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The return of football to CSU-P has wedged a gap between the university and the community. It's indeed a viable topic. I had season tickets for the first four years, but can't swing it these days. I still go to a couple of games a year.
If CSU Pueblo wins the national title Pueblo will go wild. Sporting wise it would be the biggest thing to have ever happened in Pueblo and southern Colorado including Colorado Springs.
Asides from Colorado College winning DI Hockey Championships in '50 and '57. DI Championships > DII Championships.
The return of football to CSU-P has wedged a gap between the university and the community. It's indeed a viable topic. I had season tickets for the first four years, but can't swing it these days. I still go to a couple of games a year.
How has it wedged a gap? In my opinion it has done the exact opposite. When the team does good and makes it to the playoffs the entire city talks about it. In fact usually the team is not called CSU Pueblo but simply Pueblo meaning Pueblo's team.
One thing that has hurt CSU Pueblo has been a stricter scholarship limit in the RMAC compared to other D2 divisions. Well yesterday I heard that over the next few years the RMAC will lift that limit. That should help CSU Pueblo better compete on the national stage.
How has it wedged a gap? In my opinion it has done the exact opposite. When the team does good and makes it to the playoffs the entire city talks about it. In fact usually the team is not called CSU Pueblo but simply Pueblo meaning Pueblo's team.
Wedging a gap is repairing a gap that once existed. Before there was football, as I'm sure you remember, CSU was called the concrete jail on the hill. It seemed far removed from the community. I have friends that are members of 'friends of football', I've been to other events on campus that I probably wouldn't have, if those changes hadn't been made. I've been to several basketball games, which are more fun than I remember, and also baseball games. I see people walking around the city with Thunderwolves gear on year round. That simply did not exist before 2008.
Wedging a gap is repairing a gap that once existed. Before there was football, as I'm sure you remember, CSU was called the concrete jail on the hill. It seemed far removed from the community. I have friends that are members of 'friends of football', I've been to other events on campus that I probably wouldn't have, if those changes hadn't been made. I've been to several basketball games, which are more fun than I remember, and also baseball games. I see people walking around the city with Thunderwolves gear on year round. That simply did not exist before 2008.
My apologies as I miss understood you. I was at the fair late last night!
I agree with you 100%. I do not think that the university has ever been so well received in the city as it is now. For the first time in my life we are proud to say we have a university here and talk about it.
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