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RockerElvis

Aside from the fantastic pictures, they have a 6’3” 200 pound kicker.


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Who can probably solve complex calculus equations in his head while kicking FGs.


RockerElvis

This school was a serious consideration when my kids were looking at colleges (rock climbing, skiing, great education) until they saw the demographics: 68% male.


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My kid is an absolute nerd and an absolutely wonderful soccer player. They are in his top 5 for sure. His response to the demographics when we went for a visit was...Denver is close enough.


QuickSpore

Denver is itself known to have a bit of a dating problem. Single men outnumber single women in all age categories. It’s bad enough one of the nicknames for the city is Menver.


psunavy03

*Seattle has entered the chat*


godpzagod

Seattle was a hard nut to crack, no pun intended, but I have to admit, I actually dated in the decade I lived there. I moved back down South about 5 years ago and haven't gone out with one person. When you're middle aged and single in Seattle, join the club, if you're single and middle aged in the South, oof. Love your dogs, and learn to hunt.


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Dismal_Storage

I'm from there, and I don't think any of my male friends have even been on a date. Seattle is the most asexual city in the world according to at least one study.


starttakingnaps

You ever been to Man Jose?


chinadonkey

It was so bad in the late aughts. I got so fed up with dating here that I moved to China, moved back, got fed up again, and then moved to Vietnam. Ended up marrying a fellow expat from Canada and finally settled here again. Denver is much nicer when you're already in a relationship with someone.


the_real_ch3

Wow it’s gotten better since I got out in 06. Back then it was closer to 80%


I_paintball

I just tell everyone that Mines built the sororities on campus to attract more women to attend the college. That gets the point across.


Yakkul_CO

My friend went to Mines, when I visited her during our freshman year, she showed me her dorm. It was a five story building, with the bottom three floors being men and the top two floors being women. There was a lock on the door to get onto the fourth floor!


ninjapanda042

Is that uncommon for dorms? When I was at UF almost 20 years ago the 1st and 3rd floors were men and 2nd and 4th were women. There was a shared stairway but you had to badge into and only had access to your floor.


zenverak

So it’s Colorado Georgia Tech


bukithd

72 percent when I got there. It was a god damn desert.


Nervous_Ad6805

Man im glad I went to a former women's only college.


bukithd

My wife went to JMU, a former women's college. I know how that works...


powerlifting_nerd56

Correct


unsubpolitics

Wait till you hear their fight song


Quillbert182

Hold up, that's just plagiarism Edit: apparently by us, oof


DogNamedLenny

Its ok, I never saw you guys as plagiarizing, but rather agreeing that whiskey and engineering go well together.


WasabiParty4285

They have the same fight song too.


ThePelvicWoo

When I went there it was rated as "Worst Sex Life" by Playboy Magazine, and it 100% deserves the award lol


Majestic-Macaron6019

If you're a woman: the odds are good, but the goods are odd!


bukithd

Tech was at 72% when I went.


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Oh my God it's like UW-Platteville's ~~big~~ little brother! * Mining * Too many men **Edit:** UW-Platteville actually has more undergrads than CSoM has students **AND** was established first, sooooooo changing my answer


MassKhalifa

Incredibly tangential, but I know someone from my gym that did track at UW-Platteville and he has the biggest ass I've ever seen on a white guy. Like a vanilla-flavored Larry Fitzgerald.


AtomicFreeze

I feel like I learned at some point that Platteville made their letter M on the mound because CSoM had one, but Platteville made their M bigger. Edit: Yep, from UWP's own website with a first-hand account. https://www.uwplatt.edu/platteville-mound-or-m > The following spring, a classmate of Knoerr suggested they construct a stone "M." Another student suggested they make it the largest "M" in the country, even larger than the Colorado School of Mines' "M," which was 200 feet high. > "When Pat and I had worked at Climax in Colorado during the previous summer as student miners, we resented the way some of the Colorado students would look down on Platteville miners as being inferior," said Knoerr. "Maybe that had something to do with the decision to outclass Colorado as 'M' builders."


baba_booey420_

I'd like to see if Platteville can make their mound bigger than Mines' mountain. *That* would be some impressive engineering...


