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Spring Practice Primer

//posted 3.7.2012

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March 7th

Nick Hirschman out for spring practices

The Colorado quarterback competition, in the span of less than a week, has gone from five quarterbacks to three.

First, it was announced that Brent Burnette would not be staying with the team, now Nick Hirschman will miss all of spring practices.

The University of Colorado’s potential spring quarterback duel between sophomores Nick Hirschman and Connor Wood has taken another late twist – another unwanted one for Hirschman.

Hoping to be cleared to participate in most or all of spring drills after undergoing off-season foot surgery, Hirschman suffered the same injury – a broken metatarsal bone – in his other foot over the weekend. He left Colorado Wednesday for his home in Los Gatos, Calif., and is scheduled to undergo surgery later this week.

According to cubuffs.com, Hirschman will miss all of CU’s spring practices, but CU coach Jon Embree said late Wednesday that, “There still will be a competition, it just has to take place in (August) camp. The position still remains our top priority, the only real difference now is that with Connor being on the scout team last year, this gives him a chance to learn the offense with…

Colorado Daily – February

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Colorado Daily – February

February 28th

McCartney; Garten look to join College Football Hall of Fame

In 2010, Colorado linebacker Alfred Williams became the fifth Buff to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana, joining Byron “Whizzer” White (inducted in 1952), Joe Romig (1984), Dick Anderson (1993), and Bobby Anderson (2006).

Former head coach Bill McCartney and former All-American offensive lineman Joe Garten were nominated Tuesday to join that list. A total of 76 players and eight coaches were nominated. The 12,000 members of the National Football Foundation, along with current members of the Hall of Fame, will vote on ballots for the next Class of Inductees. The NFF’s Honors Court will then deliberate and select the Class. The Class will be announced on May 15th, with inductions to take place on December 4th.

Bill McCartney, of course, is the winningest coach in Colorado football history. No CU head coach coached more games (153) or won more games (93) than did McCartney. While McCartney’s winning percentage is not that impressive (.624, only good enough for 13th out of the 26 all-time head coaches in CU history), it must be remembered that “Coach Mac”…

CU Recruiting Class of 2012

//posted 2.1.2012

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Colorado Recruiting Class of 2012

Colorado head coach Jon Embree talks about the Class of 2012:

DONTA ABRON – RB

Just the facts … Committed December 12th … Abron is a running back prospect from Upland, California. Abron is 5’9″, 180-pounds. Abron is the teammate of fellow CU commits Marques Mosley, a defensive back who committed December 20th, and fullback Christian Powell, who committed January 31st. Rivals bio Scout bio ESPN bio

What others say about Abron … Abron is considered to be a two-star prospect by both Scout and Rivals. Abron is listed as the No. 113 running back in the nation by Scout. Despite the relatively low opinion held by the recruiting services of Abron, he was the Offensive Player of the Year for the All-Inland Division team by SouthernCaliforniaPreps.com. For a 12-1 Highlanders team, Abron had 252 carries for 1,754 yards and – wait for it – 33 touchdowns. Abron had eight 100-yard games, with six of those going for over 175 yards. Abron was 26th in the nation in rushing, and 14th in the nation in scoring.

Abron has other offers from … only a handful of schools, none of them…

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Q&A with Clay Norgard

//posted 2.1.2012

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Recruiting Q&A – What it’s like to be a CU recruit

Editor’s Note: Thanks to the internet, many of us fans in the Buff Nation can tell you the number of stars a particular prospect has been given by the recruiting services, or the top five schools a certain high school senior is considering. What most of us don’t know is what it feels like to be a Division 1 recruit, or be the parent of a recruit. Below is the third in a series of interviews on CU recruiting. Up this week: Colorado 2012 recruit Clay Norgard, who has already enrolled at CU, and will be eligible to participate in spring practices.

Clay Norgard

Introduce us to Clay Norgard. Both Rivals and Scout have you listed as a three-star prospect, with Rivals showing you to be their No. 4 fullback in the nation, while Scout still has you listed at defensive end (No. 103). I understand that you played any number of positions at Mountain Vista, mostly on defense, moving from middle linebacker to outside linebacker to defensive end to defensive tackle. Is this correct?

I also played Nose Guard and Offensive Guard last season. Stats were not reported completely by my…

The Ticker

//posted 2.1.2012

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The Ticker

Jon Embree Press Conference Notes

- The 28 recruits are the most signed in any one Class at Colorado since 1978 … nine defensive lineman represent the most ever in one recruiting Class … by the same token, 2012 was the first time that no player was signed who was designated as a linebacker.

