These hot takes need policing dammit!
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Spring Practice/Game
- Thread starter Jayne Cobb
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Thanks a lot Phil!
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
When the ticket office calls again about season tickets maybe I’ll ask them if this team will be better or worse than 2012.
BuffLuke80
Well-Known Member
Hell, I'm glad I didn't see it.
Could be a bit of bias given 2012 was 10 years ago, but the O-line looks awful, Lewis still holding onto the ball and inaccurate on throws, and the best running back was a walk-on from Dakota Ridge. Sneed looked good and obviously Shrout could be the QB, but he seems to be more Connor Wood like to me than anything else. Luckily with the transfer portal and a new coach next year, we could get this ship turned around quickly imo.
Except Connor Wood never played prior to CU, it was all just hype based on his HS 4* rating. Shrout was presumably the best QB on Tennessee's roster and had success there, but didn't mesh with Heupel. Tennessee fans weren't pumped to see him transfer. Offerdahl was also the best RB because he and Stacks pretty much took the bulk of the carries. Jefferson, Fontenot, Smith and Venn are your RB1-4 and none of them played outside of a few snaps for Smith. They were also without Tommy Brown on the OL, Brady Russell played sparingly, Fauria didn't participate, and neither did Penry or Ty Robinson.
It was a scrimmage essentially featuring a second string offense at most positions.
BuffLuke80
Well-Known Member
Hope you are right about the portal and coach. Question though. Are they even running a true West Coast system? A lot of zone blocking, quick reads like slants in the passing game, take deep shots later. If so, Idk why he's holding on to the ball so much, unless he's having trouble reading what looks he's getting or can't find anyone open. Probably a combo of both. I get they'll put zone read in and ****, but in the passing game in a West Coast O, you need to be getting the ball out pretty quick. Ugh, I'm spoiled from the past and it seems like a different lifetime outside of one year.
BuffLuke80
Well-Known Member
, just put me out of my misery.
But that one pass to PRich in the CSU game, that was pretty sweet, right?
Richardson (who did not play at all that year), Crawley (true freshman), Kasa, Munyer, and Tupou are literally the only players who played in the NFL from that team.
Good point, we don’t just have bad talent at the “top” but also have comically bad depth and lack the S&C needed to prevent injuries in spring so we’ll definitely see more of this effort in the fall
Yay
Crowley, Richardson, Polk, Henderson, Spruce, Kasa, Powell, Munyer, Tupou, Bakhtiari, Nembot, Pericak, Uzo-Diribe all had at least a cup of coffee in pro football. How many dudes do you think will get that from the 2022 roster? Honest question.
A cup of coffee? Probably close to that. Maybe a little less.
To end this stupid discussion, I'll bet you that the 2022 team has more wins than the 2012 team.
*Throws up in mouth while typing
Oh, they will. And...
We've arrived where I think we all knew we would this offseason. A thread of vomit posts when discussing the program.
I think CU also sets (dumpster) fires to feel joy.
Fair points. Shrout was successful at throwing the ball to the other team when at UT, but I'll stop. It's a spring scrimmage and I went into it with a frustrated attitude. Only so much you can take from a "spring showcase". I was hoping to come away with some excitement and it did the opposite, but not sure what I was expecting. The 2013 team was my freshman year and since one of my best friends from high school was part of that recruiting class I am partial. I know we are talking about the 2012 team, but lets be honest not much of a difference between 2012 and 2013 other than the coaching staff.
