I'd say his ceiling is higher than that 8 wins... Just might not be this year or next.. Get over the 6 game mark/bowl game next year and continue to build up from there (disclaimer: I DONT have 6 games as the mark for success next season, just saying we averaged 3/4 games last 5 years)
I will say it is a great case study and if it works, I bet it encourages more of it.
I will tell you 12 months from now. I think we will be able to tell quite a bit after one season. I am not talking wins, but style of play and structure. Game management, etc. . It seems to me Rhule is gettting a pass by many fans because of Mickey. The program can either flounder as a result of Mickey’s meltdown or it can move on and become better. I believe Rhule is getting paid millions and millions of dollars to right the ship and get our team moving forward in a positive direction. No excuses
except he's telling everyone he's going to work them so hard he wants them to quit
That and he actually seems to be getting legit interest from top tier recruits. He still needs to sign these guys, but the response for Prime is way different. It's also interesting because you are going to have to be a mega brand HOF guy like Deion to get that kind of response and it just makes me curious who else would fit that criteria. He's kind of a unicorn as most guys like him go to TV or kind of just fade away.
He already hired a better OC...
I hope to be there. My cousin who was born and has lived in Denver his entire life is a huge CU and Bronco fan. He and I use to go to Denver Bears baseball games back when we were kids. I took him to the last Husker game in Boulder and I hope to take him next September as well. He found out this fall that he has esophageal cancer. He doesn’t drink nor smoke and is pretty bitter about the situation. Sports has been his whole life. He has never been married. His three siblings are all very supportive and I do everything I can for him. I am just waiting for a call from his youngest sister for a date and time to move him into her house and I will fly out to help the process. He works at Costco in Parker and he always has a story to tell about talking to a former Bronco he sees there. His all-time favorite player is Bobby Anderson.
I personally don't get the worry over DS and the game next year. sCUm was so unbelievably bad this year. They lost by an average of 15-44. I don't care who the coach is in Boulder, that's an incredibly steep climb to get them back to being competitive.
We have to define “works”.
He was bringining in 5 star players to Jackson State and paying them $1,000,000. At CU there will be 30 5 star guys lining g up. If you think CU album don't have billions of dollars you're crazy
There are only 40 5 star players a year. You really think CU is gonna get 20% of them on one roster? Not enough NIL money to go around there guy.
You’ve got me curious, so I decided to check.
Is he though? I agree I like him too but I don't think you can say he is better than Marcus.
There's a big difference between Sanders and Frost. One can recruit elite athletes and the other can't.
CU football really fell off the cliff after Barnett exited in 2005. However since then, we've played them 7 times, only winning 4 time with the losses all to CU teams with losing records. Granted, 2022 was probably their worst season in modern history, but they always get up for NU, and they will be highly energized for their first home game under Sanders. Rhule also has his own challenges re-establishing a culture where NU knows how to finish teams off once they have the lead. That's been a problem for years, and thinking Rhule will have that cured by week 2 also seems highly optimistic. Anyway, those are my reasons for worry over a Sanders-lead CU team.
If Rhule doesn’t win that game - he shouldn’t be allowed on the plane heading back
The preferred slant to out of state students still exists.
This is very common amongst the top tier public schools - admit the bare minimum of instate applicants in favor of out of state candidates who will pay the jacked up out of state tuition cost
The majority of CU alums are out of staters. They go to that school because it's a great school in a gorgeous setting and it's a really fun place to go. They don't donate to the school, they don't support athletics, and the don't cheer on the Buffs. They will tune in if the Buffs are in a conference title game. I have a real hard time believing they are going to be able to bankroll this for Sanders. Tucker left after a year.
