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Spring Game – 2011

//posted 6.9.2011

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“I’m happy with where we are … we just need to keep working and improving”

The Colorado Buffaloes completed Spring practice, 2011, with a 105-play scrimmage before 15,655 at Folsom Field in the first-ever Spring game with an evening kickoff (6:00 p.m).

Senior quarterback Tyler Hansen completed 8-of-15 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown in his seven drives of the scrimmage. While not as efficient as Hansen’s 18-for-19 performance in the second spring scrimmage a week earlier, the odds are still on Hansen being named the starting quarterback for the season on Tuesday. “I feel really comfortable as a player, and this offense is really good,” said Hansen. “(Accuracy) was my goal, and I’ve been working on my mechanics with coach (Rip) Scherer. I feel I’m getting a lot more accurate.”

“I wouldn’t say from Day One (that he was impressed with Hansen), but I am happy with his productivity,” said head coach Jon Embree. “He’s done a good job with his command of the offense, getting them in and out of the huddle. We need to get better with our tempo … But, overall, I am pleased with how he’s competed.”

The quarterbacks vying for the backup position had mixed…

The Colorado Daily – May

//posted 5.24.2011

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May 30th

Sports Illustrated investigation digs deeper into Ohio State’s transgressions

Perhaps now we can understand the timing of Tressel’s resignation.

Sports Illustrated is coming out with an article in this week’s edition, outlining an eight-year pattern of NCAA violations under head coach Jim Tressel.

In the article, the authors report that at least 28 players have been alleged to have traded or sold memorabilia, “at least 20″ players swapped memorabilia for tattoos, and at least four players traded memorabilia for marijuana.

The history of Tressel’s “ignorance is bliss” started at Youngstown State, where he claimed not to know that his star quarterback had received a car and more than $10,000 from a school trustee – even though it was later revealed that it was Tressel who told the player to go and see the trustee.

In 2003, Buckeyes’ running back Maurice Clarett became a pariah after he was found to have received money and other benefits, but Tressel, who had said that he spent more time with Clarett than any other player, claimed he had no knowledge of Clarett’s violations.

In 2004, an investigation uncovered a $500 payment to quarterback Troy Smith. Again, Tressel said he had…

The Colorado Daily – March, 2011

//posted 3.31.2011

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March 31st

Auburn responds

Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs stated that the university will look into the allegations made in the HBO report.

“While HBO confirmed to us they have no proof that any of these claims are true, we contacted both the NCAA and Southeastern Conference as soon as these allegations surfaced,” Jacobs said in a statement released Wednesday night. “We have engaged outside counsel to investigate this matter and will spare no resources to find the truth.”

University president Jay Gogue said he is confident Jacobs and his department “will investigate these allegations thoroughly and completely.”

Current Auburn head coach Gene Chizik was less diplomatic in his response: “It saddens me that somebody is going to air a show with basically one side being known. I think that’s pathetic. And I think it’s pure garbage,” he said.

March 30th

Will HBO expose’ signal a change in recruiting?

On a day when Colorado self-reported a secondary recruiting violation (a ten-year old brother of a recruit had his meals covered because the recruit did not bring sufficient funds for his sibling during the official visit. The tab for the weekend ran to $103.26), HBO has run a special “Pay to…

CU Transition Classes

//posted 2.1.2011

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Transition Classes

It is axiomatic that a new head coach will have a difficult time with their first recruiting class. After all, the new coach comes in late in the recruiting cycle, usually in December, well after other schools have their incoming class of recruits fairly well formulated. What’s more, in most instances, the new head coach is coming into a situation where the former coaching staff has been let go, with losing records most often the culprit.

Jon Embree became the 24th head coach in Colorado history on December 6th. He took over a program mired in a five year streak of losing records, the second longest streak in Colorado history. Because of the recent record, and because of his late hire, Embree is being given a pass by most of the Buff Nation on the recruiting Class of 2011.

But should that be the case?

