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19/20 Commits...

leftybuff

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seems like DL, WR, TE, RB, QB have been filled nicely by the commits so far, I read somewhere Embo was saying he would sign 28. So the 8 or 9 that are left shoudl be what? A mix of LB, DB and OL?
 
The priority is CBs right now. After that, getting another TE.

Beyond those two areas, OL will be the focus. LB, for whatever reason, does not seem to be a priority for the coaches in this class.
 
The priority is CBs right now. After that, getting another TE.

Beyond those two areas, OL will be the focus. LB, for whatever reason, does not seem to be a priority for the coaches in this class.
I think we have gotten a few OLB's in this class. My theory is that a few of the DE's we've gotten will play in the 2pt stance. It is ILB's that we will not be taking (unless they are big timers, like Rippy)
 
I think we have gotten a few OLB's in this class. My theory is that a few of the DE's we've gotten will play in the 2pt stance. It is ILB's that we will not be taking (unless they are big timers, like Rippy)

I am sure that is the case. Just seems a little strange when you think about Major and Rippy both moving on after next season. Daigh, Greer, and Webb better be good.
 
I am sure that is the case. Just seems a little strange when you think about Major and Rippy both moving on after next season. Daigh, Greer, and Webb better be good.
Also KT Tu'umalo. And to be honest, we had to skimp on at least one position in this class. I think ILB is the best spot since it is pretty obvious the coaches do like the young guys they brought in last year.
 
Do we still think there are a few silent commits out there?

Keep in mind that Embree counts transfers in his overall numbers for this class.

Another TE? We have two commited right?

TE is a huge need for us because we really lack depth there. We only have three scholarship TEs returning next season and all are unproven.

Also KT Tu'umalo. And to be honest, we had to skimp on at least one position in this class. I think ILB is the best spot since it is pretty obvious the coaches do like the young guys they brought in last year.

True, cannot address every single position. Obviously the coaches must be comfortable in who they have there now.
 
Yeah I'm not really understanding why the lack of emphasis on LB either unless we are for sure using Norgard there. I get that we can't load up on every position, but just going 0fer on the position seems like a poor decision. After next year we're going to be pretty thin there and I'm not sure I want to see true freshman getting a lot of PT there in 2013.

Other than that, I just hope we make room for Chris Solomon. Love that kid.
 
Based on the numbers on hand and the incoming recruits, I would like to see 1 ILB (since we have 0 frosh), 1 OLB (since we have 0 jr's and 1 walk-on frosh), 1 TE (since we have 0 frosh), 1 FB (only 1 on roster, and 1 recruit), 3 CB (need speed and depth), and 2 more OL. My opinion is based on the current roster and what we have coming in (a * indicates walk-on player):

qb - next year -- 1 sr (Burnette), 0 jr, 2 soph (Wood, Hirschman), 2 rfr (Dorman, Schrock *) // commits - 1 (dillon)

rb - next year -- 0 sr, 1 jr (Ford), 3 soph (Creer, Goodson, Jones), 0 fr // commits - 3 (Crowder, Payne, Abram)

fb - next year, 0 sr, 0 jr, 0 soph, 1 rfr (Plimpton *) // commits - 1 (Norgard)

wr - next year, 2 sr (Pugh, Ebner *), 4 jr (Darden, Richardson, Papillon *, Turbow *), 4 Soph (Canty, McCullogh, Vincent, Ebner *), 1 rfr (Spruce) // commits - 3 (G Thomas, J Thomas, Williams)

te - 1 sr (Kasa), 3 jr (Thornton, Fernandez *, Wood *), 2 soph (Allen, Slavin), 0 fr // commits - 2 (Irwin, Ray)

O/L - next year, 1 sr (Dannewitz), 3 jr (Bakhtiari, Handler, Harris), 4 soph (Asiata, Crabb, Lewis, Munyer), 3 rfr (Cotner, Mustoe, Nembot) // commits - 3 (Irwin, Kough, Kelley GS)

dt - next year, 2 sr (Pericak, Richter), 1 jr (Bonsu), 1 soph (Poston), 0 fr // commits - 3 (Henington, Solis, Tupou)

de - next year, 0 sr, 1 jr (Uzo-Diribe), 2 soph (Parker, Nichols *), 2 rfr (Koch *, Tuso *) // commits - 3 (Jagne, Stuart, Wilson)

OLB (none) - next year, 2 sr (Ewing, Major), 0 jr, 2 soph (Greer, Tu'umalo), 1 rfr(Walker *)

ILB - next year, 1 sr (Rippy), 1 jr (Webb), 2 soph (Daigh, Williams), 0 fr // commits - (none)

CB - next year, 0 sr, 2 jr (Orms, Vigo), 3 soph (Bell, Henderson, Moten), 3 rfr (Harrington, Brisco *, Thompson *) // commits - (none)

S - next year, 1 sr (Polk), 1 jr (Smith), 4 soph (Harlos, Washington, Gorman *, Marquez *), 2 rfr (Clark, Yates *) // commits - 1 (Manaea)
 
Hey y'all! It's great to have found a site to satisfy my addiction for up to date info and constant opinions on CU's recruiting! I've been following along for the last week getting used to the site, but I figured it is about time I partake.

