§ Here are a few tidbits about what is going on in Buff world while things are a little slow on the football news front:
2013 Recruiting
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The Buffs have received five verbal commitments
so far, well ahead of recent years’ paces, including two 4-star rated prospects
and two of the top ones coming out of Colorado.
All those committed speak of CU’s family atmosphere in addition to the
campus and surrounding environment as the main reasons for coming to Boulder.
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4-star QB Sefo Liufau supposedly was the staff’s
number one QB and will be the only one signed this cycle. He is yet another top recruit who is opting
to leave the state of Washington.
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Basically unknown safety prospect Kyle Trammel (Silverado
HS, Victorville, CA) is a foster child who plays with anger and has reportedly
been described by a CU staffer as “a ball of hate”. IF he qualifies (and that appears to be a
question) they love his upside and think he is a steal. I love that description of his playing style.
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Chapparal TE Mitchell Parsons sounds super
psyched to be a Buff. Ralphie Report has
a great interview with him: http://www.ralphiereport.com/2012/5/1/2991404/interview-colorado-buffaloes-tight-end-commit-mitch-parsons
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3-star OG prospect Colin Sutton (Orange County,
CA) is one of the top guards in the nation and said: “It just felt like the right thing to do. I looked at a lot of schools
and Colorado is perfect for me.
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The
biggest (literally and figuratively) uncommitted Colorado prospect is Arvada’s 3-star
OT Dan Skipper (Ralston Valley) who is being heavily recruited nationally.
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The Buffs
are also in play for many top national prospects, having offered and are listed
as a team of “interest”. They have lost
a few so far and there are a couple who will likely end up as USC as soon as
they land offers (i.e. CA safeties Su’a Cravens and Max Redfield as well as DT
Eddie Vanderloes), but the CU brand and Embree’s pitch is getting out
there. I predict they will land a big
name that will send some ripples across the recruiting front.
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2012
Frosh
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New
recruits who will be arriving soon: roommates-to-be WR Jeff Thomas and TE
Vincent Hobbs, both from Texas, move in June 1; QB Shane Dillon arrives on the
3rd; WR Gerald Thomas will also arrive from Texas June 7; many
others will be following shortly.
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Chandler,
AZ DE Kisima Jagne is the only incoming 2012 recruit who is in danger of not
qualifying. Supposedly he is close but
it will be a “wait and see” situation until final grades and test scores are
officially given to CU.
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Although
Sean Irwin will start out at TE, there is already talk that he may move inside
and play alongside his brother Jeromy somewhere on the O-line.
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Other
Notes
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Buffscoop.com,
through a post on NetBuffs.com, “confirms” that former Kansas QB Jordan Webb is
indeed transferring to CU and will be on campus this summer. It is still unclear as to what role he will
end up playing for the team, as he clearly thinks he can be the starter for two
years, but would have to do a lot in a short time, while also competing for
snaps with Nick Hirschman (recovering from foot injury) and Shane Dillon (on
campus June 3).
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They also reported that QB coach Rip Scherer and
(more surprisingly?) O-line coach Steve Marshall were the two (not three)
coaches who were approached by NFL teams in the offseason.
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According to their sources, the coaches say Wil
Pericak is the anchor of the D and, especially with the lack of depth on the
D-line, the most valuable player that they cannot afford to lose. They also say the Greg Henderson pleasantly
surprised during the spring and solidified his spot as a starting corner.
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The most interesting tidbit that Buffscoop is
that although coaches only have 8 seniors who will be leaving (i.e. opening
scholarships for 2013), they will be helping/encouraging/pushing a few redshirt
juniors to graduate early, which would free up some scholarships (they have
stated they want to sign as many as 16-18 in 2013) without damaging the school’s
or student athlete’s academic records. QB
Brent Burnette at least did that this year.
There is a lot of dead junior weight on the roster but I am not sure who
is in position to graduate next year, but whoever is might be busy taking a few
courses this summer.
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Check out CUattheGame.com’s “contest” for
readers to write up about their favorite Buff gameday memories.
There are lots of great stories, including a
few by yours truly (Rashaan’s “cousins by blood” make an appearance). And you can never read enough about “62-36”!
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You know it sucks to be a CSU Ram…as
the three football players (as well as the instigator of the incident whom they
pummeled) were all expelled from the school this week for their involvement in
the well-publicized “brawl”. Mike Orakpo
and Nordly Capi were arguably the CSU defense’s two best players, if not the
two most talented members of the entire roster.
But they were idiots, caught fighting and involved with police for not
the first time, not to mention the weed and steroids allegedly found in their apartments. Some thought that McElwain would have a short
stay in Fort Collins, after he showed a little success and that he would jump
ship to head coaching job at a more prestigious university. However, after 27 sacks in his first
scrimmage, this incident, and, well, it is CSU and the Mountain Whack
Conference, he might bail for a high school position job before long.
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Playoffs? Are we really talkin’ ‘bout
playoffs?
I feel
I must address this since it seems that this may actually happen! I have always been an advocate of at least a
2 if not 4 or 8 team playoff would be phenomenal for college football and that
the BCS system was a poor substitute from the outset and in every version. However, I was also skeptical like so many
that they would never pull it off, especially without some travesty of a school
being really dogged by the system.
Now, just out of a little common sense maybe, it appears that the powers are finally
on the verge of making this a reality. I
don’t care what format or how they decide who participates at this point, just
that we have at least four teams competing for a true National Championship. No matter how they set it up, this will be more
exciting than ever, make the regular season more interesting, not to mention
the League Championship games, and will (most importantly?) make a truckload of
money for everyone involved.
However,
I do agree with the Camera’s Ryan Thornburn’s position that an 8-team playoff
would be ideal (his proposal is perfect in my mind: http://www.buffzone.com/cu-news/ci_20557632/thorburn-bcs-playoff-way-never-thought-id-see-football
) but that 4 is the most likely. I also
like his statement the 2014 implementation timeline would be perfect for Embree
and the Buffs who should finally be maturing and competing nationally by then (hopefully).
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