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Am I being too hopeful that we'll hear something before the season starts?
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'14 TNFR OT Shane Callahan (Signed to Colorado)
- Thread starter Buffnik
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We'll hear that he joins the team when fall camp starts. Not sure about the NCAA part of things.
boydbuff
Club Member
No real news here but BDC has a post confirming the request for Callahan to be eligible in 2014 due to health reasons in the family.
http://www.buffzone.com/football-cu...otball-buffs-petition-ncaa-let-shane-callahan
http://www.buffzone.com/football-cu...otball-buffs-petition-ncaa-let-shane-callahan
Hoping for some good news on this. The NY Times has an article on family medical waivers as they pertain to a couple of basketball players.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/s...ole-for-relatives-in-ncaa-transfers.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/s...ole-for-relatives-in-ncaa-transfers.html?_r=0
If he is eligible this fall, does it make sense for him to play? Can he redshirt?
If they were planning on redshirting him, they wouldn't be asking for a waiver.
BuffNut99
Club Member
He's used his redshirt already. It couldn't make more sense for him to play if eligible.
Spoke to Shane last week. He said he's waiting till he gets to Boulder before he talks on the record ... which as Adam told me means we will not be able to interview him until the spring. Callahan said it would be OK to share that he is definitely headed to CU and will be at camp. He did not say anything about eligibility.
BuffNut99
Club Member
Did you mean August/fall practices?
I think you'll be able to interview him once games start. Have you guys been able to interview Ahkello Witherspoon?
probably just a burrito.
badbone63
Active Member
I think we will all remain excited if he is playing LT. :thumbsup2: HCMM will control his press time but he is not a freshmen and he may be able to speak to the press during camp.
I only care about him speaking to the media, if it's to talk about how well he played the week before.
DavisBuff
Club Member
If he is eligible we go bowling. The OL could be an asset instead of a liability. Nembot (expect big step forward this year), Irwin, Munyer, Crabb and Callahan with Kelley, Wueffels and Mustoe providing depth. That is a pretty good looking OL on paper at least. The trenches are going to determine how well this team does.
Davis, it would likely go (from left to right): Callahan-Crabb-Kelley-Munyer-Nembot. Irwin would be able to be brought along slowly in his injury recovery and play a lot of snaps as kind of the "swing" OL like Dannewitz did his senior year.
I like the optimism, but we've had reason to be excited about the OL in the past only to be met with disappointment. Wait and see for me.
But if we have a good OL (mid-PAC 12 level performance), then a bowl game becomes more likely IMO.
No need, at the buff. Just ordered the med.
you son of a bitch!
vinniew_11
Well-Known Member
That may be true, but Callahan's talent is heads and shoulders above those who are currently playing LT. So it would be an instant upgrade, no matter the cohesion.
You aren't going to have cohesion with anyone else they have their either. The guy who took virtually ever snap at LT last year in games and practice graduated.
The cohesion question though is a valid one. It may be fair to say that this line is more talented than what we have had in recent history and Calahan would definitely contribute to that but that may not translate into performance on the field until they have some time working together in live action then working off that film.
And CSU is changing 4 of their 5. Changes on the OL is part of the nature of college football. At least I am now confident that we have a staff that is competent to manage it.
I did a little research. Immediate eligibility with a hardship waiver has been about 50/50. The actual merits of the request do not appear to be much of a factor, which pretty much lines up with everything else the NCAA does. Given that it's CU, I put the chances at .00000000001%.
i understand and agree to a point that cohesion and continuity is important on an o-line, but true talent; speed, strength, coordination and toughness, can overcome a lack of continuity. If these guys are better than they were or better than their predecessors then it will become obvious quickly.
In other words, thinking with one brain with your battery mates is great but it comes after trusting that the guy next to you won't miss his assignment or get put on skates.