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'14 TNFR OT Shane Callahan (Signed to Colorado)
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Highlander27
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I try to be as honest as possible watching these kids' tapes and this kid looks semi-lazy certain plays along with showing poor technique. I see the upside people are raving about along with size but this youngin has a way to go. Guys aren't just going to fall over on the college level and let you lay on them.
I'd get this kid stretching a bunch, and working on power angles, bending at the knees and ankles. I'd also make him jump rope a bunch because he doesn't have the quickest feet. This kid projects as a guard at the next level because he doesn't show the quick feet necessary to work on the edges against elite pass rushers.
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I definitely think Thurston is the more athletic of the in-state prospects. Love them both, though. Callahan's a mauler who has pretty good feet and really great hands. I could see Callahan being a Ryan Miller type for us. And comparing him to a multi-year starter with multiple times on the all-conference team and an NFL career in front of him is high praise for a junior in high school, so I hope I'm not over-selling him here. I just really like Callahan.
From what I've seen, I think Blacken will be happy with Callahan's size & power and will focus more on agility, balance and core strength. This could be a guy who plays early and well for us.
Love the idea of having a group of big, quality athletes up front. Doesn't matter what offense you are running, games are won at the line of scrimmage. Best defense is one sitting on the sidelines watching the offense pound the ball down the field for TDs.
This guy looks like a great fit for the new offense. Big and strong enough to be a mauler, agile enough to move to the guy he's going to maul.
This guy looks like a great fit for the new offense. Big and strong enough to be a mauler, agile enough to move to the guy he's going to maul.
That would be big. I know I'm a broken record here, but I'll say it again. The #1 priority for in-state recruiting must be for the Buffs to get commitments from the top 2 OLs every single year. That's the foundation. Callahan is currently a 4* on Scout and he is likely to get the same grade on Rivals. Absolutely huge for us to sign him.
BB - we had known he was a CU lean, but did you hear something new?
I always thought Notre Dame was the only real threat here. The fact he still has not been offered by them is going to make the decision easy for Callahan. I think if you get him around the other commits and the in-state players at Junior Day and he will pull the trigger.
Now if Notre Dame offers him soon, that will drag out the recruitment a bit.
Good news comes in bunches. Starting to think we may get more than 1 commit this saturday.
Vandy??? They are really getting after it on the recruiting front, but I see this one as a two-horse race. War Eagles, you are going down...I hope.
Good luck to him at Auburn. I'm sure BB is a happy camper right now. :smile2:
This one is going to last a while. My guess is he visits for at least one game this fall.
But yeah, I am really disappointed with the in-state recruiting. Colorado is getting raided this year... again. It is one thing to lose some players here and there, but all the top players are leaving this year outside of Norgard. If Thurston picks somewhere else (and that seems to be where the momentum is heading), we got issues.
BTW, losing Jeff Grimes still stings.
dyemeduke
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...come on everyone - it's only May. CU hasn't even shown CO's top prospects how the new team is going to play yet.
I don't follow football recruiting nearly as much as many of you, but I think we lose Kozan and O' Conner. Thurston and Callahan will eventually choose to play close to home - they'll probably come to Boulder for a few games unofficially this season...at the least. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Highlander27
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This isn't over. Bottom line is, Embree has to come out and show people that CU is for real. They a seriously tough schedule but also a seriously damn good opportunity to put themselves back on the map with primetime matchups against Ohio State, all of the California teams, along with Oregon and UW. I think Embree has done everything right trying to recruit the in-state kids, they just haven't bought in quickly and have had many suitors. The season is going to separate the contenders from pretenders and I imagine with that, the recruiting have's and have not's.
Scott has done a great job marketing the Pac 10/12, expansion, TV deal, along with the proposed championship game. His reign over the Pac 12 conference is going to move all of it's teams into a better, more national phase of recruiting. I expect all of the teams to get some bonus from that.
Also, Auburn's going to get pounded next year. They'll be lucky to not finish in 5th or 6th in the SEC West and the NCAA looms over their championship season. Outside of a few cupcake games, I don't see them winning much against the big boys:
Sept. 3 UTAH STATE (W)
Sept. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE (L) Upset? Not so much. MSU is for real.
Sept. 17 at Clemson (L)
Sept. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (W)
Oct. 1 at South Carolina (L)
Oct. 8 at Arkansas (L)
Oct. 15 FLORIDA (L)
Oct. 22 at LSU (L)
Oct. 29 OLE MISS (W?)
Nov. 12 at Georgia (L)
Nov. 19 SAMFORD [HC] (W)
Nov. 26 ALABAMA (L)
4-8. Come back home Shane.
Scott has done a great job marketing the Pac 10/12, expansion, TV deal, along with the proposed championship game. His reign over the Pac 12 conference is going to move all of it's teams into a better, more national phase of recruiting. I expect all of the teams to get some bonus from that.
Also, Auburn's going to get pounded next year. They'll be lucky to not finish in 5th or 6th in the SEC West and the NCAA looms over their championship season. Outside of a few cupcake games, I don't see them winning much against the big boys:
Sept. 3 UTAH STATE (W)
Sept. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE (L) Upset? Not so much. MSU is for real.
Sept. 17 at Clemson (L)
Sept. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (W)
Oct. 1 at South Carolina (L)
Oct. 8 at Arkansas (L)
Oct. 15 FLORIDA (L)
Oct. 22 at LSU (L)
Oct. 29 OLE MISS (W?)
Nov. 12 at Georgia (L)
Nov. 19 SAMFORD [HC] (W)
Nov. 26 ALABAMA (L)
4-8. Come back home Shane.