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Message: [QUOTE="drayenob, post: 4702498, member: 9282"] [HEADING=2]College Sports | Pac-12 survival: Colorado’s conundrum and the unique challenge of a Boulder existence[/HEADING] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/07/25/pac-12-survival-colorados-conundrum-and-the-unique-challenge-of-a-boulder-existence/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/c6eSEe[/URL] [I]Athletically, a connection to Texas, to a greater extent than even California, is necessary for CU’s football recruiting. And there are more blue-chip prospects in the former than the latter: 63 per year in Texas compared to 33 annually in California. (Details below). The power structure within Boulder reflects the potential for a Big 12 lean, as well. Coach Deion Sanders, who has transformed the Buffaloes’ national profile since his appointment last winter, views the Lone Star State as imperative. Meanwhile, the chancellor, DiStefano, and athletic director, George, are nearing retirement. Their legacies are at stake. Will they be swayed by Sanders? What are their priorities? Where are their loyalties? How deep are the scars from the Pac-12’s many missteps under former commissioner Larry Scott? But when it comes to issues that impact the university in totality, including both the source and mouth of Colorado’s enrollment pipeline, the school seems more suited for the West Coast.[/I] [URL='https://www.colorado.edu/oda/sites/default/files/attached-files/overallprofilefall22.pdf#:~:text=American%20Indian%201.4%25%20Asian%20American,or%20international%2C%20or%20are%20unknown.&text=1.%20California%209.8%25%202.,Illinois%203.4%25%203'][I]according to the university’s office of data analytics[/I][/URL][I], and slightly more than half (56 percent) were in-state residents. The out-of-state student population tilts heavily to California. The Golden State is CU’s golden ticket — hello, full-cost tuition! — and accounts for 10 percent of the school’s total enrollment. There are three times as many students from California as those from Texas. — The mouth: Colorado has approximately 300,000 living alumni, [URL='https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2016/09/01/infographic-fall-2016']according to the university[/URL]. About 50 percent reside in Colorado, while the out-of-state alumni base tilts substantially to Northern and Southern California specifically and the West Coast generally. There are more alumni in San Francisco than Colorado Springs, more in Seattle than Dallas. Donations to the athletic department from California increased 903 percent during CU’s first four seasons in the Pac-12, [URL='https://www.dailycamera.com/2015/06/06/colorado-athletics-fundraising-soars-on-west-coast/']the Boulder Daily Camera reported in 2015[/URL]. “Where we play is taking us to where our people are,” George said at the time. (Note: The alumni data cited above is from 2016.)[/I] [/QUOTE]

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