Our Top 10 articles over the past year:
10. Denver Rides Matt Davis Heroics to 6th Frozen Four in 9 Years
Denver Hockey is always a top story. Goalie Matty Davis and head coach David Carle led the Pioneers to the Frozen Four in St. Louis.
9. Breaking – Denver to Join the West Coast Conference
We’ve written about the need to join the WCC for years. When we least expected it, DU received and accepted an offer to join the WCC.
8. University of Denver Titan, Daniel L. Ritchie, Dies at Age 93
‘Titan’ says it all. Dan Ritchie will always be remembered as a true Pioneer as he returned Denver athletics to the Division I ranks and witnessed numerous national championships.
7. Gondola Project Set to Address Campus Navigation Issues
Our readers appreciate satire, especially when it comes to North Dakota or Colorado College. However, this April Fool’s article was Reid Hardy’s most-read piece in 2025.
6. Recapping DU’s Incredibly Terrible Mascot and Identity Decisions since 1998
Originally written in 2018, readers still return to this piece written by Puck Swami. The article reminds us that Denver alumni, fans, and friends are passionate about tradition and identity.
5. DU Hockey Alumnus Faces Cancer Battle
Some things are bigger than sports. The DU community was asked to support a fallen Pioneer. Rhett Rakhshani’s wife, Sharlene (Shar), 31, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer. A GoFundMe was established to support Shar and their three children. Shar sadly passed a little over a year (in January 2024) after that original December 2022 article was posted, with that article receiving more attention after her sad passing.
4. Vote of ‘No Confidence”, failed or otherwise, damages both the Faculty and Administration
At the end of last academic year, Chancellor Haefner was given a vote of ‘No Confidence’ by the faculty – a big mistake in our opinion. We contend that open discussion and engagement would have been much more fruitful and productive.
3. Local Gathering Place, Brueggers Bagels, Abruptly Closes
Readers want to learn about changes around the DU campus. The closing of Bruegger’s Bagels and Pete’s Cafe were two of the numerous retail transformations around the DU campus this past year.
2. Jeff Wulbrun Out: How it all Unraveled
Denver’s former head men’s basketball coach was suspended ‘in-season’ in a stunning turn of events. People had plenty of opinions and shared them on LetsGoDU.
The top read for the past year was written by LetsGoDU editor, Nick Tremaroli. Nick did an in-depth statistical analysis of all Division I men’s hockey programs over the history of the sport and developed a scoring system and ranking to numerically determine the top programs of the past 25 years and all time. The article encouraged vigorous debate inside and outside of the LetsGoDU community. Of course, to us, DU’s finish is not a surprise, but a school to the south of Denver did much better than expected.
As always, thanks for reading LetsGoDU and sharing your many thoughts with us. We, like you, are looking forward to another great year in 2026 that will see DU make its long-awaited transition to the WCC.
