Here is a great graphic of CU's talent over the last 7 decades

I think this picture says a lot. These are NFL players in the draft mind you, so there are some differences as far as what players made impacts in the NFL with meaningful playing time. However, a brief look on CUBuffs.com shows that the numbers of players playing in NFL were very similar.

Note: Not even Oklahoma or Alabama had as many players in the NFL draft in the 70's or 90's. Nebraska was at the very top with 80. (Have to consider who actually played and made an impact) And as for the argument about Michigan vs. CU talent in that '94 game. CU had 10 more NFL players in the draft overall in the 90's than did Michigan.

But look where we are now. This is the steepest decline ever in our history and seems to still be getting worse.

GO back to the 70's under Mallory and it bears out one truth: CU was recruiting lights-out, better on paper than OU, but wasn't winning big. It is why we went after Fairbanks. It all made sense at the time.

Posted: 04/02/2022 at 1:40PM

Here is a great graphic of CU's talent over the last 7 decades -- Buffalo Bob 04/02/2022 1:40PM

Damn that's painful and likely to get worse ** -- WinningLeadership 04/02/2022 11:38PM

Chart I gave you is misleading. This one is more realistic. -- Buffalo Bob 04/02/2022 4:38PM

Technical analysis of this charts says we are about to shoot up! ** -- Visionary Buff 04/02/2022 10:26PM

Here is a great graphic of CU's talent over the last 7 decades -- buffalo30 04/02/2022 2:27PM

Spot on. Great assistant coaches/recruiters in 70's and 90's. ** -- Shecky1 04/02/2022 2:45PM

No doubt. Mallory didn't do too badly starting in '74.. In retrospect -- Buffalo Bob 04/02/2022 2:36PM

Mallory had Crowders players his first few years. Mallorys recruits were -- Shecky1 04/02/2022 2:48PM

Mallory recruited lights-out compared to today -- Buffalo Bob 04/02/2022 3:00PM

Mallory had Crowders players his first few years. -- buffalo30 04/02/2022 3:00PM

Though we can't compare recruiting in 50's and 60's, CU did well then too. -- Buffalo Bob 04/02/2022 3:53PM

Though we can't compare recruiting in 50's and 60's, CU did well then too. -- buffalo30 04/02/2022 4:23PM

Re: Here is a great graphic of CU's talent over the last 7 decades -- BuffLuv 04/02/2022 1:54PM

True, and here is another graphic for you soon. -- Buffalo Bob 04/02/2022 2:08PM

Here is a great graphic of CU's talent over the last 7 decades

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