Sounds like the big moves will be staff related.
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2025 Spring Football
- Thread starter Bison
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MarkW
Well-Known Member
For a while I have thought it would be appropriate to allow college teams play another team for the spring game and an exhibition/closed scrimmage in August - by choice. At some point it's important for players and coaches to get a sense of where they are at in preparation for the first competitive game.
There should be an exhibition game/scrimmage in the Spring and another one in Fall camp. Then, the cupcake scheduling most teams participate in for September should go away.
I've mentioned before but I would love to see CU host a regional combine in conjunction with their pro day.
They could still set it up to highlight Buffs players, maybe one session in a prime slot that is CU only but if they were to bring in the top kids from the local G5 schools as well as select players from the RMAC and even FCS players from Montana and the Dakotas.
The pro teams would almost all send somebody because it would be a way to make sure they don't miss out. The more pro scouts the better for the marginal CU guys who don't go to Indy.
It would also bring media from all over the region to campus further supporting the message that CU is "the" flagship college program in the region and that Boulder is a special campus where students should aspire to go.
Formerly_Medford
Well-Known Member
Evan Engram is a lot of things. A big body is not one of them.
If you allow it but require it to be a team from another level (FCS down for BCS programs) you let your players see things that don't look exactly like yours in practice without having it look like a gauge on your season.
It also let's those programs get a payday without as you mention being a cupcake on the actual season schedule.
He's 6'3" 240 lbs and is mostly a receiver playing in the TE position. Yes, that is a big body in that role.
Because the AD is slow to update the website, here's the spring player roster with numbers. Offense first.
| X |
| 82 Timmons (Sr), 6-2 195 |
| 14 Farrakhan (Fr), 6-1 175 |
| A |
| 17 Hardge (So), 5-10 170 |
| 15 Gibson (Fr), 5-9 165 |
| Y |
| 6 D. Miller (So), 6-0 200 |
| 8 Williams (So), 6-2 195 |
| Z |
| 4 O. Miller (Jr), 6-2 195 |
| 18 K. Mikell (Fr), 6-1 190 |
| RB |
| 23 Augustave (Jr), 6-2 210 |
| 29 Welch (So), 5-9 205 |
| 7 Hayden (Jr), 5-10 200 |
| 26 B. Hood (So), 5-10 185 |
| 44 Offerdahl (Sr), 5-11 185 |
| QB |
| 3 Salter (Sr), 6-1 200 |
| 10 Lewis (Fr), 6-1 190 |
| 16 Staub (Jr), 6-1 200 |
| 22 Ponder (So), 6-5 195 |
| LT |
| 72 Seaton (So), 6-5 300 |
| 65 Smith (Fr), 6-5 285 |
| Gardenhire (Fr), 6-8 330 |
| LG |
| 55 Harden (Sr), 6-3 315 |
| 59 Attia (RsFr), 6-4 330 |
| 51 Gooden (Fr), 6-3 350 |
| C |
| 52 Cleveland (So), 6-2 300 |
| 58 McGill (Sr), 6-1 310 |
| RG |
| 72 Crisler (Sr), 6-6 335 |
| 75 Owens (So), 6-6 355 |
| 56 Brown (Gr), 6-3 310 |
| RT |
| 54 Houston (Sr), 6-4, 275 |
| 57 Taimani (Jr), 6-4 325 |
| 64 Ogunbiyi (Sr), 6-4 330 |
| TE |
| 31 Smalls (Sr), 6-3 255 |
| 81 Hart (Gr), 6-4 255 |
| 85 Atkins (Sr), 6-3 240 |
| 88 Laisure (Fr), 6-5 225 |
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Now Defense:
| LDE |
| 93 Okunlola (Jr), 6-4 245 |
| 40 McCoy (So), 6-3 240 |
| 49 Wiggins (Jr), 6-5 265 |
| 98 McPhearson (Fr), 6-4 250 |
| LDT |
| 90 Oatis (Jr), 6-5 320 |
| 95 Thomas (Sr), 6-4 300 |
| 94 Coleman (Sr), 6-1 300 |
| 97 Hudson (Fr), 6-1 290 |
| RDT |
| 92 Barnes (Sr), 6-5 315 |
| 88 McNeil (Sr), 6-4 300 |
| 99 Lightfoot (Sr), 6-3 300 |
| 91 Davis-Swain (Fr), 6-3 280 |
| RDE |
| 53 A. Walker (Sr), 6-2 250 |
| 27 K. Wade (Jr), 6-3 245 |
| 44 Merritt (Fr), 6-3 250 |
| ILB |
| 50 Hughes (Jr), 6-2 230 |
| 42 Brown (Gr), 6-2 225 |
| 41 Salter (So), 6-2 225 |
| 38 M. Walker (Fr), 6-1 225 |
| ILB |
| 37 French (Sr), 6-2 225 |
| 25 Wester (Sr), 6-0 205 |
| 55 Goldberg (Fr), 6-0 220 |
| 26 Hood (So), 5-11 230 |
| Garcia (Fr), 6-0 215 |
| N |
| 24 Hodge (Gr), 6-0 195 |
| 17 Hardge (So), 5-10 170 |
| LCB |
| 8 McKinney (Jr), 6-2 190 |
| Vickers (So), 6-1 190 |
| 39 Bouzi (So), 6-1 180 |
| 31 Murphy (Fr), 6-1 190 |
| RCB |
| 3 C. Hood (So), 5-11 190 |
| 29 Yates (Gr), 6-0 180 |
| Graham (Fr), 6-1 185 |
| S |
| 23 Stoutmire (Jr), 5-11 205 |
| 9 Riley (Jr), 6-2 200 |
| 22 Branch (Fr), 6-3 180 |
| S |
| Byard (So), 6-1 200 |
| 5 Johnson (So), 6-2 180 |
| 28 Finnseth (Sr), 6-2 205 |
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Gibson will play too. QX and Mikell will be the breakthrough guys this season. Our WRs will be just as good as last year, maybe better if O comes back close to 100%.
That dline might be the best position group on the team (or WR's)
We are legitimately running 4 deep at both IDL positions and have a very solid two deep at both Edge positions with some potential Freshman contributors. It's going to be fun watching that front.
The more and more I think about it, our defensive opponents are proper fvcked this year. Imagine last year if SS2 had been a real RPO threat. And instead of holding the ball to extend plays, he took off with speed. With the weapons we have and that threat, DCs are going to have a real problem.
DL depth chart =
I'm not sure what post you are going to bring back from the dead next.
BuffBronco
Well-Known Member
That article confirms this is against the rules. So looks like it’s not gonna happen unless the NCAA changes their rules in less than a month
The only mention I saw of the rules is this, and it doesn't say for sure that it's against the rules
I say do it. How bad could the punishment be? It isn't like CU would be feeding a walk on kid or two at the training table.The only mention I saw of the rules is this, and it doesn't say for sure that it's against the rules
Besides, the NCAA would have to take down Syracuse with us...and well, probably Slippery Rock.
