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'13 CO TE Mitchell Parsons (Transfer to CSU from Vanderbilt)
- Thread starter Duff Man
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This info (rumor) has been out there awhile, and frankly, I tend to believe they didn't like the film when they looked at it unbiased. Probably didn't have a lot to do with the weight. Good weight gain doesn't effect these things and coaches (even our old ones) are smart enough to know if his new weight was good or bad and not to let that cloud things. They'd look at 2011 vs. 2012 film. Perhaps they looked at full-game film and saw something? Hard to say, and we'll never know. Not saying what HotRack heard didn't come from a coach's mouth, but I'd guess that story sounds better than "we were clueless from the beginning".
Perhaps the original offers had stars in their eyes? Sort of akin to "The Wine Trials" manifesto, that essentially states that knowing the price (or critic's scores) clouds our own ability to judge a wine.... It's human nature and you can't help it. I'm sure the same thing happens with the "star system".
I've been thinking the only D1 teams recruiting him are UNC-Greeley and Vanderbilt. He has showed a Vandy visit for this weekend. Not sure if that happened, but I just noticed that Vandy took their third TE in this class. Got to believe they are full and frankly I'd be surprised if he took that visit based on them bringing in the 3rd TE this same weekend. But I could be wrong.
CU is choosing not to recruit him (new staff). We are NOT recruiting any Tight Ends. Those are the facts. I doubt we ever know, but who he ultimately signs with will be VERY interesting.
Perhaps the original offers had stars in their eyes? Sort of akin to "The Wine Trials" manifesto, that essentially states that knowing the price (or critic's scores) clouds our own ability to judge a wine.... It's human nature and you can't help it. I'm sure the same thing happens with the "star system".
I've been thinking the only D1 teams recruiting him are UNC-Greeley and Vanderbilt. He has showed a Vandy visit for this weekend. Not sure if that happened, but I just noticed that Vandy took their third TE in this class. Got to believe they are full and frankly I'd be surprised if he took that visit based on them bringing in the 3rd TE this same weekend. But I could be wrong.
CU is choosing not to recruit him (new staff). We are NOT recruiting any Tight Ends. Those are the facts. I doubt we ever know, but who he ultimately signs with will be VERY interesting.
Lt.Col.FrankSlade
Well-Known Member
Hopefully he doesn't go to CSU.
does he have a CSU offer?
aik
Well-Known Member
I can see CSU making a huge coup to "close the borders" and I'd be alright with that. I want success for all in-state programs and if they can start recruiting Colorado like Pueblo does it should over time develope the pride high school athletes may feel toward playing their college ball for any of the home teams. As long as Parsons doesn't turn into Sperry-caliber one weekend a year and Chaparral is telling future players to consider CU should they come calling, all of this can work out nicely.
OK - I will answer this.
It would appear he is not being recruited by CSU, who took 2 TE's early in the cycle. He is being recruited by UNC (the one in Greeley).
Parsons may be quietly being recruited by other D1, BCS level programs. Or not.
hes going to vandy per adam via twitter
SuperiorBuff
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Best of luck @ Vandy
4th TE in the class (one is a Juco)... Surprised. But great option for him and best of luck.
gotta be a grayshirt right?
JtsRcktVctry
Member
I really do wish him luck, and still would've been happy with him in Boulder...
but this quote from Rivals on his conversations with Franklin, considering his rumored weight gain, is pretty funny.
"He kept saying all week how much bigger I was than he thought I was."
but this quote from Rivals on his conversations with Franklin, considering his rumored weight gain, is pretty funny.
"He kept saying all week how much bigger I was than he thought I was."
Anybody else thinking redshirt and then to the OL?
Not me. Parsons was a 7-on7 superstar on the camp circuit. It would be a waste of his gifts to play him on the OL.
Obviously, I'm very high on him as a receiving TE and I have been since this recruiting cycle started.
:yeahthat: Just like Solder, except Solder ended up a lean 300 lbs+ with very low body fat(7%?).
Not sure how Mitch is body fat-wise. Sounds as if he may have packed on the wrong kind of weight---particularly if you have EB and WB looking askance at your physique!
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we likely have different definitions.