McChesney should bring him on board with Six Zero. Not sure if he has a QB guy, but it used to be that Warren McCarty guy who sucked. Plus, getting another CU guy in at that place would only help with CO recruiting.
From Wilner's Pac-12 Hotline newsletter today on spring game attendance:
Here are the Pac-12 crowd counts, taken from media and school reports. Many are estimates, which is standard for spring games across the country.
35,000: Oregon
7,550: Colorado
6,313: Utah
5,059: Washington State
5,000: Arizona
4,200: Arizona State
2,500: Oregon State
2,500: Stanford
2,000: USC
1,500: Cal
(No attendance reported: UCLA and Washington.)
The CA schools are key but most of PAC12 is pathetic. The conference is in a death spiral financially and athletically, and has been for a while. The financial problems are well documented elsewhere in this medium. Fixing the apathy that plagues the conference won’t be easy and it may be too late given the financial cluster going on.Fan indifference at our CA schools is a death blow to our conference if it continues. Stanford's its own thing, but USC-UCLA-Cal need to get fixed.
It's not going to change. The fans in the Pac 12 footprint have different priorities. I appreciate that, honestly.Fan indifference at our CA schools is a death blow to our conference if it continues. Stanford's its own thing, but USC-UCLA-Cal need to get fixed.
USC, not long ago, drew over 20k to its spring games and over 85k to its home games. So I don't believe it's a hopeless case by any stretch. I don't think that there are fewer fans in the west. What I think is that in the west a lot more of us take the attitude that we've got better things to do with our time when the teams we like are inept or are playing an uninteresting opponent. Less of our personal identities are tied to our sports teams, in general. Particularly our college sports teams. Similar to the northeast in a lot of respects. Syracuse, Boston College and Rutgers have a lot in common with the Pac-12.It's not going to change. The fans in the Pac 12 footprint have different priorities. I appreciate that, honestly.
I agree. I like CU football way too much, but I have no desire to be the SEC or the BIG (I can't count) 10.It's not going to change. The fans in the Pac 12 footprint have different priorities. I appreciate that, honestly.
USC needs to fire Helton and make a splash hire (Urban Meyer), and Chip Kelly needs to get UCLA to an Oregon level of competitiveness. Those two things happen and there will be some serious renewed interest IMOUSC, not long ago, drew over 20k to its spring games and over 85k to its home games. So I don't believe it's a hopeless case by any stretch. I don't think that there are fewer fans in the west. What I think is that in the west a lot more of us take the attitude that we've got better things to do with our time when the teams we like are inept or are playing an uninteresting opponent. Less of our personal identities are tied to our sports teams, in general. Particularly our college sports teams. Similar to the northeast in a lot of respects. Syracuse, Boston College and Rutgers have a lot in common with the Pac-12.
USC, not long ago, drew over 20k to its spring games and over 85k to its home games. So I don't believe it's a hopeless case by any stretch. I don't think that there are fewer fans in the west. What I think is that in the west a lot more of us take the attitude that we've got better things to do with our time when the teams we like are inept or are playing an uninteresting opponent. Less of our personal identities are tied to our sports teams, in general. Particularly our college sports teams. Similar to the northeast in a lot of respects. Syracuse, Boston College and Rutgers have a lot in common with the Pac-12.