This is from the news stand and CUATG. When people make claims about the admin not supporting the program, this is the kind of thing I have been asking about...specific examples:
NIL is not the only challenge CU faces when trying to bring transfers in [.....] the Buffaloes are looking to possibly bring in an offensive skill player via the transfer portal… on a list of 11 receiver transfers that were submitted for academic appraisal recently, only four came back greenlit to recruit. So CU will often have to pump the breaks quickly and stop recruiting a transfer.
While many Power 5 programs signed less 2022 high school prospects in order to leave room for more transfers, the Buffaloes signed a full class of 25 in December and February. I was a little confused as to why they went so heavy with high school players, but after learning the below information, it makes sense.
At CU, admissibility is a pretty easy hurdle to get over. Generally, a mid-2.0 core GPA will cross that threshold outside of a few special cases, like certain graduate programs, etc.
Where CU’s football program runs into difficult academic hurdles is with Progress Towards Degree (PTD). For any incoming transfer student (Junior College or four-year institution), they have to meet certain degree requirements for the major they plan to pursue at CU. If they are admissible into CU but do not meet PTD, they are not eligible to compete during the season.
Most degrees require 120 units to graduate. To meet PTD, they need to meet these requirements, prior to the upcoming fall term:
Freshman (2 semesters) = 20 percent of degree completion (24 credits)
Sophomore (4 semesters) = 40 percent of degree completion (48 credits)
Junior (6 semesters) = 60 percent of degree completion (72 credits)
Senior (8 semesters) = 80 percent of degree completion (96 credits)
CU also has an institutional policy that any transfer must take 48 units at CU to obtain a degree from CU.
Because of that, any prospective transfer that is seven or eight semesters into college is immediately out of play. Even those in their sixth semester are very unlikely to meet PTD requirements, based on how CU accepts transfer credits. So they basically have to wait until graduation for the PTD requirements to go away to recruit these players.
NIL is not the only challenge CU faces when trying to bring transfers in [.....] the Buffaloes are looking to possibly bring in an offensive skill player via the transfer portal… on a list of 11 receiver transfers that were submitted for academic appraisal recently, only four came back greenlit to recruit. So CU will often have to pump the breaks quickly and stop recruiting a transfer.
While many Power 5 programs signed less 2022 high school prospects in order to leave room for more transfers, the Buffaloes signed a full class of 25 in December and February. I was a little confused as to why they went so heavy with high school players, but after learning the below information, it makes sense.
At CU, admissibility is a pretty easy hurdle to get over. Generally, a mid-2.0 core GPA will cross that threshold outside of a few special cases, like certain graduate programs, etc.
Where CU’s football program runs into difficult academic hurdles is with Progress Towards Degree (PTD). For any incoming transfer student (Junior College or four-year institution), they have to meet certain degree requirements for the major they plan to pursue at CU. If they are admissible into CU but do not meet PTD, they are not eligible to compete during the season.
Most degrees require 120 units to graduate. To meet PTD, they need to meet these requirements, prior to the upcoming fall term:
Freshman (2 semesters) = 20 percent of degree completion (24 credits)
Sophomore (4 semesters) = 40 percent of degree completion (48 credits)
Junior (6 semesters) = 60 percent of degree completion (72 credits)
Senior (8 semesters) = 80 percent of degree completion (96 credits)
CU also has an institutional policy that any transfer must take 48 units at CU to obtain a degree from CU.
Because of that, any prospective transfer that is seven or eight semesters into college is immediately out of play. Even those in their sixth semester are very unlikely to meet PTD requirements, based on how CU accepts transfer credits. So they basically have to wait until graduation for the PTD requirements to go away to recruit these players.
