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Callahan to RG
- Thread starter DJCU
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He does hVe good hands
Really? I heard a coach or player comment on how he needed to improve in that area. Oh well...we need someone faster than Spence at that position IMO.
Well Embree benched him in 2012 from returns after he bobbled the catch but otherwise I haven't seen it
Of course that bobble may have cost us the game. We had all of the momentum going into halftime, being up 14-3 with a few seconds left prior to halftime. He fielded the punt when he was instructed to let it go, and gave CSU the ball where they proceeded to score a gift TD prior to halftime and steal all of the momentum.
FlatironsBuff
Well-Known Member
So in essence, DD helped JE be shown the door. I should thank him. Can you imagine where we would be if they gave JE one more year..or God forbid, TWO?? Current players would be wearing radiation hazmat suits to practice.
No doubt. I believe that was the first time he'd been asked to do that in a game to, but in typical Embree fashion he was stuck in the dog house with him afterwards. Just one of many dumb decisions by him and that staff
That's one of the many things to love about the current staff...they don't crush guys' spirit for making mistakes. They remain 'relentlessly positive'...but they will hear about it if they make the same mistake twice.
BuffNut99
Club Member
He couldn't hang on to a catch @ Oregon St. last year that would have been huge at the time.
It should be a blowout.
For the wagering types out there, I just checked and there are a few places that have CU -2.5.
This game needs to be a blowout and every year.
To start with if we aren't substantially better than CSU then we are not close to good enough to compete in the PAC, they aren't that good.
Secondly the only way that CSU fans shut up and this series ends is if we make it uncomfortable enough for them not to want to play it. We not only have to win but we have to do so in a manner that their bleating about refs and lucky breaks and the other excuses they can make don't hold water.
Not too much of a gambler but after winning by two TDs last year I thought the spread would be a bit more. 6.5?
They are a rival to our players because our team hasn't been able to compete with anyone else. If we recruit the players we need, they will cease to be a rival and will become more of an annoying little brat that hangs out all the time even though we telling him to piss off.
You are aware this is allbuffs, right? It's kind of a thing we do. You know, we're all fans and stuff. And as a result, we like to talk about, well, the Buffs. And we like to think we're going to kick the living piss out of CSU. I see nothing wrong with predicting a blowout. We should blow them out. Just getting a win is fine, but the result should be an epic ass kicking. Every year.
Keep blowing them out, and the series goes away.
Utah?
Not having a rival is also a result from the conference change. I doubt if we were good we wouldn't become bigger rivals with UCLA than they are with USC, or UA and ASU. CSU is the only team we've played a bunch of times when we joined the PAC 12 in recent years. Us being bad has played a good part as we'll.
I assume you meant Spruce.
I agree. Someone needs to do as a baseline what Spruce does: avoid punts hitting the ground (can reverse field position or cause turnovers) and avoid other negative plays (muffs, fumbles and running backward). Also know when to fair catch or get away from a rugby punt bouncing down the field (or pick it up).
If one of our speed guys can be as reliable as Spruce on that stuff, then putting pressure on the other team with the game breaking ability is another advantage to leverage. At the least, it causes a lot more punts out of bounds, short rugby punts and short hang-time punts that can add up to 50 or more yards of field position a game. That can be the difference in a lot of points if you're looking at one fewer 1st down needed to score on your offensive drive or one more 1st down as cushion for your defense.
These are the things that are the game within a game that are often the difference in a couple wins or losses every season.
The punt catch team is an upgrade from the punt fumble team and the "watch the punt go flying past" team.
How about the "watch punt land and bounce around" team?
Not according to most everything I've seen. CSU had a senior laden O-line and D-line last year that are now gone. CU has more returning starters.
2013 CSU >> 2014 CSU
People every year overestimate CSU...I don't know why. If there was a year for us to lose to them it was last year.
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As much as we like to diss on them, and as much as they deserve it, they are and always will be dangerous in this game.
They have nothing to lose and everything to gain by playing us.