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March 20th
… CU in a few minutes …
Governor signs Senate Bill 41, giving schools the right to sign additional multiple year contracts
… Hard to understate the value of getting this bill passed. The inability to sign more than six coaches/administrators to long-term contracts has long been considered to be a deterrent to obtaining and retaining quality coaches …
Significant language from the bill … ANY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED AT A STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHOSE POSITION IS FUNDED BY REVENUES GENERATED THROUGH AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION (1)(e), “AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES” MEANS INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES MANAGED AND ACCOUNTED FOR AS SELF-SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES
From the Colorado General Assembly website …
Under current law, institutions of higher education are limited in the number and length of term employment contracts or contract extensions that the institution can award. In addition, institutions are prohibited from providing postemployment compensation or benefits to a government-supported employee after the individual’s employment has ended, except in limited situations and in limited amounts. Further, under current law, the terms of government-supported employment contracts are generally available for public inspection.
For state institutions of higher education, the bill exempts the institution’s employee positions that are funded by revenues generated through auxiliary activities, as defined in the bill, from the provisions of current law.
… The bill will go into effect August 9th …
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Ralphie IV passes away at age 19
From CUBuffs.com … Ralphie IV, the beloved University of Colorado’s live buffalo mascot who roamed the sidelines for 10-plus seasons (1998-2008), passed away Sunday morning at the age of 19.
She was a month away from turning 20, but within the last week, she had developed an abnormal growth on her left side. Her longtime veterinarian was called and after several tests, it was determined she was suffering from liver failure and was in rapid decline.
There were no treatment options to end her suffering, and on Sunday morning she was humanely euthanized. Her caretaker, John Graves, was present and reported, “She was ready to go today. It was very peaceful … almost 20 is fairly old for a buffalo.”
She was buried at undisclosed location in Henderson, Colo., where she spent her retirement grazing in one of the area’s many green pastures.
Ralphie IV was donated to the university by media and sports entrepreneur Ted Turner in 1998. Born in April 1997 on the Flying D Ranch in Gallatin Gateway, Montana (one of Turner’s Ranches), she was named “Rowdy” by ranch hands. She was separated from her mother when she was about a month old and was literally found in the jaws of a coyote with bite marks around her neck. She survived the attack and was bottle-fed by the hands for four months. She was released back to the herd but wouldn’t bond with them, so the ranch hands took her back in and fed her grasses and grain. It was then that she was donated to CU as a yearling early in the spring of 1998.
… Continue reading story here …
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Video: History of Ralphie
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March 19th
… CU in a few minutes …
B.G. Brooks: Seven wins and a bowl game for CU in 2017
… Related … “Neill Woelk: Buffs Sow Seeds Of Optimism In Spring Finale” … from CUBuffs.com
From CUBuffs.com … For their 2017 encore, the Colorado Buffaloes will . . . .
This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise – and with a severely flawed crystal ball, filling in a few blanks is the best we can do at the conclusion of spring practice 2016.
But here goes: How will CU follow its finest football season in a little over a decade?
There’s your $16.25 million dollar question, Buffs fans, a little something to ponder, gnaw on and perhaps gnash a few teeth over through spring, the dog days of summer and until Labor Day Weekend, when CU opens against Colorado State on Friday, Sept. 1 in Denver.
In 2016, his fourth season on the job, coach Mike MacIntyre sent the bar through the roof: 10 wins, an 8-1 conference record, a Pac-12 South championship, the program’s first bowl appearance in a decade and a No. 17 final national ranking.
That the Buffs were outscored 79-18 in their final two games – a 41-10 loss to eventual No. 4 finisher Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game; a 38-8 Alamo Bowl loss to final No. 11 Oklahoma State – most certainly stung at the time but didn’t leave an ugly stain on the season.
And no, the pair of postseason blowouts didn’t faze – nor should it have – CU’s administration in offering MacIntyre a three-year contract extension ($16.25 million over the next five seasons) that is waiting regents’ approval until an external investigation into the Joe Tumpkin matter is completed.
… Continue reading story here …
… By any stretch, it’s not close to the killer schedule that the Buffs clawed out 10 ‘W’s from in 2016. Instead, it’s of the type that a team assigned the rebuilding and refocusing that MacIntyre faces in Year 5 should be able to navigate. It’s also the type a coach needs to demonstrate that his program isn’t a one-year wonder, that a reappearance on college football’s landscape won’t be followed by a disappearance.
Will 2017 yield 6, 7, 8 or 10 wins? Another Pac-12 South championship? Another postseason appearance and final Top 25 national ranking?
I’ll go with 7 wins and a bowl game – and I’m very, very open to being proved wrong.
