Yeah, they're just fishing for attention, I wouldn't put CSU-Ft. Collins or CU in the top 10 of that list, CSU Pueblo has better fishing than Ft. Collins if drive times are considered...
The ones I saw were in Big Sur as well, it's pretty cool to be driving along a cliff edge and having a condor riding the upslope wind just a few feet outside your window!
There are condors in the desert southwest, I don't think they get into Colorado much though...and I agree, what jackass shoots a condor??? I've been fortunate to see a couple wild ones up close, they are incredible birds, not something you'd mistake for anything else.