I went to all but one of the CU home games this year. So it is safe to say that I've been looking forward to seeing some positives this off season (which for this program right now is more of the on-season) We've won some battles and I really like the under the radar commits we just got with Abron and Tupou. After watching film, I'm very excited about Tupou. He shows great get off, separation, vision and a beastly attitude. Listed at 300lbs, but moves like he is 250. Abron looks like a good little change of pace back that could be a real home run hitter and a good compliment to our bigger backs.

I'm confident that we'll get a commit from a bigger name soon (Rippy, Kelley, Cope-Fitz...) which should build momentum and hopefully get us a solid class ranked in the top 30.

Regardless of the final ranking of this incoming class. I'd like to state my satisfaction so far with the type of guys we're getting. Any good program is built successfully from the inside out. We need strong O and D line play to get anywhere. Hawkins developed a team that would be somewhat competitive in the RMAC (I know since I played in it). I watched a team all year that was smaller and slower than nearly all of our competition. Those are huge factors that I looked for Embree and staff to bring in. We need a big SIZE and SPEED injection into this team. And so far it looks like they are aware of the issue and doing their best to solve it. Speed guys look like Abron and Gerald Thomas. As far as size goes, I just looked something up recently... Our starting front 4 on D this year averaged 257 pounds (Hartigan, Cunningham, Pericak and Goldberg), the incoming freshman DLineman already average more height and weight and will only get bigger. IMO, good job!

This has been my first post! More to come soon! But promise to keep the future posts word counts down!
 
Hey y'all! It's great to have found a site to satisfy my addiction for up to date info and constant opinions on CU's recruiting! I've been following along for the last week getting used to the site, but I figured it is about time I partake.

I went to all but one of the CU home games this year. So it is safe to say that I've been looking forward to seeing some positives this off season (which for this program right now is more of the on-season) We've won some battles and I really like the under the radar commits we just got with Abron and Tupou. After watching film, I'm very excited about Tupou. He shows great get off, separation, vision and a beastly attitude. Listed at 300lbs, but moves like he is 250. Abron looks like a good little change of pace back that could be a real home run hitter and a good compliment to our bigger backs.

I'm confident that we'll get a commit from a bigger name soon (Rippy, Kelley, Cope-Fitz...) which should build momentum and hopefully get us a solid class ranked in the top 30.

Regardless of the final ranking of this incoming class. I'd like to state my satisfaction so far with the type of guys we're getting. Any good program is built successfully from the inside out. We need strong O and D line play to get anywhere. Hawkins developed a team that would be somewhat competitive in the RMAC (I know since I played in it). I watched a team all year that was smaller and slower than nearly all of our competition. Those are huge factors that I looked for Embree and staff to bring in. We need a big SIZE and SPEED injection into this team. And so far it looks like they are aware of the issue and doing their best to solve it. Speed guys look like Abron and Gerald Thomas. As far as size goes, I just looked something up recently... Our starting front 4 on D this year averaged 257 pounds (Hartigan, Cunningham, Pericak and Goldberg), the incoming freshman DLineman already average more height and weight and will only get bigger. IMO, good job!

This has been my first post! More to come soon! But promise to keep the future posts word counts down!
Good lord, another MtnBuff. Oh well. Now get me a beer and burrito, stat.
 
Hey y'all! It's great to have found a site to satisfy my addiction for up to date info and constant opinions on CU's recruiting! I've been following along for the last week getting used to the site, but I figured it is about time I partake.

I went to all but one of the CU home games this year. So it is safe to say that I've been looking forward to seeing some positives this off season (which for this program right now is more of the on-season) We've won some battles and I really like the under the radar commits we just got with Abron and Tupou. After watching film, I'm very excited about Tupou. He shows great get off, separation, vision and a beastly attitude. Listed at 300lbs, but moves like he is 250. Abron looks like a good little change of pace back that could be a real home run hitter and a good compliment to our bigger backs.

I'm confident that we'll get a commit from a bigger name soon (Rippy, Kelley, Cope-Fitz...) which should build momentum and hopefully get us a solid class ranked in the top 30.

