Miller is a 6’7” beast (I saw him at the Junior Day basketball game) who is rated three stars by both Rivals and Scout, has a 4.2 GPA and, maybe most importantly, is one of the highest rated players in the state of Colorado. He already had offers from Washington St. and Wyoming, and had taken unofficial visits to Michigan St. and Purdue. He is reportedly somewhat raw and his 255-lb frame still needs to put on some weight, but he should do some of that this year, and more when he redshirts next year.
The Longmont product said: “I’m pretty fired up about being a Buff. I called Coach MacIntyre this morning, he was very excited to have me as a member of his football family…He sounded very excited. He asked me if both of my feet were in the Colorado boat. He doesn’t rush a commitment, but once you make a pledge he wants to make sure that I’m completely committed to him and his football program. I’m completely committed to being a Buff”.
Coach Mike Apodaca’s Raptors won the 3A state title last year and he says that they had already had more contact with this staff than the previous one, and that a few players might have been overlooked in the past, including 2012 prospect Trace Gray, son of former Buff Lamarr Gray (played on 1990 NC team). There are more Division I quality players on this year’s squad, including DL Levi Cecil, LB Andre Apodaca and K Ryan Charles.
Hopefully this is a jumping off point and more prospects will follow suit soon, both inside and outside of the state. Rumor has it that the staff has even offered a few 2015 prospects already.
Depressing Previews:
Jon Wilner of San Jose Mercury News gave the standard CU preview, picking them
last in the South: “Mike MacIntyre’s first year rebuilding San Jose State was a
rough one, and I expect the same to be true in Boulder. The Buffs will be
better than they were last year in numerous areas (conditioning and
preparation, to name two), but that might not translate to more wins.” Usually Jon is a little more interesting and
thorough.
From Kevin Gemmel of the ESPN Pac-12 blog: “If you want to
go by just the raw data, then California and Colorado share the
"toughest" schedule based on the combined records of last year's
opponents. The 2013 schedule for both teams includes teams that had a .588
winning percentage last year.” He did go
on to state that others like Stanford actually had harder schedules, but it’s
still not an uplifting stat.
Facilities Upgrade:
The upgrades are almost complete and look very nice, if you are a Wildcat fan
at least, as Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez gave a tour of the new digs. I won’t post the video because it just pisses
me off.
Yo David,
ReplyDeleteWondering what your feelings are on your least favorite athletic director being shown the door? It seems like strange timing to me. I was certainly surprised. Other than the problems with football, I think he did a fair job considering his low pay and lack of school resources or backing from the administration. I guess it comes down to the fact that he has been unable to secure large donations to the athletic department that would allow CU to upgrade their facilities. Let's hope they get someone who can bring in the big bucks.