (prob not), and UNM
Why?
Theres a way you could guarantee that rotation. Join the MW like the rest of the region.
What's wrong with playing one of them a year?
If you have a problem with playing CSU every year, it seems pretty dumb to say a rotation would suddenly make everything okay. CA, TX, and real-live P5 teams would be infinitely better.
So what is it? Good for business or nothing to be gained from it by CU? You guys are being wholly inconsistent here.
If you have a problem with playing CSU every year, it seems pretty dumb to say a rotation would suddenly make everything okay. CA, TX, and real-live P5 teams would be infinitely better.
Are we trying to grow the CU fanbase with non-conference games or not? Regional games certainly would suggest the latter.
Are we trying to grow the CU fanbase with non-conference games or not? Regional games certainly would suggest the latter.
I would be looking at the demographics of transplants very closely. Where are they moving from and what team(s) have they followed in the past? JMO, but most longtime Front Range fans are set in their ways. Newbies (and there will be a LOT) are the target audience.
A regional matchup is good for business. The game with the lambs has just gotten old and stagnant. Would love for CSU, Wyo, AFA, or UNM to be the weakest team on our schedule. Leaving us 2 games to play p5 teams.
No but would it create more general regional interest? Probably. Not among the die hards, the casual fans on the front range that have family that went to UNM or went to UNM themselves.Playing a power conference school is good for business. Granted, preferably when we're capable of winning such games. However, I'm pretty sure facing a B10, BXII or ACC school will create far more excitement than New Mexico. Does facing UNM or Wyo really get us all jacked up? Not really.
Very good idea, and probably the smartest way to approach it
So what is it? Good for business or nothing to be gained from it by CU? You guys are being wholly inconsistent here.
Playing a power conference school is good for business. Granted, preferably when we're capable of winning such games. However, I'm pretty sure facing a B10, BXII or ACC school will create far more excitement than New Mexico. Does facing UNM or Wyo really get us all jacked up? Not really.
I don't know about that. How much excitement is there against Iowa State, Kansas State, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Purdue, Indiana, Mississippi State, and various other middling and cellar dwelling P5 foes?
From my personal experience, the opportunity to road trip to a campus was a cornerstone of indoctrination as a life long college football fan. Making a pilgrimage with a bunch of college buddies and experiencing some different, new, and exotic campus under the excuse of a CU football game is right there with the Vegas road trip or Marti Gras outing for the college kid bucket list. College in Boulder is fantastic, and nothing punctuates that opinion more than conquering some other college town under a CU football banner. Unfortunately the distance between CU and other P12 schools requires an airplane, which severely limits the number of students who show up on any given Saturday.
Some of the most cherished sporting moments for the most recent crop of CU students will undoubtedly include going to CSU, NCAA in ABQ, or the P12 tourney in Vegas and cheering the buffs basketball team on the road. There really is nothing like that for football...mostly because a neutral Mile High stadium is the only and closest option, and hanging out in Denver is nothing like going into legitimate enemy territory.
I hear what you are saying with the rest of your post and agree in large part, but to the bolded, these games against P5 would probably be featured on a national broadcast. Whether that be ESPN2 or the ESPN Thursday night game etc. A game like puts the CU Buffaloes in millions of homes across the country each year.
I hear what you are saying with the rest of your post and agree in large part, but to the bolded, these games against P5 would probably be featured on a national broadcast. Whether that be ESPN2 or the ESPN Thursday night game etc. A game like puts the CU Buffaloes in millions of homes across the country each year.