Comments on: Colorado “Semi-Weekly” – Archive

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:46:58 +0000

Bad news with Simas, we really need him next year. Is it just me, or does it seem like our team is cursed? For what it’s worth, the Florida Gators suspended Carol Dunlap for the SEC championship game, but re-instated him for the Sugar Bowl (appearently he was in bad shape when the police “found him slumped over the steering wheel of his car”). Any chance Simas receives a simliar slap on the wrist?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:23:31 +0000

Prince looks qualified. Bummer that Ryan Walters has decided to follow Greg Brown to Arizona. He’s a positive steadying influence on the team, even though he’s not playing anymore.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:10:04 +0000

Mike,
Thanks for the update.
I’m sure we haven’t heard the end of this story, and might not until or unless Scott enrolls at another school …

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:18:29 +0000

Stuart
Vic Lombardi stands by his story and source that D.Scott IS talking to the Buffs about coming back, despite his (Scott’s) public denial yesterday. We’ll see how this plays out but Vic claims his source is of impeccable credentials, reliable. For example, this was the same source that tipped Vic off that Hawk was coming back before it was publicly announced before the NU game.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:54:50 +0000

Steve,
With a grey-shirt, it’s basically just a promise to keep a promise. If a player enrolls in their school of choice in the fall (and pays their own way), then transfer rules would apply, and the player would have to sit out a year if they wanted to go elsewhere. However, if a player takes classes at a junior college (or in no school at all) the fall before they enroll, they would be free to sign on anywhere they would like the following spring.

As to the rating system, it’s definitely flawed. Part of the grade goes to who has offered, which makes the star rating a self-fulfilling prophecy. If Texas offers a player, they must be great, right? So Texas ends up with a bunch of four-star and five star players, simply because they offered them.

A better system for monitoring offers would be to look at the number of schools offering, and their collective status (e.g., if ten BCS conference schools offered, the player would be worthy of five stars. If eight BCS conference schools offered, they would receive four stars, etc.). Not a perfect solution, but it would get us away from Texas only offering five stars, because only five stars would go to Texas. Then there should be a loss of a star if the player is an enrollment risk, if they were injured during their senior season, etc.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:25:04 +0000

If Alex Lewis grey-shirts the season, will he be free to switch to another school in the mean time? Also I’d like to tack onto the comment above: Is it just me or does there seem to be grade inflation within the Rival’s star system (in particular the vast number of three star recruits)?

By: NW

NW — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:30:57 +0000

I find it curious that this runner (T. Jones) all of sudden pops up on Rivals as a 3-star RB immediately after he commits to the Buffs.

By: Mike G

Mike G — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:21:40 +0000

Here is a story about Nick Hirschman that I thought you would find interesting. Breaking Trent Edward’s record I think says something about this kids potential… http://www.losgatosobserver.com/2010/01/18/hirschman_dal_player_of_the_year

By: Artus20

Artus20 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:24:50 +0000

Great article. Thanks for your update!

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:08:43 +0000

I’m happy and relieved that we have another kicker/punter coming to CU.

The last couple years have been so inconsistent — no surprise to anyone reading this — but if the buffs didn’t bring on some young talent, even if Goodman wins the Groza this year, we’d be in a bad spot in 2011 without someone ready to take his place. And if Goodman doesn’t win the Groza this year, you get my drift, we have a couple young legs standing behind him if needed. When needed.

Welcome to CU Justin. A great tradition and great decision for you.