I do too but @TSchekler has some good points
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Official Buffs vs. Stanford Game Thread
- Thread starter Duff Man
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Whatever. Easy to criticize. Zimmer always drive me nuts but now I’d rather just appreciate him.
McChesney can on occasion (ok, maybe regularly) say or tweet some cringeworthy things, but dude is a Buff and tries to truly help Colorado preps get better and earn scholarships. He’s belting out the CU fight song yesterday, and some of you are worried about his badge?
I don’t disagree that Mark Johnson can be over the top in his play by play, but I actually like listening to him. I like the enthusiastic homerism.
I don’t disagree that Mark Johnson can be over the top in his play by play, but I actually like listening to him. I like the enthusiastic homerism.
It’s not the enthusiastic homerism I’m not a fan of. It’s the enthusiastic homerism in places where it actually doesn’t make sense (ie 4 yard runs, 8 yard completions, etc). I also just wish he would tell you what the outcome of the play much quicker than he does.
Ha, yea he's like Gus Johnson on steriods
I get it and understand. However, in real time, I’m not sure if he knows if that spin move or broken tackle is gonna go for one yard or twenty. Again, love his voice and I just listen knowing that when he’s amped it doesn’t mean it’s gonna be a special play.
Two things.
One part of it is that he is an alum, and a one with a significant background that they want the recruits to see. He started here in an era when we had success then went on to a career in the NFL. He is also a guy with a personality that gets the interest of a lot of HS kids. They have a pretty open policy of giving access to the sidelines, to practice, even to team facilities to a lot of former players. Yesterday we saw Phil down there making contact with a bunch of current players and recruits. I didn't look for him but with the Bronco's off this weekend I would be surprised if at least a few others like Winfree, Big Al, etc. weren't around as well.
Beyond that he has a very big unofficial role. Many if not most of the top players in Colorado go through his gym. This can be a negative because he would like to have more of his kids offered by CU but if we are going to turn around recruiting on the top in-state players a lot of it is going to go through him. He openly favors CU to the kids in his gym. He has had a lot of them go other places as well but it hasn't been because he didn't encourage them to at least consider CU.
He can be a loose cannon. He does everything in his life at 100% and with pure passion. That is part of the reason he is able to successfully develop a lot of kids to a level that gets them athletic scholarships. We hear about the big names who go to P5 schools but he has a lot more kids who he is able to move into a position to get offers from FCS or D2 schools.
I think that he is going to be easier to "manage" now because he respects Tucker's passion more than he seemed to with MM. We shall see.
It wasn’t in conference play, but the Rams getting called for offensive pass interference 3 times overturning big plays was hilarious.
aghcsm
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Exactly. Every home play-by-play guy is a homer, but some are more ridiculous than others.
Anyone else noticed how often the home radio guy says something like “1st and 10 for the Buffs...Fontenot gets the carry and bulls his way for a 7 yard gain. 2nd and 4 for the Buffs.”
It’s like they exaggerate by a yard routinely. Not sure why accuracy isn’t a priority over giving a falsely optimistic report.
aghcsm
Well-Known Member
Very unhappy you brought that up. What if it gets back to MJ?
WarBuff
Club Member
Doubt I’m anywhere on his radar...
I went and double checked because I just had this feeling.. Stanford pretty much nailed their average rushing and passing yards for the season yesterday. By that metric, our defense managed to just play average yesterday. It feels like they played amazingly out of their minds (which they did, for them) but really, that was average.
What was so special about it was holding them to 13 points. That's Stanford's second lowest total of the season, only Oregon held them to less (6).
What was so special about it was holding them to 13 points. That's Stanford's second lowest total of the season, only Oregon held them to less (6).
Stanford did move the yesterday. Our defense had plenty of chances to give up the big play but they didn't.
When they did give up the big pass play they could have gone into a "here we go again" mode and let Stanford take over, they didn't. They sucked it up and did what they had to do the rest of the game to give us a chance to win.
All this with true freshman playing CB and with other guys stepping in. Character win.
vinniew_11
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I’m the opposite. I like Mark. Despise Gary
I care less about yards given up now probably more than I ever have. Be solid against the run, pressure the QB , cause turnovers, and most importantly, be tough in the red zone. If you make them try fgs, instead of getting 6, it certainly helps.
Likely tomorrow.
Should be tomorrow, but I have seen some posts on Twitter suggesting the CU vs UW game might be 6 day optioned.
You weren’t kidding. The temperature here is amazing tonight. I roasted my ass off at the game yesterday. This cool, pleasant weather is perfect.
Gotta love Coach Tucker
Easy man to want to play for, even though it'll be hard work. Last time I checked, it's supposed to be. Coolest thing is you know he has your back. That attitude is filtering to the players, love it.
he's gotten in to 1 or 2 games before this.
been on the P12 network a couple times.
Oregon, 2016 - overturned 2 incomplete passes into TDs