Bliff Cranch
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A spectacle
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Spring Practice/Game
- Thread starter Jayne Cobb
- Start date
Usually a new car, a trip to Boca Raton, or an appliance set.
not much
I guess a 1990s Geo Metro showcase is the proper way to describe a CU football showcase.
Mac is not a bad athlete.Kicker to cornerback.
That MIKE depth looking… ummm…
The infuriating thing about it is that we have been in the exact same spot every year for the last 10+ years. I think Hawkins was the last coach to actually field a real spring game (my memory is super fuzzy on that, though). This isn’t how programs who have their **** together operate.
When McCown gets on campus this Summer/Fall, that will technically make 9 if you include Oakie who is listed as an Athlete on the roster, with 3 of them being PWOs.
Honestly, after last season where they only had 1 QB who they could legitimately send out there to throw passes, I'll take it, especially knowing that the loser of the Shrout/Lewis QB1 competition this Spring, probably transfers, and that Oakie is almost assuredly never going to actually play QB for this program. To me, they go into Fall camp with 4 scholarship QBs, one of which is a True Freshman who is going to RS, and another in Carter who likely is never going to play here either.
QB1 - Shrout/Lewis
QB2 - Kopp
Kopp at QB2. OH MY...
That's just my prediction based on one of Lewis/Shrout transferring. Maybe Shrout wins QB1 and Lewis stays because he doesn't have a ton of options. My point is, there is competent depth at QB this year.
I’d give Oakie a serious shot at safety. It’s a position of need and he might work out there.
My MIL watches the Home Shopping Network on TV and that’s where you will hear the word Showcase, most often in connection with cheap costume jewelry. It’s not a word that inspires confidence.
My MIL watches the Home Shopping Network on TV and that’s where you will hear the word Showcase, most often in connection with cheap costume jewelry. It’s not a word that inspires confidence.
The roster lists him at 6'4" 220. I had no idea he had that kind of size. He is already an awful big safety, and may morph into a S/LB type. He could end up being a huge steal.
Yeah, if he got any bigger he’d be more a LB type. I also wouldn’t be shocked he he turns out to be a major steal.
9 QBs on the surface may look out of balance, but for the vast majority of HS programs, the QB is usually the best all-around player on the team (at least in my limited 17 years of high school coaching). So you bring those guys in and move them to different positions where they can apply their skills. Remember, Ronnie Wolfork came to CU as a QB and grew into an OLB that had a few NFL seasons. Outside of O & D linemen, give me as many QBs as possible.
Now the unbalanced linemen recruiting is a whole other issue.
Now the unbalanced linemen recruiting is a whole other issue.
As to the internal lack of enthusiasm/marketing for a Spring game event, it’s just another sign of the institutional misery permeating the program.
I’m even feeling kind of sorry for KD lately. Money is nice but he surely didn’t sign on for this cluster.
I’m even feeling kind of sorry for KD lately. Money is nice but he surely didn’t sign on for this cluster.
If he's 6'4 220, I'm fvcking 6-11 360. No way.
I'm sure both are exaggerated but Tua is listed at 6'1 - 217 FWIW
Adam listed OS at 6'2 - 205 in this Jan writeup. Seems like the answer is somewhere between the two.
Combine had Tua at 6 even. That means he's no taller than 6'2". No way 6'4".
You're just realizing this now?!?
I can only go by what they list. I haven't seen him. Until I see otherwise, I am going to entertain my hopes he is that size.
I mean I have been at the forefront of the pessimists around here, but even I am stunned.
You are certainly a ****ty hot take machine
Yeah, it is pretty bleak. There is some talent on the roster, but the depth is rice paper thin. CU could field a starting O and D that might pull 2-3 wins, but a spate of injuries would turn every game into a track meet for the opposition.
I’m laughing. But I’m crying.
End of spring it'll be DIII talent!
For what it’s worth
Sam Pittman Explains Reasoning For No Spring Game
Arkansas completed its third practice of the spring. Following, Sam Pittman talked about a variety of things including no spring game.
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