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What its Like to Be a CU Recruit

//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 …

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 …

Missouri – Small victories: Buffs claim fourth in the Big Eight

//posted 11.7.1987

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November 7th – Boulder Colorado 27, Missouri 10

Colorado ran its home record for the year to 4-1 in defeating Missouri 27-10 before 44,050 at Folsom Field. Missouri came into the game with a 5-3 record, 2-2 in the Big Eight. Both teams had lost to Oklahoma State, so it was apparent that this contest would decide which team would finish fourth in the Big Eight conference in 1987. With both teams still aspiring to a bowl invitation, the game was critical.

Colorado struck first, scoring on a 53-yard run by halfback J.J. Flannigan late in the first quarter. Early in the second stanza, the Buffs put the game out of reach. An eight-play drive positioned Buff kicker Dave DeLine, making his first appearance of the season after being hampered by a thigh injury, to make a 31-yard field goal. DeLine’s kick was good, and the Buffs were on top, 10-0. After the kickoff, Missouri quarterback John Stollenwerck fumbled a snap. Colorado’s defensive tackle Curt Koch recovered, and three plays later fullback Erich Kissick scored from three yards out for a 17-0 Buff lead.

A 54-yard field goal by Tiger kicker Tom Whelihan put Missouri on the board, but Colorado …

Kansas – Colorado defense preserves early 17-0 lead

//posted 11.8.1986

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November 8th – Boulder Colorado 17, Kansas 10

In a reverse from the Oklahoma State game, Colorado played well early, then hung on late to post a 17-10 win over Kansas. Rolling to a 17-0 second quarter lead, the Buffs scored on a one yard run by junior halfback Mike Marquez, a 24-yard field goal by Dave DeLine, and a 34-yard reverse by freshman split end Jeff Campbell. The latter score was a reprise of the two reverses Campbell ran so successfully in the Nebraska game. The Buffs were up 17-0 with 8:42 still remaining in the first half. Those in attendance at Folsom Field that afternoon were able to sit back, bundle up on an otherwise chilly and unpleasant afternoon, presuming the rest of the game against the 3-5 Jayhawks (0-4 in conference play) would be a cakewalk.

Make that sleepwalk.

After Kansas quarterback Kelly Donahue scored on a one yard run to make the score 17-10 with 8:47 still left in the third quarter, Kansas was within a touchdown of the Buffs, and would remain that way for the rest of the contest. In the stands, for those of us who had seen the Buffs fold all too …

No. 3 Nebraska – The Signature Win

//posted 10.25.1986

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1986 – Colorado v. Nebraska - Preface

In September 1989, almost three years after the Colorado/Nebraska game of 1986, Brad and I traveled to Seattle, Washington for the Colorado/Washington game. Colorado was in the midst of the most tumultuous season in its 100-year history, entering the game undefeated, but also on the heels of the loss of quarterback Sal Aunese, who had succumbed to cancer the week before. The game story will be retold in the appropriate chapter, but the relevance of that game to 1986 came just after the 1989 Washington game had ended.

It had rained for much of the second half, so, by the end of the game, the sellout crowd had thinned to a thousand or so Buff fans, soaked but jubilant over the Buffs’ 45-28 victory, separated only by a few pockets of the true Husky faithful. Walking through the parking lot after the game, Brad and I encountered a group of young Buff fans gathered around a van. They warmly greeted the sight of the black and gold we were wearing, and Brad and I in turn hailed the meeting of fellow travelers. In our brief conversation, Brad and I learned that this group …

Ohio State – Golfing, but listening …

//posted 9.20.1986

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September 20th – @ Ohio State Ohio State 13, Colorado 10

The Colorado Buffaloes played before the second largest road crowd in school history, 88,404 (the Buffs played before 91,203 against Michigan in 1974. Subsequent games against Michigan at Ann Arbor surpassed both totals), succumbing in the last minute, 13-10. For the third straight game, the Buffs could not put together a complete team effort. Against Colorado State in the opener, the defense had played well, only to be betrayed by the offense and six turnovers. Against Oregon, the offense had shined, only to have the defense fail to come up with the big play.

Against Ohio State, it was the CSU game – no offense – all over again.

The Buffs’ defense shut down Ohio State, with the Buckeyes only touchdown “drive” of the game covering all of 14 yards after a William White interception in the second quarter. Without much effort, and the Buckeyes were hand-delivered a 10-0 halftime lead.

Not only should the Buffs not have given up a cheap score, they should have held the lead at intermission.

Colorado linebacker John Nairn intercepted Ohio State quarterback Jim Karsatos in the second quarter. with the Buffs trailing …

National and Big Eight Recap – “Salesman Bill” McCartney

//posted 9.1.1983

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National and Big Eight recap – 1983

The Miami Hurricanes finished on top of the polls for the first time in school history, defeating the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-30 in the Orange Bowl. Miami head coach Howard Schnellenberger completed the resurrection of the once dormant program, bouncing back from a 28-3 setback to Florida in the season opener to run the table and finish 11-1. Freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar teamed with fellow frosh Alonzo Highsmith to account for three touchdowns in the national championship game, as Kosar passed for 300 yards. Schnellenberger shared coach of the year honors with Ken Hatfield of Air Force. Hatfield, despite having the inherent obstacles associated with recruiting for a service academy, led the Falcons to an unlikely 10-2 record, and only the second final ranking (13th) in school history.

In the Big Eight, the cliché of the year could well have been: so close, yet so far. Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne fell a two-point conversion short of his first national championship and an undefeated season in what many believe to be one of the best college football finales ever. Osborne lost the game, but gained the admiration of millions of football fans, when, with …

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Posts Tagged ‘Lance Carl’

What its Like to Be a CU Recruit

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

CU Transition Classes

Missouri – Small victories: Buffs claim fourth in the Big Eight

Kansas – Colorado defense preserves early 17-0 lead

No. 3 Nebraska – The Signature Win

Ohio State – Golfing, but listening …

National and Big Eight Recap – “Salesman Bill” McCartney

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