tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post5016226968479320495..comments2023-10-19T06:47:01.472-06:00Comments on LetsGoDU: Northwestern & DU Share Common Founderdggoddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745826019598020062noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-35898825276133568652013-03-18T18:51:25.745-06:002013-03-18T18:51:25.745-06:00I went to DU for Undergraduate and Northwestern fo...I went to DU for Undergraduate and Northwestern for graduate school. Both schools do have great campuses and both are on the upswing with sports and the community. DU would never be able to make a go of it in fotball for all the reasons stated. We have carved out a nice place for ourselves with some core sports and niche sports. <br /><br />Whle NU had many big donors, Dan Richie is the person who single handedly turned DU's fortunes around. A fine man with the midas touch that put DU back on the map.5BWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902714158850663998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-24129460880954419942010-02-12T03:36:44.960-07:002010-02-12T03:36:44.960-07:00Thanks for the heads up. Edited.Thanks for the heads up. Edited.dggoddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00745826019598020062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-29825019192790077412010-02-11T20:22:54.809-07:002010-02-11T20:22:54.809-07:00This is from thedailynorthwestern.com, not northwe...This is from thedailynorthwestern.com, not northwestern.com. Just so you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-39631146161473580592010-02-11T14:08:14.705-07:002010-02-11T14:08:14.705-07:00Division I-A Football is a game for very large sch...Division I-A Football is a game for very large schools or those with good BCS/FBS conference affiliations. DU doesn't have either one. <br /><br />Swami is right. We'd be doomed - Rice, Tulsa and Tulane are great examples of what our program would be if we had kept it at best-- and those schools are in much more fertile recruiting areas than DU is.<br /><br />We'd be toast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-90589454063850210232010-02-11T12:46:47.855-07:002010-02-11T12:46:47.855-07:00Whether DU dropped football in 1961 or not isn'...Whether DU dropped football in 1961 or not isn't the issue. Almost certainly DU would have dropped it by the early Seventies when they went to the NAIA.<br /><br />Comparing DU to Northeastern or say Vanderbilt, who make millions of dollars from their conference affiliations isn't a fair comparison. Compare DU to Rice or Tulane football programs that lose millions of dollars each year.<br /><br />DU fields 16 sports (8 mens & 8 womens), not because they want to, but because they have to. Its the minimum allowed to retain D-1 membership.<br /><br />Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in Division I for a reason. Low costs and it appeals to the demographic student that DU is pursuing academically. Same with Soccer.<br /><br />Heck, the University of Texas that generates $130 million a year in revenue only has 19 varsity sports.dggoddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00745826019598020062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-65868008909576242062010-02-11T12:14:18.271-07:002010-02-11T12:14:18.271-07:00"We were doomed in football, and the administ..."We were doomed in football, and the administration did the right thing in pulling the plug."<br /><br />Baloney. Football at DU was every bit as popular or more popular than ice hockey was in that era. You have no idea what would have happened if DU would have stuck with football and eventually had invested the time, money, effort into improving the football program the way they have with lacross and soccer. I find it almost comical that they are now spending all of this donor money on fancy lacross fields and soccer fields - sports that have negligible turnouts and sports which most people could care less about.<br /><br />Football & basketball are the big sports on most college campuses, not hockey and certainly not soccer or lacross. Northwestern had one of the best teams in the country years ago when a guy named Parseghian coached there. Of course he went on to Notre Dame and did a few things there. NU suffered many lean years but never gave up on their football program the way DU did and now it is coming back strong. The same thing is happening with the basketball program at NU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-38610507623580503822010-02-10T17:25:32.612-07:002010-02-10T17:25:32.612-07:00DU was running $100,000 football deficits annually...DU was running $100,000 football deficits annually (that would be millions in 2010 dollars) in the early 60s. We were doomed in football, and the administration did the right thing in pulling the plug.<br /><br />DU would never have be able to compete at a national D-I level in football in today's era, especially without a facility. If DU had football today, we'd would be playing no-name Sun Belt teams before 5,000 people rattling around in 75,000 seat Hile High Stadium. CU and CSU can barely keep up in their confrences today, and there aren't enough quality football players to recruit locally. DU would have to recruit Texas and California, where we'd be 35th in line for talented players.<br /><br />Personally, I'd rather see DU being nationally competitive in sports where we have a chance.<br /><br />I'd much rather be top 5 in hockey than 150th in football.puck swaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-54771543803420196282010-02-10T16:55:22.707-07:002010-02-10T16:55:22.707-07:00I am from Evanston and went to DU and the only rea...I am from Evanston and went to DU and the only real similarity is they both have beautiful campuses and they are both full of rich white kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-83642528429065133792010-02-10T12:34:38.262-07:002010-02-10T12:34:38.262-07:00“We dropped football in 1961 because hockey was re...“We dropped football in 1961 because hockey was really becoming more prominent. We also had a chancellor then who thought that football made us less scholarly.”<br /><br />This is why many, many alumni from that era refused to contribute to DU during their lives. They never forgave DU for killing off the football program. <br /><br />Further, the football program was dropped because it was deemed too expensive (not because hockey was becoming more prominent - hockey was already prominent at DU at that time) to operate. For many years DU teetered on the brink of insolvency and killing the football program was a quick fix. This hard to fathom today given all the money that is flowing in and all of the buildings/playing fields that are being built.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-85544576870491258872010-02-10T10:44:17.994-07:002010-02-10T10:44:17.994-07:00Well, I know that DU is not located downtown, howe...Well, I know that DU is not located downtown, however, I would hesitate to call University & Evans "the suburbs". Strange...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com