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Teacher by day, Buff fanatic by night, and, actually throughout the school day also. I was raised in Boulder during the dark Chuck Fairbanks years by two University of Michigan alums. I knew "Go Blue!" long before "Go Buffs!", but when a relatively unknown defensive coordinator was hired to lead the Buffs, my interest was slightly piqued. By the time I reached high school Bill McCartney was building a solid foundation with homegrown talent like Jon Embree and I remember the day in 1986 when Boulder celebrated the win over Nebraska. In college I sold beer, watched Coach Mac win a championship, Rashaan Salaam win a Heisman and I was hooked forever. When Jon Embree was hired, I renewed my season tickets and hit the practice rail. I wrote up a few things for some relatives, forwarded them to a few friends, and then made it a blog. Now I find writing about my Buffies is fun, more informative and therapy! I'll post a few times a week during the season, less in the offseason, with news, musings and links. Go Buffs!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Late January scrambling


There is not a lot out there to report, for instance, still no word yet on the last two coaches for RBs and Special teams, but there are a few items of note...

Recruiting: MacIntyre and staff have added their 4th new (5th counting greyshirt Gilliam) and CU's 16th total verbal commitment of the 2013 cycle. Kenneth Olugbode, a 2-star OLB from San Jose, was one of the "secret" visitors this weekend (so was Tim Coleman who committed over the weekend) and accepted an offer from the coaches to whom he had previously committed at San Jose State. His brother Kyle will be a senior safety at Stanford and Kenneth could end up playing safety here as well.  Another two-star flip from SJSU?  This is not awe-inspiring news.

Michigan DB Josh Jones, one of numerous DBs who visited Colorado the previous weekend of the 18th, instead has committed to NC State while on his visit there this weekend.
Although he tweeted that “two other big-time universities tried to get into the picture” DB 

Chidobe Awuzie is waiting for an in-home visit from Mike Leach this week, and then will make his final decision between his three original choices: the Cougs, the Buffs and the hometown (doubtful) San Jose Spartans.  A lot of people think he will be a Buff (based on what I am not sure) and one helping factor may be that he is good friends with Olugbode who just committed.

S Tedric Thompson is down to Fresno State, CU and Minnesota, where he will visit this last recruiting weekend and likely be hosted by his brother, although he has never really acted that high on the Golden Gophers.

Still no word on RB Michael Adkins, who was supposedly down to CU and Air Force, nor on LB Lawrence Montegut, both of whom also visited Jan. 18.

Rifle’s Ryan Moeller, a talented athlete who would likely start out at RB, is deciding between being a preferred walk-on at CU or csu (this used to be an obvious, easy choice for most), and is the only publicly acknowledged visitor (and that may not even be for sure) for Jan. 25, the last recruiting weekend.  Although, there could be a couple more like Coleman and Olugbode.

CUattheGame has a list of everyone left uncommitted who reportedly holds a CU offer, but most of those have shown little or no recent interest in the Buffs and it is highly doubtful that we hear a new name before signing day, although many are hopeful there is some behind the scenes work going on.  http://www.cuatthegame.com/2013/colorado-daily-6/

Ralston Valley OT Dan Skipper flipped his commitment from Tennessee and new coach Butch Jones to Arkansas and Bret Bilema.

Other CU notes: TE Nick Kasa had one catch for 8 yards at the Senior Bowl, where he was sporting the black CU helmet with the North uniform.

Kevin Gemmell of the ESPN Pac-12 Blog gave CU a much deserved D-minus for the season but doesn’t really say anything new or insightful, highlighting the departed Wil Pericak and frosh RBs Christian Powell and Donta Abron, as well as the loss of Paul Richardson in the spring. He said of next season: “Don't expect six wins and a bowl game in 2013, but hoping for three or four wins shouldn't be too much to ask for.”

San Jose Mercury News did a piece on Mike MacIntyre.  In the most anticipated news about his move, it was officially announced that Millie, the family Golden Retriever had successfully settled in.  The Bohnhead’s only quote was…interesting:  “"He has a warm, user-friendly, attractive appeal. He's real."  What exactly is “user-friendly” in a head coach?  http://www.mercurynews.com/sjsu-spartans/ci_22457432/mike-macintyre-discusses-leaving-san-jose-state

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