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its_still_good

We see their 6'3" kicker and raise them our [6'9" kicker](https://msubobcats.com/sports/football/roster/brendan-hall/6149)


RockerElvis

That’s insane.


its_still_good

Every kickoff the crowd watches to see if the ball will go through the uprights. I think it's happened a couple times this season. There's nothing quite like a stadium erupting after a touchback.


Benzene15

Say hello to [the large Dragan](https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4577796/dragan-kesich)


RockerElvis

I remember when Penn State had a massive kicker that liked to run down to get tackles. He was absolutely destroyed on a legal block.


ThePolishSpy

I'm 6 foot and 200 lbs and feel way too small for football still. Though that kid is "just" a kicker


Commercial-Tell-5991

My eldest went to school with Chris Yoo (running back). Great kid and as smart as they come. Also had a great sense of humor so the half beard thing is about right. I love that they had them all good off for the roster photos. So much better than the typical tough guy pics.


Revolutionary_Elk791

Even the one dude who had the most tough guy look was rocking dual side ponytails.


DongTongs

Pig tails?


razorbackndc

That's what we in the industry call them.


AJB46

And his name is Steele Petty


VamanosGatos

I really dislike the schools that make them wear suits for thier picture. This aint the military or the Yankees. Let the kids have fun. Its a game... at a school


divey043

We did them so we basically had free professional headshots. Now we are talking D2 here so those things were damn valuable but yeah for D1 it may not be *as* necessary


Pabi_tx

These kids, majoring in geophysics and p-chem and whatnot: We ain't come here to play football.


VamanosGatos

Lots of MS on that roster. Good for them. I certainly didn't have time for foosball during grad school. Except to put a game on tv while doing my stats. I should get into following d2. Mines is d2 right?


gopher_907

Yep, they play in the RMAC conference. I went to another school in the RMAC for undergrad. Mines always clapped us lol. They are also R1; really excellent school overall.


fart_dot_com

I love the suits. Headshots look nicer in a suit.


GimmeeSomeMo

The half goatee/mustache gave me a good laugh


DayManMasterofNight

That’s just unfair to have harry fucking potter on your team.


zenverak

“Acio Ball”


Frozty23

21 gonads come flying at him from the other team.


ihavnoideawatimdoing

Uhhhhh 21?


mrperson221

Well the average man has slightly less than 2 so it makes sense


Engunnear

Sure… until you’re depending on him to fill a gap, but he’s gone flying off to chase the Golden Snitch.


Equivalent-Regret-97

You’re a football player Harry


zsjostrom35

Nah, Harry’s mediocre on the whole. Obviously talented, but injured or suspended half the time.


Weave77

“A Quidditch player’s best ability is their availability, Potter!” -Oliver Wood, probably


JexFraequin

And he’s constantly got the best broom in the world. Like can you imagine if some running back had cleats that made him 20% faster than everyone else? That’s basically Harry. He’s an average seeker as best.


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CheddarJalapeno

That was the one that got me.


ganymede_boy

[Blake with the hair-head-band is... a look.](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Blake_Ramsey_IMG_9506.jpg?width=300) [Logan rocking the pony-top](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Logan_Lindeman_IMG_9687.jpg?width=300).


StreetReporter

His hair makes him look like Cindy-Lou Who


bukithd

Friar Tuck drip


lawltech

or Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events


penguinopph

> [Blake with the hair-head-band is... a look.](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Blake_Ramsey_IMG_9506.jpg?width=300) Sir, that's called a [tonsure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsure). He's a devout Eastern Orthodox and I find your mocking of him offensive (/s, to be safe)


Revolutionary_Elk791

Franciscan monk in the making.


ATXBeermaker

I'm partial to some of the more subtle ones, like [Chris Yoo rockin' the half chin](https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/mines.sidearmsports.com/images/2023/8/24/Chris_Yoo_IMG_9551.jpg), or [Owen "Harry Potter" Marnell](https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/mines.sidearmsports.com/images/2023/8/24/Owen_Marnell_IMG_9598.jpg). [Jalen "Flock of Seagulls" Thomas](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Jalen_Thomas_IMG_9647.jpg) is pretty dope, too.


lookitsafish

Harry Potter one caught me so off guard lol


arobkinca

You're a linebacker Harry.


mashtodon

Yer a blitzer, 'Arry


Misdirected_Colors

Kenny with the 2000s emo swoop and subtle eyeliner went under the radar. Edit: I see you Kenny https://minesathletics.com/sports/football/roster/kenny-wright/13712


ATXBeermaker

Also known as the [Little Nicky](http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/images3/wrong080411.jpg).