- Of the 28 players, 23 played in at least one other sport at the varsity level; 16 participated in track and field, ten played basketball (“we have some good basketball players in this class”, Embree joked at his press conference), two played baseball; one played soccer; and one wrestled.

- A total of 20 of the 28 signees won a championship of some kind in high school, with 49 combined titles. Six won a total of eight outright state championships.

- In all, ten players were from California, seven were from Texas. With this Class, Colorado signed as many players from Washington D.C. (the “D.C. Three”) as it did from the state of Colorado. “When I got here, we wanted to re-establish Colorado in three areas. We accomplished that in two areas (California and Texas) … I didn’t do a good…

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Colorado Daily – January

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February 1st

Facilities upgrade unveiled

Sorry about the picture quality – it’s from a twitter feed, but it does give you an idea of what is being proposed for an upgrade to Folsom Field.

Which you can compare to the present Folsom Field:

The new building, which will be to the northeast of the stadium, will also come with some additional seating in the northeast corner. When this expansion will take place, how much it will cost, and how it will be paid for, will hopefully be explained at the recruiting luncheon on Thursday.

Rocky Mountain Showdown moved to Sunday

Not a real surprise, when you’ve got 3-9 v. 3-10 …

While the television coverage, and the time for kickoff, have yet to be announced, the Rocky Mountain Showdown between Colorado and Colorado State in Denver has been moved from Saturday, September 1st, to Sunday, September 2nd.

Colorado to add women’s lacrosse team

The University of Colorado has worked with the NCAA minimum of 16 sports for a number of years.

With the new Pac-12 television contract money now in sight, the Buffs are looking…

Pac-12 Notes – January

//posted 1.31.2012

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January 29th

New Pac-12 coaches having mixed recruiting results

Colorado faces six new head coaches in 2012, four from the Pac-12.

Buff fans are very familiar with a new coaching staff having to scramble to put together a recruiting Class, having lived through it just a year ago.

So, as Signing Day approaches, how are the new Pac-12 coaches doing?

Jim Mora, Jr. – UCLA

While Rich Rodriguez at Arizona and Mike Leach at Washington State were sexier hires, no one is doing as well as Mora in putting together a top recruiting Class.

When Mora was hired in early December, the Bruins had their fare share of commitments, with 12 verbals. Included on that list were two four-star players … but there were also five two-star prospects.

Since his hire, Mora and his coaching staff have been the talk of the recruiting world, with UCLA picking up one top-flight star after another. The Class is now up to 25, and Mora has added no player lower than three-stars, with three four-star and one five-star player giving their commitments to the Bruins.

With just a few days to go before Siginng Day, UCLA has the No. 18 Class in the…

Verbal Commitments – 2012

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Verbal Commitments – 2012

Keeping Score:

Team Rankings (January 31st – does not include Christian Powell):

Rivals: 30th nationally / 9th in the Pac-12

Scout: 25th nationally / 5th in the Pac-12 (does include Powell)

24/7 Sports: 39th nationally / 9th in the Pac-12

ESPN: Outside of the top 25 nationally

The Make-up (28 verbal commitments):

Quarterbacks: 1 (not counting Connor Wood, who enrolled in August)

Running backs: 5 (counting fullbacks Clay Norgard and Christian Powell)

Wide Receivers: 3

Tight Ends: 3

Offensive linemen: 2 (not counting Alex Kelley, a grey-shirt from the Class of 2011 who enrolled in January)

Defensive tackles: 4

Defensive ends: 4 (not counting Derek McCartney, who will join the team in January, 2013)

Linebackers: 0

Defensive backs: 6

Kickers/specialists: 0

The Class of 2012:

CHRISTIAN POWELL – FB

Just the facts … Committed January 31st … Powell is a fullback prospect from Upland, California. Powell is 5’11″, 250-pounds. Upland teammates Donta Abron, a running back who committed December 12th, and Marques Mosley, a cornerback prospect who committed December 20th, also plan to sign with CU. Rivals bio Scout bio

What others had to say about Powell … Powell is considered to be a three-star prospect by both Rivals and Scout. Rivals rates Powell as an…

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Colorado Daily – February

CU Recruiting Class of 2012

Q&A with Clay Norgard

Recruiting Q&A – What it’s like to be a CU recruit

Clay Norgard

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Colorado Daily – January

Pac-12 Notes – January

Verbal Commitments – 2012

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