Former
LB coach Brian Cabral has been hired as Defensive Coordinator and Associate
Head Coach at Indiana St. under an old friend, Mike Sanford, who almost hired
him at UNLV in 2005. I hope this means that any rumored health problems are
under control. Good Luck Coach Cabral!
A
lot of us really like new WR coach Troy Walters because he is quite interactive
with his twitter account @CoachWalters1 for both recruits and fans of the
Colorado Buffaloes. Last week he tweeted out a plea to fans: “Official visit
weekend! Turnup CU! Let’s show these recruits how we do it in Boulder” then
followed up with something for everyone, a picture of a quote from the CU
locker room that I had never seen, heard or read before: “A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. When the herd is hunted it is the slowest and
weakest ones at the back which are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd
as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps
improving by the regular killing of the weakest member.” This is true on many levels for this team and
program. Besides the obvious one in the
Bohnhead, who are the slow, weak ones that need to be culled from the herd?
Speaking
of coaches…there is nothing to report on the remaining two vacancies, except
one random reference on twitter to Andy LaRussa and special teams, but I have
to believe it was just outdated.
Former
Buff Matt McChesney’s “ZeroSixStrength” is working with over 100 local athletes
from high school to pros, including CU commits John Lisella (will greyshirt)
and Philip Lindsay (recovering from knee surgery). He has also worked with Parker Orms (originally
from Wheat Ridge) over the years and said on Adam M’s BuffStampede Radio
Podcast that the senior safety is in good health, ready to be a leader (and lay
off the pipe?) and is looking forward to making a big turnaround next year.
Recruiting: There were reportedly 14 recruits in for
the weekend and they took in the women’s basketball win over ASU (someone on
the AllBuffs.com forum said they “looked huge”), in addition to the very nice
weather in the middle of January. I love how no matter the weather, super nice
or very wintery and snowy, recruits are always impressed with Boulder. All reports so far have been positive.
Ath. Ryan Severson, who played with Jay
MacIntyre at Valley Christian in San Jose, committed seemingly as soon as he
was officially offered or as soon as he stepped on a real Pac-12 campus (previously
committed to MacIntyre’s staff at San Jose St.). He is the 14th verbal commitment
to CU for the 2013 cycle (at least one, OL John Lisella, will greyshirt until
Jan. 2014), plus 4 greyshirts who have joined the program. Severson will likely play safety but could be
used at cornerback and even running back down the road, and is expected to play
on special teams immediately (he runs a 4.46).
WR
Devin Ross said he will not take his scheduled visit to Utah and is definitely
coming to CU. The other six verbal commits
also reportedly enjoyed their visits; OL Jonathon Huckins supposedly falling in
love with Boulder and posted a photo of himself in Buff gear; George Frazier is
excited to play ILB. It would be really nice to hear something similar from Ross’
good friend WR Elijah Dunston, who is one of the few previous verbal commits that
is not necessarily 100% yet.
La
Mesa, CA RB Michael Adkins is definitely comming to the state of Colorado, but will
decide soon between CU and Air Force.
La
Marque, Texas LB/DE Lawrence Montegut (looks pretty small in his picture) is
seriously considering the Buffs, after having only previously looked at
in-state school, but really enjoyed his visit to Boulder.
San
Jose, CA CB prospect Chidobe Awuzie (how great will it be if he and Chidera
Uzo-Diribe combine on a tackle?!) tweeted out a lot of really positive things
to say about his visit, Boulder, the facilities and everything he saw, so I
wouldn’t be surprised if he commits over WSU.
He will have one last in-home visit from each school this week, but all
indications are that the Buffs are frontrunners.
Supposedly,
MacIntyre made a home visit to DE Marcus Loud (who de-committed from Missouri,
committed to the Buffs, then went back to Mizzou after the Embree firing)
trying to flip him one more time, but I am not holding my breath on this one.
Even
though they have more than half of their allotted visits remaining, CU only has
one visitor scheduled in the last two weeks: RB Ryan Moeller from Rifle, who is
likely a preferred walk-on for MacIntyre.
Although
no one will actually say it, I am guessing the reason that MacIntyre is going
to “oversign” a little is that they expect at least a few players to bail after
they see how spring practice shakes out and where the roster stands; the Bohnhead
will likely also help out his coach by releasing a few guys, as long as they
are academically eligible, after spring ball.
Word
is that (formerly four-star) TE Mitchell Parsons (Chaparral), who de-committed from
Embree in December, has maybe has gotten a little complacent, putting on a
bunch of weight, and not the good kind.
His name has all but disappeared nationally but he announced this
weekend that he will sign with Vanderbilt.
He and his friends tweeted a couple of digs at CU, but I think we are
glad that he didn’t bring his ego and attitude to Boulder. Good luck at the little sister in Tennessee
Mitchy!
Go Buffs!
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