BOULDER — Three years ago today, Rick George began his tenure as athletic director at the University of Colorado.
It's been a heck of a stretch.
The summer George was hired, I was a long way (literally and figuratively) from the daily happenings of the CU Athletic Department, but I still kept as close an eye as possible on what was occurring in Boulder. When I heard that George had been lured away from his job as COO the Texas Rangers, I was intrigued but not surprised.
George had always been a man who sought out challenges, going clear back to the time when he agreed to take on duties as recruiting coordinator for Bill McCartney and the Buffaloes.