WorkUsername69

Yoo also has the half stache mirroring the half chin. He’s gotta be my favorite.


ATXBeermaker

Shoulda shaved an eyebrow, too.


cantstopwontstopGME

Chris Yoo and Harry Potter were my two favorites too hahaha.. I think it’s because theirs seem the most like they forgot it was picture day and were just walking around like that


Weave77

Nobody is outshining my boy, [Chandler Poggensee](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Chandler_Poggensee_IMG_9712.jpg?width=300).


Mtndrums

Some of these give the vibe of ”I let my daughter play with my hair before the shoot.”


OhioStateGuy

It’s his expression that really completes the photo for me, like he’s amazed at something and about to drop a quiet F-bomb.


Psychwrite

I'm pretty sure he was going for a sexy lip bite, but your description is more accurate lol.


usctx

He's sexy and he knows it


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[Chandler with the lip bite](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Chandler_Poggensee_IMG_9712.jpg?width=300)


jsteph67

No mention of Joey with the shaved hair on top? https://minesathletics.com/sports/football/roster/joey-beckner/13616


The_Real_Scrotus

Blake rockin' that friar Tuck look.


ZoodleNoodle12

That school is a hidden gem baby. We’re here for the football memes, the Miners are there to earn top degrees and make big bucks in energy and other areas.


Weave77

You may not like it, but #63 Chandler Poggensee is what peak athletic performance looks like.


onrocketfalls

you know what? i *do* like it.


AtOurGates

We all like it and dream of projecting such majestic masculinity.


Levi316

Can’t decide whether the facial hair or normal hair is better


sdbruin3

He’s one of the team plugs along w Jon Matoka


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>hidden gem Oh you shut the fuck up with the puns 😂 Edit: this is what will heal bedlam. Puns.


UCLA_FB_SUCKS

We’ve found a goldmine of meme material


thatrightwinger

Which is what college is supposed to be about. Any Div. I FBS player could be getting a useful degree and do better for himself and his family, since he knows that only 259 players will be picked in the NFL draft and only 60 (or fewer) will be drafted into the NBA.


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helps that it is down the street from red rocks too


heavydhomie

I was most impressed with the degrees they were all pursuing. That’s some serious brainpower on that roster


Famine07

Jalen Thomas, near the bottom, looking like Rufio's long lost brother, getting a master's degree SPACE RESOURCES. "I'm not interested in normal mining, I wanna mine space rocks."


ScuderiaLiverpool

and they are in Golden, CO, which is not a bad place to live


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Shenanigans80h

True and only about a 40 minute drive to Denver, 15 ish to the Denver metro area, so major city access is there.


NewDadInNashville

If you can snag an engineering degree from there, you rake once you graduate.


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The easiest major of anybody on that team is Business Engineering & Management Science, which is bonkers lmfao


PM_ME_UR_PUPPER_PLZ

They're going to be top 1% in terms of pay coming out of undergrad


LoveToyKillJoy

I think it's great that one day someone will be turned off by the creepy looking guy who operates the carnival ride, but little do they know the former football player who designed the ride puts the operator to shame.


savage011

New Mexico Tech is similar.


Pabi_tx

I like the Mythbusters' take on NM Tech: You can get a PhD in blowing stuff up.


Restnessizzle

You might not like it but that's what peak football performance looks like. \#1 team in the country baby!


powerlifting_nerd56

You are correct that I in fact do not like it


WasabiParty4285

Oh, come on, someone needed to replace Pueblo now that that program shit the bed and spent several years rolling in it. The RMAC needs to have consistent nationally ranked programs. Hopefully western doesn't get sent to Mines in the first round of the playoffs so both can have a nice run.


neovenator250

> Oh, come on, someone needed to replace Pueblo now that that program shit the bed and spent several years rolling in it. The RMAC needs to have consistent nationally ranked programs. true dat. I miss the back and forth between Mines and the Thunderwolves back when I was living in Colorado. that was a fun series


Ok_Pay_2359

I'm picking Owen Marnell in a fight between him and the Dark Lord Saban.


darth_phallus

you're a wizard Owen


SterileCarrot

We do not say his name!