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Stuart
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Colorado Daily
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March 20th
… CU in a few minutes …
Governor signs Senate Bill 41, giving schools the right to sign additional multiple year contracts
… Hard to understate the value of getting this bill passed. The inability to sign more than six coaches/administrators to long-term contracts has long been considered to be a deterrent to obtaining and retaining quality coaches …
Significant language from the bill … ANY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED AT A STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHOSE POSITION IS FUNDED BY REVENUES GENERATED THROUGH AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION (1)(e), “AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES” MEANS INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES MANAGED AND ACCOUNTED FOR AS SELF-SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES
From the Colorado General Assembly website …
Under current law, institutions of higher education are limited in the number and length of term employment contracts or contract extensions that the institution can award. In addition, institutions are prohibited from providing postemployment compensation or benefits to a government-supported employee after the individual’s employment has ended, except in limited situations and in limited amounts. Further, under current law, the terms of government-supported employment contracts are generally available for public inspection.
For state institutions of higher education, the bill exempts the institution’s employee positions that are funded by revenues generated through auxiliary activities, as defined in the bill, from the provisions of current law.
… The bill will go into effect August 9th …
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Ralphie IV passes away at age 19
From CUBuffs.com … Ralphie IV, the beloved University of Colorado’s live buffalo mascot who roamed the sidelines for 10-plus seasons (1998-2008), passed away Sunday morning at the age of 19.
She was a month away from turning 20, but within the last week, she had developed an abnormal growth on her left side. Her longtime veterinarian was called and after several tests, it was determined she was suffering from liver failure and was in rapid decline.
There were no treatment options to end her suffering, and on Sunday morning she was humanely euthanized. Her caretaker, John Graves, was present and reported, “She was ready to go today. It was very peaceful … almost 20 is fairly old for a buffalo.”
She was buried at undisclosed location in Henderson, Colo., where she spent her retirement grazing in one of the area’s many green pastures.
Ralphie IV was donated to the university by media and sports entrepreneur Ted Turner in 1998. Born in April 1997 on the Flying D Ranch in Gallatin Gateway, Montana (one of Turner’s Ranches), she was named “Rowdy” by ranch hands. She was separated from her mother when she was about a month old and was literally found in the jaws of a coyote with bite marks around her neck. She survived the attack and was bottle-fed by the hands for four months. She was released back to the herd but wouldn’t bond with them, so the ranch hands took her back in and fed her grasses and grain. It was then that she was donated to CU as a yearling early in the spring of 1998.
… Continue reading story here …
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Video: History of Ralphie
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March 19th
… CU in a few minutes …
B.G. Brooks: Seven wins and a bowl game for CU in 2017
… Related … “Neill Woelk: Buffs Sow Seeds Of Optimism In Spring Finale” … from CUBuffs.com
From CUBuffs.com … For their 2017 encore, the Colorado Buffaloes will . . . .
This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise – and with a severely flawed crystal ball, filling in a few blanks is the best we can do at the conclusion of spring practice 2016.
But here goes: How will CU follow its finest football season in a little over a decade?
There’s your $16.25 million dollar question, Buffs fans, a little something to ponder, gnaw on and perhaps gnash a few teeth over through spring, the dog days of summer and until Labor Day Weekend, when CU opens against Colorado State on Friday, Sept. 1 in Denver.
In 2016, his fourth season on the job, coach Mike MacIntyre sent the bar through the roof: 10 wins, an 8-1 conference record, a Pac-12 South championship, the program’s first bowl appearance in a decade and a No. 17 final national ranking.
That the Buffs were outscored 79-18 in their final two games – a 41-10 loss to eventual No. 4 finisher Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game; a 38-8 Alamo Bowl loss to final No. 11 Oklahoma State – most certainly stung at the time but didn’t leave an ugly stain on the season.
And no, the pair of postseason blowouts didn’t faze – nor should it have – CU’s administration in offering MacIntyre a three-year contract extension ($16.25 million over the next five seasons) that is waiting regents’ approval until an external investigation into the Joe Tumpkin matter is completed.
… Continue reading story here …
… By any stretch, it’s not close to the killer schedule that the Buffs clawed out 10 ‘W’s from in 2016. Instead, it’s of the type that a team assigned the rebuilding and refocusing that MacIntyre faces in Year 5 should be able to navigate. It’s also the type a coach needs to demonstrate that his program isn’t a one-year wonder, that a reappearance on college football’s landscape won’t be followed by a disappearance.
Will 2017 yield 6, 7, 8 or 10 wins? Another Pac-12 South championship? Another postseason appearance and final Top 25 national ranking?
I’ll go with 7 wins and a bowl game – and I’m very, very open to being proved wrong.
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Stuart
Continue reading...