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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, February 5, 2013

Last minute pre-signing day notes


Congrats to former Buff and Super Bowl Champion Jimmy Smith!

CU 2013 Recruiting Class- Here a few last notes before signing day tomorrow:

Adam M. from Rivals talked to six of the 17 verbals on the Buffalo Stampede Radio show (also podcasted on itunes). 

Denver South RB Philip Lindsay is definitely pumped to be a Buffalo and plans on signing his letter-of-intent and faxing it in at 7:01.  
RB Michael Adkins (San Diego area), who chose CU over Air Force, Yale and Harvard, actually decided earlier than it was announced.  He had been expected to announce his decision right after his visit but he only told coaches.  Both RBs talked about Adrian Peterson as a model.

WR Bryce Bobo (CA) has already formed a strong bond with new WR Troy Walters; the receiver has huge hands as he can barely find gloves that fit! 

WR Eljiah Dunston is good friends with and helped convince WR Devin Ross to come to Boulder after the pair visited Fresno St. together.  Dunston also runs track and considers his speed his greatest asset with a 10.9 100m, a 4.49 40m (“not really that fast” in his words), specializing in the 400m with a 47 flat.  He liked the overall upbeat attitude to work really hard by most of the the players he met.

OT Jonathon Huckins loved the first view of Boulder coming over the hill on US 36 and it made a big impression on him. He will be coming with friend, teammate and fellow offensive linemen OG Sam Kronshrage.

Mullen DE Timothy Coleman originally only visited CU to have something to compare his visit to csu and instead he came away impressed and flipped his commitement, saying everything was just “overall better” in Boulder, especially the atmosphere around campus.

Adam put the chances of DB Chidobe Awuzie becoming a Buff at 75% over a Spartan or Cougar.  He is not nearly as confident in Tedric Thompson.  They will both officially announce their decision (although Awuzie has supposedly already notified coaches) sometime Wednesday.

Adam said that two-star Ath. Ryan Severson from San Jose is the most under-rated player on the commit list, a very fast, versatile prospect, and whether he plays RB or LB or S or special teams, he will make an impact immediately.

Adam, Wil Whelan and a caller discussed how many scholarships are “available” and settled on the descriptor “fluid” as it is up in the air.  If they get someone to commit they will find a way, and they don’t officially have to until August practices start.


There have been no rumors of academic concerns, but we won’t know for sure until August practices start.

I guess there were quite a few walk-on candidates who visited in the last weeks and MacIntyre will have a strong walk-on program, with more bodies on the team than we have seen the last few coaches.

Check in with Stuart at http://www.cuatthegame.com/ all day Wednesday for updates-he takes the day off so we don’t have to!

Go Buffs!

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