What Does College Football Have To Do With College?--NY Times article ft. Colorado

[hokiehead]

College is not only about academics for a student, big part but there's so much more to college than just classes...athletics are a big part of that.

I don't disagree. I was simply noting that CU's Mission Statement doesn't address that.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

I don’t disagree. I was simply noting that CU's Mission Statement doesn't address that.

CU’s mission statement also doesn’t address what good football does for their application numbers, acceptance rate, diversity, out of state enrollment, caliber of applicant, general donations, etc. CU and other Universities love benefiting from the exposure that sports/football brings them and are perfectly fine raising tuition and fees to unprecedented levels, but somehow their primary marketing department isn’t part of their mission.

 

[Corey Trevorson]

I don't disagree. I was simply noting that CU's Mission Statement doesn't address that.

I'd argue this does

"Indeed, CU Boulder believes that its students, both graduate and undergraduate, benefit from the comprehensive mix of programs and research excellence that characterize a flagship university. Thus, CU Boulder’s statutory mission is relevant today and will remain relevant tomorrow."

 

[Mick Ronson]

College is not only about academics for a student, big part but there's so much more to college than just classes...athletics are a big part of that.

yes and no. there are different kinds of colleges/universities......but to your point, this one the University of Colorado it is important.....albeit maybe for different reasons than in the past.

 

[hokiehead]

CU’s mission statement also doesn’t address what good football does for their application numbers, acceptance rate, diversity, out of state enrollment, caliber of applicant, general donations, etc. CU and other Universities love benefiting from the exposure that sports/football brings them and are perfectly fine raising tuition and fees to unprecedented levels, but somehow their primary marketing department isn’t part of their mission.

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thanks. I understand your perspectives

 

[Hunchback Quaker]

All sports are dumb as ****in hell imo, but so is anything that's worth anything. Let me be dumb as hell and yell at football players for 4 hours so that way I don't just let the rage build inside of me and go off the second that a client sends me something a month late but wants a two day turnaround.

Article was fine, imo, but it did seem like it wanted to be more salacious than it is. Ofc college athletics is disconnected from the university, you want Bill McCartney teaching ****ing chemistry?

 

[Medford M.]

Medford hates big tits and apple pie

I am an ass man

 

[Medford M.]

Yet you’re enough of a fan of college football to be fairly knowledgeable about the game, frequent a college sports blog where you only talk about college football, and have a username that takes after an above average but not overly memorable former CU player?

My membership on this board goes back a long, long time...and my username simply goes back to one play in the 2001 Big XII title gane, and the fact I wore 17 my freshman year of high school...which happened to be 2001.

So my fandom goes back to a time when I was young and cared too much. I don't really have an emotional investment anymore.

 

[Jens1893]

things can be dumb and enjoyable

 

[cu3x]

Imo, several of you take CU football, and yourselves, too seriously.
And I've been a total, 100% Buff for decades.

The highlight for me, was his mention of registration in the Field House. My freshman year, I made sure to leave my pencil in my dorm room, planning to approach a pretty girl and borrow one.
I did, we spent an hour together and, the next day, we hiked into the foothills and had a wonderful 1st date.

Go Buffs.

 

[Ringer]

Imo, several of you take CU football, and yourselves, too seriously.
And I've been a total, 100% Buff for decades.

The highlight for me, was his mention of registration in the Field House. My freshman year, I made sure to leave my pencil in my dorm room, planning to approach a pretty girl and borrow one.
I did, we spent an hour together and, the next day, we hiked into the foothills and had a wonderful 1st date.

Go Buffs.

That's the kind of stuff I was talkin' about with this original post. He even mentioned the venerable and existing Piss Troughs in the Balch Mens Room. The photos and videos from the article are wonderful, I think.

 

[Buffnik]

That's the kind of stuff I was talkin' about with this original post. He even mentioned the venerable and existing Piss Troughs in the Balch Mens Room. The photos and videos from the article are wonderful, I think.

Photos and videos of the game experience were incredible.

 

[Jens1893]

good article, btw ... touches on some interesting points

 

[Buff fanatic]

The highlight for me, was his mention of registration in the Field House. My freshman year, I made sure to leave my pencil in my dorm room, planning to approach a pretty girl and borrow one.
I did, we spent an hour together and, the next day, we hiked into the foothills and had a wonderful 1st date.

Go Buffs.

Did you hit it?