For guidance, let’s take a look at the first recuiting classes of the past four Colorado head coaches …

Dan Hawkins – Class of 2006

Unlike Jon Embree, Hawkins inherited a team with a winning record. In fact, Colorado had won the Big 12 North title four of the previous five seasons, including the previous two. By the same…

This Time, It’s Different …

//posted 12.18.2010

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This Time, It’s Different

For better or worse, I am a veteran of five coaching hires at the University or Colorado. At the time these new coaches were introduced, all five seemed like good moves …

My first new head coaching hire was Bill McCartney, in 1982. McCartney was the defensive coordinator at Michigan before coming to Boulder, and no one knew much about him. Remember, this was long before the “instant information” internet age, where names of coordinators like Chow, Muschamp, Malzahn, and McElwain are familiar to football fans. In 1982, few knew much about their own team’s coordinators, much less about anyone else’s. Not that there was anyone around in Boulder to care – McCartney came to the University of Colorado in June, 1982, when school was out for the summer (Chuck Fairbanks bolted for the USFL after spring practice). Still, the reaction was favorable from those who were paying attention to the team. The legendary columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera, Dan Creedon, wrote at the time of McCartney’s hire: “Not since another Michigan native, Sonny Grandelius, swept CU committees off their feet 24 years ago, has a coaching candidate made as favorable impression here as McCartney did”. (Grandelius coached the Buffs from 1959-61).

Next…

CU 21, #22 Missouri 16 – Nov. 8, 2003

//posted 10.27.2009

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Colorado v. Missouri – 2003

In 2003, Colorado got off to a fast start, knocking off 23rd-ranked CSU and UCLA to climb to #17 in the polls.

After that, the wheels fell off. The Buffs lost six of the next seven games, falling to 3-6 overall. Heading into the Missouri game, CU was coming off a tough loss to Texas Tech, 26-21. For only the 12th time since the start of the 1976 season, a span of 324 games, the Buffs had a two score lead (over nine points) at some point during the game, and lost. CU had an early 14-0 lead on the Red Raiders, but still managed to lose.

Of concern to the Buff faithful was the fact that, of those 12 losses after leading by two or more scores, only eight of them occurred in the 25 seasons between 1976 and 2000. Four now had occurred during the Barnett era, including the second time in 2003 (a 23-14 lead against Baylor becoming a 42-30 loss).

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Numbers can be construed in any number of ways. Fair enough. But for the 2003 Colorado Buffaloes, one statistic could not be misstated or misinterpreted:

3-6.…

Kansas State 20, Colorado 6

//posted 10.24.2009

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October 24th – @ Kansas State Kansas State 20, Colorado 6

Colorado drove 71 yards on its first drive of the game against Kansas State, taking a 6-3 first quarter lead. The remainder of the game, however, the Buffs’ offense generated only 173 yards, turning the ball over four times in falling to the Wildcats, 20-6. The Buffs wasted an outstanding effort from their defense on the afternoon, as the Kansas State offense was held in check for most of the game. Mistakes and penalties, however, continued to plague the Buffs, with Colorado falling to 2-5 on the 2009 season.

The morning start (11:30 CT) seemed to favor the home team, as Kansas State took the opening kickoff and moved smartly down the field. After only five plays, the Wildcats had a first-and-ten at the Colorado 12-yard line. The Buffs’ defense stiffened, though, and Kansas State was forced to settle for a Josh Cherry 25-yard field goal. The Buffs responded in kind with their first drive, converting two third downs in pushing the ball to the Kansas State 23-yard line. From there, the drive chart went as follows:

Rodney Stewart, rush for three yards; second-and-seven at the KSU 20-yard line;

Rodney…

Barnett out; Hawkins in – Seemed like a good move

//posted 12.5.2005

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December 8, 2005 Gary Barnett Out as Colorado Head Coach

December 16, 2005 Dan Hawkins In as Colorado Head Coach

The rumors had been swirling since the end of the Texas game. A contract extension for Colorado head coach Gary Barnett, thought to be a virtual done deal just weeks earlier, was now a virtual impossibility. An extension and a raise for a coach whose team had been embarrassed on national television two weeks in a row? An extension for a coach whose teams had been mired in scandals for the past two seasons? How could an extension be justified with the black cloud which had hung over Boulder growing darker instead of lighter?

Colorado Athletic Director Mike Bohn did not have the benefit of time to make a decision. The 2006 recruiting class was in limbo, with only ten commitments made. The Colorado class was rated last in the Big 12 by the recruiting websites. If Barnett was to stay, the extension needed to be finalized. If Barnett was to go, it needed to be done quickly.

Bohn opted for the latter course.

The story was old news by the time the press conference was convened on Thursday night after…

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Posts Tagged ‘Gary Barnett’

Spring Game – 2011

The Colorado Daily – May

The Colorado Daily – March, 2011

CU Transition Classes

This Time, It’s Different …

CU 21, #22 Missouri 16 – Nov. 8, 2003

Kansas State 20, Colorado 6

Barnett out; Hawkins in – Seemed like a good move

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