Regardless of the final ranking of this incoming class. I'd like to state my satisfaction so far with the type of guys we're getting. Any good program is built successfully from the inside out. We need strong O and D line play to get anywhere. Hawkins developed a team that would be somewhat competitive in the RMAC (I know since I played in it). I watched a team all year that was smaller and slower than nearly all of our competition. Those are huge factors that I looked for Embree and staff to bring in. We need a big SIZE and SPEED injection into this team. And so far it looks like they are aware of the issue and doing their best to solve it. Speed guys look like Abron and Gerald Thomas. As far as size goes, I just looked something up recently... Our starting front 4 on D this year averaged 257 pounds (Hartigan, Cunningham, Pericak and Goldberg), the incoming freshman DLineman already average more height and weight and will only get bigger. IMO, good job!

This has been my first post! More to come soon! But promise to keep the future posts word counts down!
Dude! I lurked for months. You may not be ready. Have you read the certified mail thread?
 
I think this class so far is solid. We've gotten a QB to develop. We have beefed up our DL. It's the type of class that will produce a lot of starters and contributors for a winning team. Lots of great football character, too, for enforcing the culture that Embree has established.

What I'm not seeing so far are the gamechangers.

Maybe we have them and we'll find that out when they get here and start playing football. But I'm not seeing those guys that jump out at you on their film and scream "PLAYMAKER!".

Going in, I wanted some DBs with lockdown ability, elite speed, and great ball skills. I wanted a TE who changes the other defense's coverage schemes. I wanted a RB who is a threat to take it to the house on any play even against defenses with USC level speed. I wanted at least one sideline to sideline LB. And I wanted a passrusher that immediately changes the other offense's protection schemes (maybe Kisima is that guy).

Give me:

Wes Brown
Taylor McNamara
Deaysean Rippy
Kenneth Crawley and/or Yuri Wright
Morgan Breslin

At this point, we've made a nutritious burrito with black beans, rice and grilled chicken. Bring the spice, Embo.
 
I think this class so far is solid. We've gotten a QB to develop. We have beefed up our DL. It's the type of class that will produce a lot of starters and contributors for a winning team. Lots of great football character, too, for enforcing the culture that Embree has established.

What I'm not seeing so far are the gamechangers.

Maybe we have them and we'll find that out when they get here and start playing football. But I'm not seeing those guys that jump out at you on their film and scream "PLAYMAKER!".

Going in, I wanted some DBs with lockdown ability, elite speed, and great ball skills. I wanted a TE who changes the other defense's coverage schemes. I wanted a RB who is a threat to take it to the house on any play even against defenses with USC level speed. I wanted at least one sideline to sideline LB. And I wanted a passrusher that immediately changes the other offense's protection schemes (maybe Kisima is that guy).

Give me:

Wes Brown
Taylor McNamara
Deaysean Rippy
Kenneth Crawley and/or Yuri Wright
Morgan Breslin

At this point, we've made a nutritious burrito with black beans, rice and grilled chicken. Bring the spice, Embo.

For whatever reason, I'd give us the best shot at landing Rippy, Crawley and Breslin out of those you named. I don't know much about Manea, but I'd like to see us get much better safety play ASAP. Hopefully we can get a playmaker there. Solomon possibly?

At this early stage, I'm more concerned with us getting good blocking up front and good defense before I worry about offensive playmakers. A great OLine makes decent talent look great and a bad OLine makes great talent look decent. The good playmakers will want to come here once we can show a QB who can dish the rock and an OLine who will clear the path.
 
I think this class so far is solid. We've gotten a QB to develop. We have beefed up our DL. It's the type of class that will produce a lot of starters and contributors for a winning team. Lots of great football character, too, for enforcing the culture that Embree has established.

What I'm not seeing so far are the gamechangers.

Maybe we have them and we'll find that out when they get here and start playing football. But I'm not seeing those guys that jump out at you on their film and scream "PLAYMAKER!".

Going in, I wanted some DBs with lockdown ability, elite speed, and great ball skills. I wanted a TE who changes the other defense's coverage schemes. I wanted a RB who is a threat to take it to the house on any play even against defenses with USC level speed. I wanted at least one sideline to sideline LB. And I wanted a passrusher that immediately changes the other offense's protection schemes (maybe Kisima is that guy).

Give me:

Wes Brown
Taylor McNamara
Deaysean Rippy
Kenneth Crawley and/or Yuri Wright
Morgan Breslin

At this point, we've made a nutritious burrito with black beans, rice and grilled chicken. Bring the spice, Embo.

Thank you for confirming I am not crazy. I keep reading on CU boards that this is a really good class right now.
 
The priority is CBs right now. After that, getting another TE.

Beyond those two areas, OL will be the focus. LB, for whatever reason, does not seem to be a priority for the coaches in this class.

My theory is that they love Greer and Daigh and plan to now move Tu'umalo, Clark and Harlos to LB. Time to eat big boys.
 
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