Colorado State Approves New Stadium

Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:47 pm

All over Twitter. Board of Governors in favor 8-0. Rams can officially strike dirt.

Big moment in Front Range athletics. Curious to see how Wyoming responds. Rams have put themselves a step ahead.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:30 pm

J-Rod wrote:All over Twitter. Board of Governors in favor 8-0. Rams can officially strike dirt.

Big moment in Front Range athletics. Curious to see how Wyoming responds. Rams have put themselves a step ahead.

They won't be for quite a while they still need a lot of money to strike dirt.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:33 pm

Interesting. I wonder who their next coach is going to be.

Are these guys being serious about Big12? Or at least auditioning for the Big12 in terms of money commitment? Either way they are leaving us behind.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:53 pm

BeaverPoke wrote:Interesting. I wonder who their next coach is going to be.

Are these guys being serious about Big12? Or at least auditioning for the Big12 in terms of money commitment? Either way they are leaving us behind.

This is their best season since 2002 and they just lost who got them there, B12 talk is laughable.

A polished turd is still a turd.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:53 pm

BeaverPoke wrote:Interesting. I wonder who their next coach is going to be.

Are these guys being serious about Big12? Or at least auditioning for the Big12 in terms of money commitment? Either way they are leaving us behind.

Stop it with the big XII stuff. What makes them worthy of the Big XII?

Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:01 pm

It doesn't matter if I think they are going to the Big12. It matters if the people who fund their program think they can make it to the Big12.

They are the ones going to build a new stadium. They are the ones who just had a great season. They have a chance to make on hell of a hire here right now to maintain their success.

It might be laughable, but I remember people on here saying "The idea of CSU getting a new stadium is laughable".

My point is, they are going places, and we aren't. It might not be the Big12, it might be the top of the MWC. Either way, we are being left behind.

Argue the semantics all you want- CSU is ahead of us, and leaving us behind quickly.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:14 pm

CSU will come back to Earth. These things are cyclical

Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:27 pm

LanderPoke wrote:CSU will come back to Earth. These things are cyclical

Well when do we get our damn turn at the top then!

Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:43 pm

BeaverPoke wrote:
LanderPoke wrote:CSU will come back to Earth. These things are cyclical
Well when do we get our damn turn at the top then!

That's what I want to know!

Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:49 pm

Big 12 for CSU?

Well, without a stadium: no frickin' prayer.

With a stadium: I still think it's unlikely...but not impossible.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:52 pm

So if we have one 10-win season are we Big XII material?

Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:43 pm

LanderPoke wrote:So if we have one 10-win season are we Big XII material?

Pfft! We're SEC material then!

Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:53 pm

If we won 10 games our coach would sure as poop be SEC material, actually probably NFL material.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:40 am

J-Rod wrote:All over Twitter. Board of Governors in favor 8-0. Rams can officially strike dirt.

Big moment in Front Range athletics. Curious to see how Wyoming responds. Rams have put themselves a step ahead.

Really? Wyoming has already responded. The proposed $20 million high altitude athletic training center, the two -phase renovation of the AA, and other projects show Wyoming isn't standing still. If anything, the sheep are trying to catch up with Wyoming. A brand new stadium with no one there is still an empty stadium.

Do the Ewes have a shot at the Big 12? Maybe, only because they've got potential eyeballs and TV sets, something Wyoming won't have, thankfully, for years to come.

In stead of worrying about the sheep's new stadium, which is still not fully funded, BTW, the state of Wyoming should concentrate on getting the Pokes to the top of the MWC.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:18 am

Really? Wyoming has already responded. The proposed $20 million high altitude athletic training center, the two -phase renovation of the AA, and other projects show Wyoming isn't standing still. If anything, the sheep are trying to catch up with Wyoming. A brand new stadium with no one there is still an empty stadium.

Do the Ewes have a shot at the Big 12? Maybe, only because they've got potential eyeballs and TV sets, something Wyoming won't have, thankfully, for years to come.

In stead of worrying about the sheep's new stadium, which is still not fully funded, BTW, the state of Wyoming should concentrate on getting the Pokes to the top of the MWC.

You are exactly right.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:19 am

It's such a double-edged sword. I want to see our athletics go big time, but I hate people and big cities! The only reason CSU would ever get an invite to the Big XII would be because of the TV revenue which I never see that happening.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:39 pm

The Virginian wrote:
J-Rod wrote:All over Twitter. Board of Governors in favor 8-0. Rams can officially strike dirt.