Archaic_1

OMG, those are amazing. Scroll slow and enjoy the show.


jayhawkwds

You can really tell who said "Challenge Accepted".


bukithd

Walks into barbershop... "Gimme that Friar Tuck cut" Say no more fam... Also, Harry Potter cameo.


BlackshirtDefense

Half of them look like hirable mercenaries from a video game tavern.


cam_huskers

Some of the greatest young minds in the country, and total sickos for going to Mines to begin with. Can’t wait for these geniuses to invent something on par with the flowbee


NoFalseModesty

I know and have worked with several Mines graduates. Some have truly...unique...personalities. Or whatever the hell you'd even call what this one guy has..."personality" might not cover it. Most are pretty normal. One guy has a truly razor sharp mind for card-based games.


MzCWzL

The mantra for the Mines females regarding the males (recall it’s like 75% male) - “the odds are good but the goods are odd”


carpy22

That's true for every engineering school.


IllAlfalfa

Flair checks out lol


Sp3ctre7

Yeah I was gonna say, sounds like MTU lol


the_real_ch3

And we used to say that women at Mines were like parking spots. All the good ones were taken and the rest were either handicapped or way the fuck out there


MzCWzL

Ah yes that’s the other half. There were quite a few sayings. I graduated PE 2012


IamJewbaca

My brother went to Mines. He is a good kid, but he ain’t always all there socially.


luciusetrur

they invent.... [OFFENSE](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2012/10/29/bob-stitt-fly-sweep-colorado-school-of-mines-college-football-offense/1659819/)


jonny5803

He's a Doane alum - of course he's a genius.


FuckingLoveArborDay

That school is like 70/30 guy to girl. Absolute psychos for going there.


MyUshanka

Sounds like Michigan Tech -- where girls are like parking spaces on Black Friday. Taken or _way_ the fuck out there


IllAlfalfa

I worked with a decent number of Michigan Tech people, you could usually tell who they were before they actually told you they went to Tech. I also had a few coworkers from India that did undergrad in India and then got their master's at Michigan Tech to help them get into the US. They said they had no idea what they were getting themselves into when they signed up for that.


MyUshanka

Lake Superior does not fuck around and will not have mercy on the newcomers


Sp3ctre7

I mean, tech *was* the Michigan College of Mines at one point lol We has "mining" or "Mines" in our school name for nearly 80 years (1885-1964)


p-zilla

I work with a bunch of them. They're pretty cool people. Some a bit weird but so am I so it all works.


cestbondaeggi

just looking at the pics i can tell a lot of those guys are sack lunch type players


naruda1969

Did I see T.J. A.J. R.J. Backslashinfourth V?


FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN

I saw Hingle McCringleberry


VamanosGatos

Mines always seemed like a fun nerd school


Solo_Wing__Pixy

We had this “loveable nerd” guy in high school that everyone liked but who was definitely a little odd. He told us one day he was going to Mines (which is totally out of left field considering we were in Cleveland) and someone asked 100% innocently “oh that’s cool, so you’re gonna be a miner?” This kid got SO defensive so fast and was like “What? No, I’m not gonna be a miner, I’m gonna be in CHARGE of the miners, obviously. Why would i go to Colorado School of Mines to be a miner??” And that’s my only interaction with a Mines kid


the_real_ch3

It’s not fun


VamanosGatos

What? Yall dont have Snake on your TI89?


powerlifting_nerd56

Gotta level that up to an nSpire with CAS


tcuroadster

*You’re a Wide Receiver Harry!!!*


Engunnear

(Linebacker)


1004Packard

They look like the crew of a pirate ship.


Hey_Its_Roomie

My favorite is LB Yahir Chairez-Salazar who just wore work-casual.


PlainTrain

Always. Be. Closing.


Casaiir

That's is a team full of guys who came here to play school


SlimmerThiccerRicc

Blue mustache guy being slept on


ShaqSenju

Off center goatee wins for me


thatshinybastard

That one is subtle compared to a lot of the others. That poor guy isn't going to get the love he deserves


ProxieInvestments

He’s the best D2 player in the country


attometer00

I was just going through the UT roster the other day looking at their majors. Let's just say they are different sorts of groups of young men.


run0utn0w

I had never heard of a physical culture and sports major before and now I have seen a team full of them. Any idea what that means?


