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'12 MD RB Wes Brown (Signed to Maryland)

buffalo_bob said:
Wes Brown may be faster than the backs we recruited, but based on the film I've seen the three backs we recruited will suit what we want to do on offense...pound the rock, run downhill, break tackles and pick up positive yardage. Besides, I'd rather be using these last few schollies on Yuri, Crawley, and Rippy.
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Totally agree provided we get those guys and not some NR or 2* "gems"
 
buffalo_bob said:
Wes Brown may be faster than the backs we recruited, but based on the film I've seen the three backs we recruited will suit what we want to do on offense...pound the rock, run downhill, break tackles and pick up positive yardage. Besides, I'd rather be using these last few schollies on Yuri, Crawley, and Rippy.
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Not happening...
 
Too bad we didn't make the Top 3 after all that. Good luck to him
 
buffalo_bob said:
Wes Brown may be faster than the backs we recruited, but based on the film I've seen the three backs we recruited will suit what we want to do on offense...pound the rock, run downhill, break tackles and pick up positive yardage. Besides, I'd rather be using these last few schollies on Yuri, Crawley, and Rippy.
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If you look at the best running team in CFB (Oregon) you will note that they do it with speed. Obviously we can't recruit those kinds of players regularly at the moment but I think it is reasonable to argue that 'speed kills' in CFB.

Lack of team speed has been killing this team on offense in the last several years. We NEED burners. Prich is one but we don't have any at RB and that is unfortunate.
 
buffs04 said:
If you look at the best running team in CFB (Oregon) you will note that they do it with speed. Obviously we can't recruit those kinds of players regularly at the moment but I think it is reasonable to argue that 'speed kills' in CFB.

Lack of team speed has been killing this team on offense in the last several years. We NEED burners. Prich is one but we don't have any at RB and that is unfortunate.
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I think we'd be smart to pattern ourselves after Wisconsin on offense. Punishing running game and a competent to good passing attack. The speed that would kill can be at WR. I'd rather have power backs that can run behind a tough o-line. Those are the offenses that help neutralize the oregon attack by limiting their opportunities.

Besides that kind of attack is more suited to the recruiting base in Colorado where we tend to have at least a few good o-linemen every year (if we can keep them instate) and less of the spectacular skill players. And of course if we could find a big tough running back that runs a 4.4 that would be okay too.
 
I'd take LMJ over Ball any day of the week. Of course, Ball-type players are probably easier to recruit.
 
buffalo_bob said:
I think we'd be smart to pattern ourselves after Wisconsin on offense. Punishing running game and a competent to good passing attack. The speed that would kill can be at WR. I'd rather have power backs that can run behind a tough o-line. Those are the offenses that help neutralize the oregon attack by limiting their opportunities.

Besides that kind of attack is more suited to the recruiting base in Colorado where we tend to have at least a few good o-linemen every year (if we can keep them instate) and less of the spectacular skill players. And of course if we could find a big tough running back that runs a 4.4 that would be okay too.
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If you want to model CU after Wisconsin, that means landing blue chip RBs. John Clay, Montee Ball, and James White were all heavily recruited out of high school.
 
The decison didn't make any sense to me football wise. There got to be non football reasons behind the decision.
 
bigbang2 said:
The decison didn't make any sense to me football wise. There got to be non football reasons behind the decision.
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Wrong, Cdog says it's solely because our facilities are inferior to MD's. Or the other mid=tier schools. We can lay this squarely at the feet of Bohn. If we had the facilities of "winners" whoever and wherever we are, he would have committed.
 
Saw this at the 'horse before the game... Glad the hoops made up for it. Good luck to Mr Brown, sorry he didn't choose CU but I guess rebuilding at home is appealing vs rebuilding across the country.

One more that got away - looking for some kind of splashes here soon.
 
If we don't land any 4*'s I'm gonna jump off a ledge. And save me the recruiting rankings talk
 
We're recruiting to a 3-10 season. Our staff is good, but perhaps they're not the miracle workers we hoped they would be.
 
seen this one coming a mile away... CU just can not recruit with the big boys yet...going to take wins...and we have a ways to go before seeing that...oh well...we should be adjusted to all this by now...after the last 6 years/
 
BuffUp said:
seen this one coming a mile away... CU just can not recruit with the big boys yet...going to take wins...and we have a ways to go before seeing that...oh well...we should be adjusted to all this by now...after the last 6 years/
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Maryland is the Big Boys? Just frustrated with MD suddenly coming in and poaching some of our recruits with a guy who was fired from UNM and assults other coaches/players while he was there.
 
chitownbuff said:
Couldn't agree more. Maybe Dillon will get bumped back up to a 4* before all is said and done? The Kool-Aid hangover is finally starting to kick in.
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Why would you care? Is Dillon going to be a better player for us if Rivals gives him a 5.8 rating instead of a 5.7?
 
DFW Buff said:
Maryland is the Big Boys? Just frustrated with MD suddenly coming in and poaching some of our recruits with a guy who was fired from UNM and assults other coaches/players while he was there.
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compared to CU right now - YES
 
Buffnik said:
Why would you care? Is Dillon going to be a better player for us if Rivals gives him a 5.8 rating instead of a 5.7?
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It was a joke. I could give two sh!ts about Dillon's star rating. He just happens to be the closest thing to a 4* commit under the current regime.
 
DFW Buff said:
Maryland is the Big Boys? Just frustrated with MD suddenly coming in and poaching some of our recruits with a guy who was fired from UNM and assults other coaches/players while he was there.
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Well, we weren't even in his top 3, so I don't think they technically "poached" us.
 
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