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Get ready for Pass Happy buffs next year

Darth Snow

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Not just speculation, but words from on high:

http://www.timescall.com/sports-college/sportscollege-story.asp?ID=19610

We might have received a preview of 2010 on Nov. 19 at Oklahoma State, where CU opened the game by calling passes on its first 13 plays. In the season finale against Nebraska, the Buffs threw 44 passes. They had 28 runs.

Asked Tuesday what the offense’s identity should be in 2010, quarterback Tyler Hansen had a little twinkle in his eye.

“I feel like maybe a little more passing game will be best suited for us with the wide receivers we’re getting,” he said
no more downhill running. :huh: However, I am ok with it, because of the bolded part below:

Kiesau said in August that he wanted to tailor the talent to CU’s offense, and he wanted it to be different from anything else in the league. On Tuesday, he offered few hints of what he has in mind.

“It definitely is encouraging,” Kiesau said of CU’s returning experience. “But we have to eliminate mistakes.

“We still must run the ball. We can’t expect to throw the ball every down and win. We’ll look at it closely throughout our offseason.”

I like a coach that does that... And the offense did change significantly throughout the year (for the better, for once)...

Pass heavy, but with the threat of run. Something pretty similar to Mizzou or Kansas perhaps?

I am excited about the WR talent next year, and with TH getting some reps. should be interesting...
 
I actually think we have the athletes to be a succesful passing team right now. We are gonna be fricken loaded at WR next year. The staff worries me more than anything though.


We were "fricken loaded" at WR THIS year, too. We were also loaded at RB. We were also loaded at TE. I sure didn't see the coaches putting in any kind of offense to maximize those areas of the field.

Until the OL improves, the WR's aren't going to matter.
 
Passing? Hrmmm...I like the running game setting up the pass. I think they need to get multi-demensional on offense...then again...so does nebraska :/
 
Until the OL improves, the WR's aren't going to matter.

well, the ol did improve a bit over the year... still bad, but improved, i thought. also, having a qb with a little more athleticism in there helped a bit too.

i would hope that the ol is going to be much better next year, even despite the coaching... and if mtm is in the mix next year, that adds some nastiness to the line too.

i am searching for glimmers of hope!
 
We were "fricken loaded" at WR THIS year, too. We were also loaded at RB. We were also loaded at TE. I sure didn't see the coaches putting in any kind of offense to maximize those areas of the field.

Until the OL improves, the WR's aren't going to matter.

sigh, you just basically said what I did. :rolleyes:
 
Ah, the offseason. When the offensive puffery gets kicked up 20 notches.:thumbsup:
 
More spread formations would be great. At the very least we should be putting 3 WRs on the field every down. More zone read with Speedy and Hansen would also please me.
 
Yeah, it will be something that nobody else has seen!!!!!!!

Someone put a giant muzzle over our coaching staff for the next 9 months.
 
We were "fricken loaded" at WR THIS year, too. We were also loaded at RB. We were also loaded at TE. I sure didn't see the coaches putting in any kind of offense to maximize those areas of the field.

Until the OL improves, the WR's aren't going to matter.

We were NOT "fricken loaded" at WR early this season, before Simas got in the lineup healthy, while Will Jeff was just getting his feet wet and while Simmons wasn't seeing the field (come to think of it, that one never really changed... :huh:). Think back to the Toledo and Wyo games - beyond McKnight there was very little going on at the WR position. Espinoza and Ebner were seeing a lot of playing time.

But you have a point about the RBs. The talk about using the talent sounds a lot like the talk that we'd have a power running game with all our RBs and our big talented OL this year. There is plenty of reason to wonder if it will ever actually happen...
 
The depth at RB is scary. That alone necessitates a movement away from a run-oriented offense. You have an above average RB whom is injury prone in Speedy, Sumler, and Lockridge. Mister Jones is not getting here until the Fall, if he gets in at all, so a pass-oriented offense makes sense.
 
Screw that I want 8 WR's, bring on the A-10!


From Buffnik:

Returning WRs on Scholarship: 7
Senior - Scotty McKnight
Senior - Andre Simmons
Junior - Markques Simas
Junior - Toney Clemons
Sophomore - William Jefferson
RS-Freshman - Jarrod Darden
RS-Freshman - Terdema Ussery

Walk Ons - Cameron Ham (Sr), Jason Espinoza (Jr), Ryan Maxwell (Jr), Kendrick Celestine (Jr), Kyle Cefalo (Jr), Dustin Ebner (So), Mario Conte (RS-F)
2010 Class (2) - Keenan Canty, Donnie Duncan (maybe DB)
 
The depth at RB is scary. That alone necessitates a movement away from a run-oriented offense. You have an above average RB whom is injury prone in Speedy, Sumler, and Lockridge. Mister Jones is not getting here until the Fall, if he gets in at all, so a pass-oriented offense makes sense.


Yep. So much changes in a year. Last year we were all akoed abotu our RB's.
 
