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Honest response, you're Colorado. You are not a destination school, you are a fallback school. It sounds like I am being an ass, but it is the truth. Kids don't want to play there, Fox in this years class is leaving the state, the top 6 kids in the state left last year. The top recruit that Colorado signed wanted to go elsewhere but those schools passed on him, Yuri Wright.

You say that you can recruit Cali now, well USC, UCLA, Standford, Cal, Oregon, Washington are all more desirable while Arizona, ASU, Oregon State all fall into the same tier as Colorado.

A decade ago Colorado was a powerhouse. What's to say a decade from now they some be again?

I just don't see it happening. They can win their fairshare of games, but I don't see them bringing in the horses to run the table anymore.

the hire after spurrier will be the most important hire in school history from an athletic standpoint.

BCS schools Indiana,Northwestern,Iowa State,Oregon State,Mississippi State,Temple,

So your fan base freaking out about his tweets and then claiming that he wasn't a "Michigan man" was all false? Because that was the reason given for why Michigan stopped recruiting him.

So let me ask you this, did you think Wisconsin would be where they are in 1989 (Alvarez was hired in 1990, went 1-10)? What about Virginia Tech before Beamer? I could go on (yes Rocky already said this but you never addressed it). Have they won a national title? No but LSU has, Miami has, Florida State has, Florida has, etc. and none of them were hot shots in the college football world (yes I realize LSU won a BCS title in 2003) before they made their hires. You need to get out of this train of thought that college football is static. It goes in waves. CU was a damn good program from the 50's-late 70's, was excellent from 1989-2001, and has fallen off. College sports in general go in cycles, just like businesses.

I'm not claiming CU has a very good chance at winning a title, far from that, but you seem to think we have zero chance, which is laughable. I also take it that you've never been to Boulder, because you're speaking like you haven't. CU isn't on the same level as Arizona, ASU, OSU, etc as you claim. It's not the California schools, and you're right that it may be a fallback school if kids don't get into those schools (Cal, USC, UCLA, and Stanford), but there's nothing wrong with that. ASU, Arizona, OSU, etc are fallback schools for kids who can't get into the California schools or CU. CU is a top 20 all time program, quit thinking that CU is some horrible program where we've been like this for 100+ years.

Do you also really think that CU couldn't win a national title with Saban as a coach? Because that's the point of the thread. Honestly, nearly every BCS school *could* win a national title. Schools like Alabama, LSU, etc are far more likely where as schools like Oregon State, Indiana, etc are not very likely, but saying never is a stretch.

Wait, Colorado is on the outside looking in right now? Damn man, that's revolutionary. I really thought CU was in contention for the title in the next couple of years!

FAMU? I think UCF will win one in the next 10=15 years...they have a lot of money and are building up their clout in sports.

Holy Sh!t! Colorado still has fans?

That's great but were talking about the future. Cal will out recruit Nebraska every single season going forward, and it will continue to get worse without the big 12 footprint that they used to recruit.

Cal has and has had the players, they are just a competent coach away from being a powerhouse.

Neuheisal wrecked that program. It's never been the same since.

I am going to go out on a limb and say every single public, state university in a major conference can win a National Title. Or, at the very least, get to the "Final Four".

Iowa State may be an exception to that rule. But ten years ago if you had said that South Carolina would play in four consecutive Bowl Games, win the SEC East once and be coached by Steve Spurrier, I would have guessed you were insane. Anything could be possible.

Private institutions face much tougher odds. But Stanford went to two consecutive BCS Bowls and Northwestern won the BigTen and played in the Rose Bowl in the 90s.

I still wouldn't give Duke, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Syracuse or Northwestern much of a chance though.

One is the new stadium/facilities they just built, and the fact that tedfords contract will be up soon. Once that happens they will hire a better coach with the new PAC money and their program will soar. Nebraska has nowhere to go with no fertile recruiting base. They're basically on the same level right now with Cal having 1000x more potential to be great.