[Husker] Colorado's Situation...

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 12/09/2005 01:34:52 PM:
[snip previous stuff]
> 
> 
> I live in Boulder county, and see the continuous stream of new 
accusations
> and allegations.  Next Monday we are expecting the next batch of dirt, 
as
> the audit committee delivers their report on the CU athletic department. 
 I
> also have a friend who works for the CU Athletic Department, who tells 
me
> this is just the tip of the iceberg.
>
Funny how we all screamed and howled when the media butchered Tom Osborne 
for off-field incidents. Yet, Barnett and CU get accused of them and we 
don't see a potential pattern in the works.

There is a book about all the stuff that's been alleged at Colorado by a 
guy named Bruce Plasket, called "Buffaloed: How Race, Gender and Media 
Fueled a Season of Scandal". Anyone read this or care to comment? 

And if I were the CU Athletic department, I'd be finding every skeleton I 
could and making it public. They don't have to associate it very closely 
with Barnett, people will automatically draw their own conclusions. That's 
why Barnett is gone, and why he got a $3M payout. 

That's why they have a new AD and now will have a new coach. 

Don't get the idea I have any love for Barnett. I think the guy's an 
arrogant #$)@#*)@(*#@)#(*, but if you're going to want your program 
treated objectively by other fans, perhaps you should start by treating 
their program that way first. 

> 
> CU may have a tough time finding a big name coach.  The biggest problem 
they
> face is financial, as the athletic department runs continually in the 
red,
> and fan support is overall weak.  Very few similarities with Nebraska's
> situation, thankfully.

On his exit, didn't Barnett say CU was a "gold mine" didn't he? Maybe 
that's like Douglas Adam's definition of "mostly harmless" as "being one 
of the most dangerous things in the universe." 

> 
> Finally, I have to congratulate the NU team for the great game in 
Boulder!
> I've attended every CU-Nebraska game, home and away, since the early 
1980s,
> and this was the most satisfying victory, at least since the 52-7 
blowout in
> Lincoln in 1992!
> 
> Go Big Red!  Beat Michigan!
> 
> Mark Propp
> Longmont, CO
> Nebraska BS 1988, MS 1995
> turbopropp at gmail.com