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Spring game - April 22, 2023 - LIVE ON ESPN
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Or, heck, I wouldn't bat an eye if they charged me $20 per ticket next year.
Would it have killed him to get the Folsom Stadium Capacity figure right?
Deion Sanders Turned Colorado’s Spring Game Into ‘Reality TV’
A sold-out crowd, national media, and a mic’d up Deion Sanders — all for the Colorado Buffs' spring exhibition game.frontofficesports.com
Since the program began keeping records in 1953, no spring game has drawn more than 17,800 fans, according to Visit Boulder CEO Charlene Hoffman. Last year’s event drew just 1,950, and the 2021 game drew only 1,000 to Folsom Field, which has a capacity of about 45,000.
“This is a reset for Colorado football,” Buffs Director of NIL, Sadie Baker, told Front Office Sports. “I think this [game] is a kind of a blueprint, kind of a starting point. A new moment for us to shine and get back to where we were.”
Fowler, who has become a mainstay for ESPN college football programming, said that he doesn’t return to his alma mater often — he’s only called one game from the Buffs booth in his career. But when he saw ESPN had slotted the event on its main network, he volunteered.
“I was excited about it,” he said. “I wanted to see them firsthand — them practice, and see how they were coming together, and get some time with the team.”
The surrounding community is cashing in, too. Baker said that all the hotels within a 10-mile radius are sold out for the weekend. In the fall, lodging rates in the area are going for premium prices, and some are requiring a two-night minimum, according to Hoffman
Nice Sprinter. Is that yours, Farley?
Did you see the plate?
Uh, yeah.
I probably completely mistook your post then, apologies
He was listed on the sheet as #18. I wonder if he was the one that left with the injury early on.
One of our favorite SNL skits. Livin' in a van down by the river. I must say, Farley is a helluva doghouse.
Specs? Who did your build?
This ain't the #vanlife thread, bro!
2017 2500 4x4. I bought it new as an empty shell and built it out myself (with lots of time in the sprinter forums and drooling over pics from Outside Vans.) Another one of my mid-life crisis projects.
We saw people going up to the Byron White club level - were those special invitees or was it probably club-level season tix holders who had the privilege?
Very nice! I assume 144 since you fit in a parking space?
Piss off, Boston boy.
I spent a lot of my undergraduate years in that building staring either at my text book or the chalkboard with a dumb look on my face.
Dude needs to stay in his lax lane. So awkward
This is the kind of thing that will buy CP and the program a lot of latitude in the community and keep the pressure on those in the school who have been an obstacle to football and sports in the past.
This is like a giant unplanned bonus for the hotels. Full hotels also mean full restaurants and bars, lots of souvenir sales, gas, etc. etc. It was probably a great weekend for tips for the workers in a lot of businesses. This event made him a lot of friends who really don't care about football.
Surprising not to see Michigan, Texas or aTm aren't pulling more than 35k to get on this list
MarkW
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Article in The Athletic on Peggy and Prime. It’s wonderful. How Deion Sanders picked 98 year-old super fan to kick off spring game
They are going to be like csu before long since u$c and ucla will toy with them. I’d like to see more games against the Corn but it’s understandable if CU doesn’t renew that series. On the other hand, it will be hilarious if the Nubs don’t renew after we win this year and next year.
UCLA is a garbage take for the BIG10, they will regret it
Now do by % of capacity
Fuskers will never be like CSU. They will be a bottom feeder but enough of the faithful will stick with them that they won't play in abandoned stadiums.
CSU for as much as we justifiably bust on them face many of the same issues the Buffs do. Many of their students are from other places and go back or at least leave when they finish school there. They also have to compete against the pro sports teams.
The turnout in Boulder Saturday is even more impressive considering that the Nuggets and the Avs are in the middle of playoff series.
And then there is the Colorado factor. How many CU fans if we hadn't had the spring showcase on Saturday would have been skiing or mountain biking (and yes both are happening right now) or out fishing or a variety of other outdoor activities. In Lincoln and Omaha I guess they could take a short drive and throw cowpies.
What would not surprise me in the least is if Nebraska signed up for a series with CSU. Short travel for both teams, Sheep could play their home games in Denver and the corn fans would sell it out. And it would be what both schools like and need. A big paycheck for CSU and an opponent that would not add to the humiliation the corn suffer each year in conference.
Looking forward to what Matt Rhule makes of this.
Not going to bother looking it up but just a question to think about.
In the past 20 years is there any other program in the country that has had 60,000 or more fans in their home stadium to watch the home team give up 50 or more points than Nebraska? Is there one that has half as many?
What would be funny is that the nubs are the home team so they can add one more sellout to their sellout streak only to lose to csu.
