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Official 2018 Fall Camp Thread
- Thread starter Buffnik
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Has AllBuffs assigned someone to provide a detailed scrimmage report yet?
He does seem pretty happy with how things are going. And from his answers, you really get a sense of how organized his practices are.
Special teams might be the most overlooked aspect of football. I got spoiled year in and year out during the "Glory Days" because I knew that part was tight. We've had some very good ones over the years, whether that big the kicking or return game. It's a nice weapon to have.
YES - the talent up front was a big fall off and there's no excuses for that.
And yet they are contrasts.
Lang has high ceiling but was nowhere near ready to play (USC thus offered the Gray shirt option).
Antwine not only has the high ceiling, but was instant help due to his physical readiness.
Antwine flipped to come here because of Early PT, but also due to some well documented other issues that Katie helps with. In the end, she's a big reason he's here and something we can credit MM for as he brought her from SJSU.
Our Academic Support system is crazy good.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
I approve. As long as he is replacing Taylor, so we aren't sacrificing too much size.
a volunteer as tribute perhaps?
You can talk about the freshmen playing at Alabama being top 100, top 50 type recruits, we aren't getting those.
You have to realize though that the guys who are sitting, who would be playing if the freshmen weren't are also at least top 250 type recruits. They recruit the best players they can then try to recruit over them.
The recruits we are getting aren't top 50 or 100 type but they aren't being ask to replace top 250 recruit upper classmen.
To get better you recruit players who are better than what you have then you play them as soon as they are better than the players ahead of them. Not a hard concept.
Nobody is saying that if a freshman plays at CU that he is automatically an all-PAC type of player. It is simply saying that we have some guys playing who aren't as good as some guys we should be recruiting.
In general for us because our talent level both upper classmen and recruits is not at that level I prefer that we RS the majority of our classes. Most are not going to be good enough to go pro early so developing them can give us a better year at the end than the beginning.
The exception to that though is when playing the freshman makes us a better football team right now. What a guy is going to do in five years doesn't matter much when you are a team that won 5 games including one against a mediocre FCS team.
You have to realize though that the guys who are sitting, who would be playing if the freshmen weren't are also at least top 250 type recruits. They recruit the best players they can then try to recruit over them.
The recruits we are getting aren't top 50 or 100 type but they aren't being ask to replace top 250 recruit upper classmen.
To get better you recruit players who are better than what you have then you play them as soon as they are better than the players ahead of them. Not a hard concept.
Nobody is saying that if a freshman plays at CU that he is automatically an all-PAC type of player. It is simply saying that we have some guys playing who aren't as good as some guys we should be recruiting.
In general for us because our talent level both upper classmen and recruits is not at that level I prefer that we RS the majority of our classes. Most are not going to be good enough to go pro early so developing them can give us a better year at the end than the beginning.
The exception to that though is when playing the freshman makes us a better football team right now. What a guy is going to do in five years doesn't matter much when you are a team that won 5 games including one against a mediocre FCS team.
Bliff Cranch
Well-Known Member
Just win.
Mark Johnson: "You were born in Zimbabwe, explain how that happened."
I was expecting a different answer.
I almost had a freak out when he said, “when I was about 3 and a half so 2002.
SerenityBuff
Well-Known Member
Oh, man. I can't wait for the Sam Noyer vs. Tyler Hansen thread.
Looks like Blackmon has the edge on JMac to be our punt returner.
"Ronnie did really well at the end of the year last year and he has been catching really well (this year) so (we'll) probably use Ronnie at first, "MacIntyre said. "It is a situation where you could see them both back there in a game, and we're looking at a couple freshmen that catch them really well. Sometimes they get dinged up, things happen, so we're going to need two or three guys to be able to do it."
"Ronnie did really well at the end of the year last year and he has been catching really well (this year) so (we'll) probably use Ronnie at first, "MacIntyre said. "It is a situation where you could see them both back there in a game, and we're looking at a couple freshmen that catch them really well. Sometimes they get dinged up, things happen, so we're going to need two or three guys to be able to do it."
Someone, I think Chev, retweeted her on Twitter. I went and looked at her Twitter. The players love her, and you can tell she genuinely cares about these kids and she's great at what she does. As far as I'm concerned, she should be making more than some of the assistant coaches we've had. You don't think about it, but some support positions like hers and Drew Wilson's are just as, if not more, important to a team's success than some assistant coaches.
Not Cu related but there’s a series airing on ESPN about Bama’s “Training Camp”. That place is just a ****ing machine. Absolute football factory that is basically an NFL team with the way they’re run.
Those who have gone in the past, is this scrimmage worth going to? Mostly, is it a legit full speed /contact scrimmage or a lot of walk through stuff and kind of boring? I'm just a little gun-shy to make the drive up with MM's history of dumbing down open practices.
Contact scrimmage with QBs not getting hit. Legit otherwise.
Ringer
Well-Known Member
It's worth it. Arrive a little late, because they do boring drills for awhile prior to the live scrimmage. The fun part is you get to go on the field afterwards and hear the position coaches give their assessments to the player groups.
First live football for me in like 9 months. Yeah its worth it