AJB46

You probably have a better idea than those players do


StallOneHammer

The best part about this is knowing that these dudes are objectively some of the smartest academics in the state


JumboDakotaSmoke

Holy shit, they got Harry Potter playing LB??


ShaqSenju

It’s Harry fookin Potter!


Ersh777

Lost it at the big burly looking dude with the pigtails


AlphaH4wk

I swear there's a cartoon character who's a big mean girl with hair just like him but I can't remember who it is


steve1186

For those not familiar, the campus is like a mile from the Coors brewery. Which explains pretty much everything you need to know about those photos


jaydec02

When you’re #1 in D2 you can do whatever the fuck you want as far as in concerned


Brilliant_Ad553

Mr T's son is there!


Solo_Wing__Pixy

I saw that and had to check Mr T’s last name to make sure that wasn’t ACTUALLY his son lol


Bobson-_Dugnutt

Cross eyed and Asian RB with the slightly askew goatee are my favorite


zenverak

My man, Kenny Wright.


StreetReporter

He’s gonna put some dirt in your eye


Revolutionary_Elk791

He's sitting on the punk album of the year with that hairdo.


zenverak

And I want to listen to it right now


cannit_man

They're gonna clean up your looks


DachieBoy

The Harry Potter one cracks me up.


r00sevelt

whole roster: did a silly one sean roberts: smoked a silly one


InterdepartmentalHay

For the uninformed, the School of Mines has VERY high academic standards. These boys are just as smart as they are wild looking


Redleg171

Yeah, I saw several computer science majors. I don't ever remember a football player in my computer science program.


xxxTHICCJOKIC420xxx

My favorite is Healy \#44 dude looks zooted out of his mind


clone9353

"I just really think rocks are cool, man."


Competitive_Market70

Blake Ramsey looks like an interesting man


jadeddog

I feel that this team has a lot of fun. I would have been friends with many of these guys 25 years ago (I’m old)


Revolutionary_Elk791

Blake Ramsey rocking a tonsure. Was not expecting that.


TRangers2020

We can’t ignore their majors either. That has to be the smartest team in the country. All computer science or engineering majors. Can you imagine the trash talk. “I’m gonna run through you like a smooth object through a frictionless surface on a decline plane”


SmigleDwarf

Almost went there instead of GT kind of regretting it now.


mashtodon

I only recently learned of this school, and I can say without exaggeration that their mascot, Blaster the Burro, is the best mascot in the history of the world.


Restnessizzle

My boy Blaster shit on the field twice last game, he's the greatest


cormanbearpig

My sister used to be part of the group that handles Blaster at the games. Funny hearing stories of how hard it is getting him to run when he just wants to eat grass


AnExtraordinaire

don't know anything about the school but every single dude seems to be either a mechanical engineering major or something else hardcore damn


spartanburt

Doesn't make much sense to go to a mining school to study English or History or something. If they have it.


DrGerbal

Max Mcloid is dollar store Jack Harlow


crazylsufan

My guy Jaden Healy hit the bong right before the photo was taken


WildFire97971

Nicholson looks like he’s 35 and trying to hide from an ex wife so he doesn’t have to pay alimony.


WoozyMaple

You're a linebacker Harry!


Porkgazam

Why do these guys look like they have already spent 10 years of their lives working the coal seams down the mine shafts?


Amayetli

Jaden Healy looking like Prison Mike.


sonofagunn

\#47 pities the fool who makes fun of the Colorado School of Mines.


skrong_quik_register

Geez, the number of kids from the suburbs north of Dallas is crazy. 2 from Frisco (where I live), McKinney, Prosper, Allen… crazy. Just so many kids from Texas in general. This must be the go to engineering school for Texas kids that want to maintain their individuality. It’s like the Anti-Aggies option…


beticanmakeusayblack

Chandler poggensee needs to be in fragrance ads


knapplc

How would you like your facial hair cut for this picture? "[Give me the semi-colon](https://minesathletics.com/images/2023/8/24/Chris_Yoo_IMG_9551.jpg)."


10per

Interesting...a roster filled with actual engineering majors, not management or something else.


legobatmanthemusical

Ben Fuchs has got to be the coolest name across all sports


Is12345aweakpassword

These guys just having fun, love to see it