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I can't wait to see them on the Pac 12 networks and in person! It should be a great fit for Colorado.
Go Buffs
Good addition to the lineup. We can be good.
Its a bummer this didn't happen in time to get Emma Lazaroff out of FHS, the girl is ridiculous, had like 11 goals in a game or something once. Going to Duke to play.
If one more Pac-12 school starts up women's LAX, there will be enough schools (six) for the Pac-12 to sponsor that sport. We are the 5th.
6 is the magic number? Interesting. ACC has long had just 4 for men's lacrosse (UVA, Duke, UMD, UNC), but they do have 6 for women's (VT and Boston College have women's teams only).Originally Posted by NashBuff
There might be associate members just like Boise State's wrestling program is in the P12.
No associates. Men's has been at 4 forever (although the addition of Syracuse will soon bring it to 5).
Colorado football is not a matter of life and death; it's more important than that.
Guessing Men's won't be that far behind by 2016 at the earliest.
I'd love to see it. There are 60 or so D1 men's lacrosse programs, and I'm fairly certain DU and AFA are currently the only two located west of the Mississippi River. You typically have 13-14 regular season games, so that would be 6 games that would have to be played on the east coast. Granted, you can knock out two games in one trip. The travel would be a big challenge (and it will be for women's as well, but there are at least a handful of women's programs in the West). However, it certainly can be done - as DU and AFA have shown - and the costs would still be significantly cheaper than baseball (I want a CU baseball team as much as the next guy..)
Not unless the rest of the Pac 12 also gets some men's teams. The next men's sport to be added will be something that the league sponsors. Baseball is the most likely candidate, along with a women's softball program. Both teams will suck bad against some seriously great programs in the Pac 12.
I don't think that whether a sport is affiliated with the Pac-12 is of primary consideration in CU's decision-making process on which sports to add. In fact, I don't think it factors in much at all.
Agree. I think title IX is our concern. Softball/baseball are the end goal I think. But in order to get there we have some title IX issues to work out.
Not to mention the construction of a venue...
Colorado has some serious instate softball talent. It would take a while but we would eventually compete at a high level
This is this biggest thing. Each would need their own field. However I am wondering if they shared a side if it would help reduce some cost. They could then easily share a lot of the facilities.Not to mention the construction of a venue...
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