Media report-CU's Barnett fired

He knows nothing about it...meeting with AD tonight.

WOW


Should have stayed put in the BIG TEN.

Its comeing its just a matter of time now! Besides he and the team both need a change. Last few games played by Colorado points to exactly that. I am not so sure that the team has not quit on him. They have scored ALL of 6 points in the last 2 games.

CU to cut Barnett
Susie Wargin sports reporter/anchor


BOULDER - 9NEWS has learned the University of Colorado does not plan to bring head football coach Gary Barnett back next season.


A 9NEWS source corroborates a Wednesday Denver Post story which says the university will buy out the remainder of Barnett's deal and not reinstate the coach for next year.

Just one month ago, Barnett's future at CU looked promising. Nothing had been set in stone by athletic director Mike Bohn, but his tone indicated a contract extension for Barnett was likely. Today that does not seem likely.

Buying out Barnett's contract will cost the school about $1.8 million - that includes his base salary of $185,000 and $1.6 million of his $2 million retention bonus.

Where the $1.8 million will come from, along with a timeline of when Barnett will be let go, has yet to be determined. Bohn has been out of town at meetings in New York and plans to return Wednesday. When reached for comment by the Post, Bohn would not speculate, but he is expected to talk to Barnett soon after he returns to Boulder.

The Buffs finished Barnett's 7th season with losses in three straight Big 12 games, quickly turning a 7-2 season into 7-5. In those last three games to Iowa State, Nebraska and Texas, CU lost by a combined score of 130-22.

The final two were the most embarrassing as both were on national TV and CU managed to score just 3 points in each game.

CU will play Clemson in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando on December 27.

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Houston Nutt will be announced soon as the new head coach....

i guy can dream can't he.

my bumper sticker says "Fire HDN", if he looses the #1 player in the nation he will be run out of arkansas..

Ishy

Barnett was lucky he made it through the situation two years ago...Bring back Nuehiesel (*SP)

You had to figure his days were numbered there..All the crap that has gone on over the last 2 seasons and then his dreadful finish to this season,

Could not have happened to a Nicer Guy............:hump:

No shock that Barnett is on his way out. Houston Nutt? He was a hot commodity when Nebraksa was looking, but his stock has since slumped.

nebraska then lsu the next year... we can't get rid of the loooooser.

think barnett would have kept his job if the last 2 losses were not so bad.

Ishy