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Rodney "Speedy" Stewart

Espinoza looked pretty sweet in the spring... He has got that quickness factor. Let's see how he does with a Big 12 special teamer coming down at him before nominating him for a starting spot;)
 
FallenSkye said:
Espinoza looked pretty sweet in the spring... He has got that quickness factor. Let's see how he does with a Big 12 special teamer coming down at him before nominating him for a starting spot;)
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Espinoza had a horrible spring game. Muffed some returns. Didn't seem to be comfortable out there. But overall he did pretty good. I loved the stiff arm he dealed during a scrimmage.
 
OhioFBall1 said:
I hope he does very well with the Buffs. I look forward to watching you guys this year.
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OFB - I look forward to seeing more of your posts. Your testimonial about "Speedy" provided a good excuse to rivisit Rivals and get more familiar with CU's new Ohio speedster.

The last return man who electified Colorado was Jeremy Bloom, a mogul skier who carved up the KR coverage with nice cuts and balance. With Rodney's Sr. Year highlight reel, the potential is there for some nice field position, and maybe a few electrifying returns for TDs.

CU has Miami of Ohio and West Virginia coming up on the calendar in the next few years. Maybe you can catch Rodney wearing Buff gear live one of these seasons.
 
Skidmark said:
OFB - I look forward to seeing more of your posts. Your testimonial about "Speedy" provided a good excuse to rivisit Rivals and get more familiar with CU's new Ohio speedster.

The last return man who electified Colorado was Jeremy Bloom, a mogul skier who carved up the KR coverage with nice cuts and balance. With Rodney's Sr. Year highlight reel, the potential is there for some nice field position, and maybe a few electrifying returns for TDs.

CU has Miami of Ohio and West Virginia coming up on the calendar in the next few years. Maybe you can catch Rodney wearing Buff gear live one of these seasons.
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Bonus points (though still shy of a rep) for using "mogul skier" and "carved" in the same sentence but in different context.
 
The Walrus said:
Charles and Wheatly, I think.
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And Stephone Robinson and Scotty McKnight and Chase McBride and Josh Smith. CU auditioned a bunch of return men, but no one really shined. No TDs from PR or KR last year.
 
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The media will love writing about "Rod Stewart" too.

"Tonight's the night" for "Maggie May" and the Buffs in Boulder
 
Skidmark said:
And Stephone Robinson and Scotty McKnight and Chase McBride and Josh Smith. CU auditioned a bunch of return men, but no one really shined. No TDs from PR or KR last year.
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McBride had a punt return against OU that put us in great field position right at the end of the game to set up the field goal. He was HUGE in that game.
 
sackman said:
McBride had a punt return against OU that put us in great field position right at the end of the game to set up the field goal. He was HUGE in that game.
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I agree with that. Special teams was a major contributor to CU's victory over OU.

To use an exaggeration, it would be nice if McBride's return abilities caused a similar amount of concern for CU's opponents as does a Devin Hester or Rocket Ismail.
 
sackman said:
McBride had a punt return against OU that put us in great field position right at the end of the game to set up the field goal. He was HUGE in that game.
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Special teams win at least 2 games per year,,,,
 
This year special teams should be a lot better. Special teams really expose the depth chart, and when Hawk took over we were pretty thin deep-wise.

And to be honest, it would be nice if we had a Hester-esque return man, but until we fix our depth issues no one is going to be returning kickoffs or punts for TDs. If we can just get someone who can catch the ball well, isn't afraid (returning punts is SCARY) and can get 6-8 yards on average it'd be an improvement.

While DiLallo wasn't as impressive as he was his frosh year, he still has a very nice high kick and can pin an opponent inside their 20 quite often. He needs to be more aggressive though and kick the ball faster than he has been. He was blocked a little too much last year, but I don't know if that's because of the line or because of his approach. I'm hoping he'll have a very good year this year.
 
valdezj said:
ST's this spring was downright scary. I hope Riddle is doing something to correct that.
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:yeahthat:

What did they have, three blocked punts in the spring game? :wow: That's terrible. Special teams is far and away my biggest concern going into the season.
 
I will definitely watch out for the Buffaloes schedule this year, and stay tuned to this site. Even though I am a member of rivals.com, I do disagree with their rating of him, they didn't even have them in the Top 10 in OHIO! You have to be kidding me, he has a chip on his shoulder and he is ready to go. Let me know what number he gets. I loved him in #5, but I know he can't get that #.
 
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