Joe Theismann's Leg
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Man... I know he's got legit QB skills, but a 6'4'' 215 freshman who could get up to 225 and play OLB at the Pac-12 level sounds awesome. Boulder is an hour and a half from Cheyenne. You don't want to spend all that money flying back and forth from Eugene and/or Stanford kiddo. Don't do that to your folks. Play in Boulder where they could realistically drive to all your home games!
EDIT: Also FWIW his profile pic on twitter appears to show him on defense. It's probably nothing, but he seems to enjoy playing D.
1. Wyo
2. CU
3. CSU
According to rivals. I think that will be his final group and he won't go far from the front range, unless a school like Nebraska offers imo.
Wrestling might be a big part of Bartlett's decision making process. Keep that in mind. Hope we get him, however.
Gotta say, I'm impressed he's still holding strong on that Wyoming offer.
Pretty sure most kids leave their loyalties at the door when the big boys come calling.
Gotta say, I'm impressed he's still holding strong on that Wyoming offer.
Pretty sure most kids leave their loyalties at the door when the big boys come calling.
I agree. If we had an in-state recruit getting recruited by teams like that, and they stayed loyal to Colorado we'd be pretty excited about it.
Wrestling might be a big part of Bartlett's decision making process. Keep that in mind. Hope we get him, however.
A 6'4", 210-225 lb. wrestler would get killed in college; leverage and all that. College wrestlers who succeed are almost all OL who are he big heavies, used to playing FB real low. At 6'4" the kid's legs are exposed constantly. Any coach who tries to sell him as 2-sport wrestling type is doing him no favors.
Buffs have good history with WYO kids: OL Dennis Havig from Thermopolis and that lanky QB from Cheyenne....what was his name?
Oh yeah, Bowd Dowler!
I don't see him wrestling in college.
I was curious about the weight classes in college D1, so took a look at the NCAA site. It looks like there are 10 weight classes, with 197 lbs the 9th highest. The next weigh limit is 285. That would suggest that to wrestle in college Bartlett would have to get down to 197 after football season. Not gonna happen.
no disrespect to WY, but staying home to play for CO is a little bit different...
A 6'4", 210-225 lb. wrestler would get killed in college; leverage and all that. College wrestlers who succeed are almost all OL who are he big heavies, used to playing FB real low. At 6'4" the kid's legs are exposed constantly. Any coach who tries to sell him as 2-sport wrestling type is doing him no favors.!
I don't know about all that. Dwayne Johnson wrestled at 6'5'' 260 and he won the WWE championship belt 8 times and the WCW belt twice.
I don't know about all that. Dwayne Johnson wrestled at 6'5'' 260 and he won the WWE championship belt 8 times and the WCW belt twice.
The fact that he is nationally ranked suggests he has what it takes to be a good college wrestler. Being tall isn't necessarily a detriment in wrestling - it can be used as an advantage. It's more about technique. What makes you think everyone else would be as strong or stronger than Bartlett? Regardless, technique is still more important, IMO. You're right about the conditioning, though.Even if he could get down to 197 he'd be facing a bunch of 5-10 to 6-1 wrestlers, equally as strong, if not stronger and who'd love a shot at such long legs on a guy who has not had time to condition for wrestling! College wrestling is eight minutes of continuous action, punctuated with two small breaks. FB is ten minutes of intermittent action spread over 3 hours! And, like playing OL, lower center of gravity is better.
Sorry, I'll use the sarcasm font next time.
I agree about wrestling being good for recruits. Not only does it, as you said, help develop practical strength, but I think it helps kids build an attacking mentality. I coached baseball this past spring and we tried to encourage a lot of our kids to wrestle as a fall sport. We want them to develop a little more killer instinct.