Big moment in Front Range athletics. Curious to see how Wyoming responds. Rams have put themselves a step ahead.
Really? Wyoming has already responded. The proposed $20 million high altitude athletic training center, the two -phase renovation of the AA, and other projects show Wyoming isn't standing still. If anything, the sheep are trying to catch up with Wyoming. A brand new stadium with no one there is still an empty stadium.

Do the Ewes have a shot at the Big 12? Maybe, only because they've got potential eyeballs and TV sets, something Wyoming won't have, thankfully, for years to come.

In stead of worrying about the sheep's new stadium, which is still not fully funded, BTW, the state of Wyoming should concentrate on getting the Pokes to the top of the MWC.

The thing I admire about them, though, is that they have stated they are goaling for the B12. At least they have an ambitious vision. I'm sure they know it's the longest of shots, but at least they think big and are taking the necessary steps that they've determined are part of the process. Conference championships would be part of the norm if you're building towards the P5. We have decent facilities, sure, but I know we lack vision and drive. I've read too many times that the athletic department's goals are to finish in the top half of the league on a regular basis with possible contention for a championship every few years. Apparently we can wait more than 12 years before getting serious. Yay sixth place ribbons for all of us!

Sat Dec 06, 2014 2:35 pm

HiCountryCowboy wrote:
The Virginian wrote:
J-Rod wrote:All over Twitter. Board of Governors in favor 8-0. Rams can officially strike dirt.

Big moment in Front Range athletics. Curious to see how Wyoming responds. Rams have put themselves a step ahead.
Really? Wyoming has already responded. The proposed $20 million high altitude athletic training center, the two -phase renovation of the AA, and other projects show Wyoming isn't standing still. If anything, the sheep are trying to catch up with Wyoming. A brand new stadium with no one there is still an empty stadium.

Do the Ewes have a shot at the Big 12? Maybe, only because they've got potential eyeballs and TV sets, something Wyoming won't have, thankfully, for years to come.

In stead of worrying about the sheep's new stadium, which is still not fully funded, BTW, the state of Wyoming should concentrate on getting the Pokes to the top of the MWC.
The thing I admire about them, though, is that they have stated they are goaling for the B12. At least they have an ambitious vision. I'm sure they know it's the longest of shots, but at least they think big and are taking the necessary steps that they've determined are part of the process. Conference championships would be part of the norm if you're building towards the P5. We have decent facilities, sure, but I know we lack vision and drive. I've read too many times that the athletic department's goals are to finish in the top half of the league on a regular basis with possible contention for a championship every few years. Apparently we can wait more than 12 years before getting serious. Yay sixth place ribbons for all of us!

+100000!

This is exactly my point.

Too many Wyo fans want to pick apart irrelevant things and not look at the big picture.

Who cares if CSU isn't dreaming too big and come up short of their goal? Are us Wyo fans going to point and laugh at CSU for not making it to the Big12 in 5 years, meanwhile they have X amount of 10 win seasons, X amount of Big Dance appearances, and X MWC titles and Top 25 rankings?
While we sit here getting a new coach again in 4 years and saying "THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!"

CSU is doing so much more than we are.
Laugh at their dream, but at least they have one. We are the pathetic guy who lives with his mom at 30, making fun of the kids who didn't accomplish everything they wanted, and make fun of them for dreaming big.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 2:49 pm

CSU is doing so much more than we are.

No, actually they aren't...no matter how many times you say it.

Though I suppose there's no harm in you calling the UW Trustees to see if they want to build another on campus football stadium. Who knows, they might think two would be nice.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:55 pm

SnowyRange wrote:
CSU is doing so much more than we are.
No, actually they aren't...no matter how many times you say it.

Though I suppose there's no harm in you calling the UW Trustees to see if they want to build another on campus football stadium. Who knows, they might think two would be nice.

What we should really do is thank Tony Frank for driving CSU's construction debt to near $1 billion (yes, billion) and further increasing tuition and student loan debt on his students!

Great job, goatee boy!

In the meantime, at good ol' UW:

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Indeed. That $250+ million dollar stadium is going to do great the five or six times they use it a year.

Awesome!