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Perv...I'm going to get blasted for this but I want gymnastics. And not just because I like to watch stalking tank looking girls in unitards. I actually really enjoy women's gymnastics and it is one of my must watches in the olympics.
Perv...
I'm going to get blasted for this but I want gymnastics. And not just because I like to watch stalking tank looking girls in unitards. I actually really enjoy women's gymnastics and it is one of my must watches in the olympics.
This. But is there quality gymnastics in Colorado? Seems like it would be relatively cheap too
@rickjames:
great post. and thanks for pointing out that cc and du get guys in to play hockey that CU would never want to touch, academically, for a 2nd tier sport-- we want to take our academic risks in men's fb and bb and therefore need better students in the other sports-- it is an active part of the strategy.
way back when i was at CU, i went drinking a few times with du hockey players. this is anecdotal so take it for what it is worth, but they were all canadian, they had all come up thru junior hockey, focused solely on hockey. they came to du to play hockey. they weren't interested in academics at all. and they weren't the sharpest knives in the drawer. they could drink with the very best, however.
:lol: It is one of the few females sports that I think is far superior to the men's version.
I'm going to get blasted for this but I want gymnastics. And not just because I like to watch stalking tank looking girls in unitards. I actually really enjoy women's gymnastics and it is one of my must watches in the olympics.
This. But is there quality gymnastics in Colorado? Seems like it would be relatively cheap too
Colorado has become very strong as a gymnastics pipeline providing coaches and athletes to the national junior level. That being said, I hate watching it and would be extremely pissed if CU started a Gymnastics team before swimming, wrestling, men's tennis, lacrosse, hockey, (God forbid) baseball, softball, and tiddlywinks.
Yep, should have specified. Also include water polo on that list.I'm assuming men's lax would be added before gymnastics since we have the women's team lined up.
yet they chose to drink with you?
well, i brought your sister with me-- she was very popular with the team.
and then the team was suspended for testing positive for marijuana?
I disagree with everything RickJames posted about hockey at CU. CU can be a winner.
1. The appeal of college hockey is growing. Team USA was nearly entirely composed of college hockey players. The appeal of Junior leagues like the WHL, CHL, and Quebec league is diminishing. The fact college hockey is making into the Friday night primetime schedule for NBC sports network is saying something. Not quite ESPN, but it's more of a spotlight than before. Like basketball or football, American college hockey is increasingly viewed as a pathway to the league. Kids would rather make it by playing for a BU or DU than scrapping it for 3-4 years in the Q.
2. Colorado is becoming a hockey pipeline more and more with every passing year. The kids growing up watching the Avs and Pios are getting drafted now (Nick Shore the latest example). Not the case before. How many rinks have been built in the Denver area over the last 10 years. Interest in the sport has exploded. High schools that never had hockey since the 70's are picking up programs (Cherry Creek, Littleton, Heritage). The "focus on the hockey" bastion of Colorado Springs is not the sole outpost anymore. No reason CU couldn't find a 4* hockey player out of Colorado.
3. Sure kids want to win, however, starting a program is key. Even the University of, yes, Nebraska-Omaha started a D1 WCHA program less than 10 year ago and is now starting to realize success (qualified for the 16 team NCAA tourney). Like all things, developing a program takes time, but it's not impossible to catch up to the BU's, DU's, BC's, etc. CC will never be at the same level as DU ever again because of its small liberal arts school handicap--kids actually have to focus on their "Literature of the River" classes for 3 weeks at a time with the block schedule. AFA is a military academy, and we all know the recruiting handicap there. Kids who play hockey don't care about academic prestige, so that's an irrelevant point to make. CU could eventually realize a recruiting advantage. Further, there's an opening out West in the college hockey scene with Penn State picking up a program and Minnesota and Wisconsin joining the B10.
I agree that CU needs to get the football situation turned around ASAP and needs to pump all funds into an Oregon-caliber facility or get a coach who wins like Nick Saban if Embo/Bienemy can't get it done. All dollars should go there for the foreseeable future (and wtf, legally why can't all 85 football scholarships not count toward Title IX compliance is beyond me).
But don't call the Colorado's college hockey scene an "exception to the rule" or dismiss the University of Colorado's potential to build a college hockey power that rivals DU's or CC's programs.
In the interest of Title IX, I would be ok with adding "really hot coed" jello/mud/lubrication wrestling as a varsity sport. I have no problem with scholarships being awarded for that sport, and it is guaranteed to be a money maker.
In the interest of Title IX, I would be ok with adding "really hot coed" jello/mud/lubrication wrestling as a varsity sport. I have no problem with scholarships being awarded for that sport, and it is guaranteed to be a money maker.
Can't we just have two volleyball teams?For our next Title IX move, I'd like to start a women's bowling team and fund the **** out of it just to screw with the Fuskers.
Can't we just have two volleyball teams?
You want a bowling calendar or a volleyball calendar?You got a problem with bowling mutha****er?
You want a bowling calendar or a volleyball calendar?
I'm going to get blasted for this but I want gymnastics. And not just because I like to watch stalking tank looking girls in unitards. I actually really enjoy women's gymnastics and it is one of my must watches in the olympics.