From Buffnik:

Returning WRs on Scholarship: 7
Senior - Scotty McKnight
Senior - Andre Simmons
Junior - Markques Simas
Junior - Toney Clemons
Sophomore - William Jefferson
RS-Freshman - Jarrod Darden
RS-Freshman - Terdema Ussery

Walk Ons - Cameron Ham (Sr), Jason Espinoza (Jr), Ryan Maxwell (Jr), Kendrick Celestine (Jr), Kyle Cefalo (Jr), Dustin Ebner (So), Mario Conte (RS-F)
2010 Class (2) - Keenan Canty, Donnie Duncan (maybe DB)


Starters....


I kid, I kid.
 
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We were NOT "fricken loaded" at WR early this season, before Simas got in the lineup healthy, while Will Jeff was just getting his feet wet and while Simmons wasn't seeing the field (come to think of it, that one never really changed... :huh:). Think back to the Toledo and Wyo games - beyond McKnight there was very little going on at the WR position. Espinoza and Ebner were seeing a lot of playing time.

But you have a point about the RBs. The talk about using the talent sounds a lot like the talk that we'd have a power running game with all our RBs and our big talented OL this year. There is plenty of reason to wonder if it will ever actually happen...

The wide receivers we ENDED the year with were the same wide receivers on the team when we BEGAN the year. Simas was suspended for TWO games but was essentially a no-show in the offense until the last four games of the season, and the staff never so much as gave Simmons a shot at the field. In addition to the WR, we were absolutely loaded at TE this year - yet our TE's didn't get too much involvement in the offensive scheme.

Add to that the wealth of talent we had at RB, and anybody who thinks the staff is going to take advantage of the talent on the field is kidding himself/herself.
 
The wide receivers we ENDED the year with were the same wide receivers on the team when we BEGAN the year. Simas was suspended for TWO games but was essentially a no-show in the offense until the last four games of the season, and the staff never so much as gave Simmons a shot at the field. In addition to the WR, we were absolutely loaded at TE this year - yet our TE's didn't get too much involvement in the offensive scheme.

Add to that the wealth of talent we had at RB, and anybody who thinks the staff is going to take advantage of the talent on the field is kidding himself/herself.

Colonel, colonel, colonel...elevate your discourse, elevate.:lol:
 
The wide receivers we ENDED the year with were the same wide receivers on the team when we BEGAN the year. Simas was suspended for TWO games but was essentially a no-show in the offense until the last four games of the season, and the staff never so much as gave Simmons a shot at the field. In addition to the WR, we were absolutely loaded at TE this year - yet our TE's didn't get too much involvement in the offensive scheme.

Add to that the wealth of talent we had at RB, and anybody who thinks the staff is going to take advantage of the talent on the field is kidding himself/herself.
Simas was suspended for two games, injured (out) for another one (Wyoming), then playing hurt for a while. Will Jeff was not part of the offense at all early on. Simas, Jefferson and Simmons all gained experience. So no, the receivers that ended the year were not the same as the receivers who started the year. And the receivers who start next year will be even deeper and more experienced than the ones that ended this year.

But by all means, continue to pretend that Scotty McKnight + walk-ons = "loaded at WR".... :lol:
 
The wide receivers we ENDED the year with were the same wide receivers on the team when we BEGAN the year. Simas was suspended for TWO games but was essentially a no-show in the offense until the last four games of the season, and the staff never so much as gave Simmons a shot at the field. In addition to the WR, we were absolutely loaded at TE this year - yet our TE's didn't get too much involvement in the offensive scheme.

Add to that the wealth of talent we had at RB, and anybody who thinks the staff is going to take advantage of the talent on the field is kidding himself/herself.

You do realize Simas had 3 out of 4 100 yard games in the last 4. Those are numbers we haven't seen in some time here. The O-line started blocking, and we started scoring and moving the ball. Maybe it's a preview of things to come on offense, maybe not. I would be worried more abotu things like special teams and coaching than offensive production right now.
 
The wide receivers we ENDED the year with were the same wide receivers on the team when we BEGAN the year. Simas was suspended for TWO games but was essentially a no-show in the offense until the last four games of the season, and the staff never so much as gave Simmons a shot at the field. In addition to the WR, we were absolutely loaded at TE this year - yet our TE's didn't get too much involvement in the offensive scheme.

Add to that the wealth of talent we had at RB, and anybody who thinks the staff is going to take advantage of the talent on the field is kidding himself/herself.

Geer had 100 more yards receiving and 10 more catches than the next closest TE and was elected to the 1st team All Big XII, and our TEs weren't involved?

That doesn't touch on the critical catches that Devenny and Deehan made as well.
 
if it were me, i'd look long and hard at Greg Davis' post-Vince Young O with McCoy. high % throws (good for Hanson), making plays with your feet (good for Hanson), shifty back out of zone read looks (good for Speedy).
 
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