Returning Starters

Offense:

QB: Jordan Webb         SR.       54%         8TD’s       8INT’s

RB: Christian Powell   SO.     4.4 YPC     7 TD’s        

WR: Nelson Spruce     SO.      37 YPG     10 YPC     3TD’s

       Tyler McCulloch  JR.       36 YPG     13 YPC     2td’S

TE: Graduated with no one else accumulating any stats

C:        Gus Handler            SR.

OT:      Jack Harris              SR.

OG:      Alexander Lewis       JR.

C/OG:  Daniel Munyer          JR.       

OT:      Stephane Nembot     SO.

Defense:

DT:      Josh Tupou              SO.

DE:       Chidera Uzo-Diribe  SR.

ILB:     Derrick Webb            SR.

CB:       Kenneth Crawley     SO.

CB:       Greg Henderson       JR.

CB:      Yuri Wright               SO.

FS:       Marques Mosley        SO.

SS:       Terrel Smith            SR.

ROFLCOPTERofDoom wrote: Coaching can only take a team that utterly devoid of talent so far.  

We won't drop 35 in one quarter on them with no effort.  But we'll win without too much hassle.

559notown wrote: Not with that attitude we won't. Thank god you're not the coach or we would lose every game. Look what CTD did in one year and your telling me coaching can only go so far with a lack of talent? CTD flip flopped our record in one year while only having time to implement 1/2 of both his offensive and defensive schemes. And if you don't think that there isn't any talent at Colorado than you are sadly mistaken. Did they go 1-11, yes. Did we beat the living sh*t out of them last year in 110 degree heat yea. 

Colorado is a PAC 12 school that steals recruits from us all the time. I would venture to say their overall talent level isn't that far from ours if not equal. Personally I believe they quit on their coach last year. He had no business being a coach in such a competitive conference and it showed.  I have no merit or proof about my previous statement but I saw lazy tackling, lazy route running and a coach that was over his head. His only previous coaching experience was as a TE coach at both the college and NFL levels. He wasn't ready nor will he ever be from what he displayed be a head coach again and is back where he belongs, coaching TE's for the KC Chief's.

Now I am not sure if you have heard copter but this guy Mike MacIntyre did the impossible and won 11 games at SJSU in just 3 years. Guess what he inherited a team that went 2-10 and in 3 years he flip flopped those number plus a bowl victory. All while at a place where the football team receives zero funding, has crappy fan support and I'm guessing when he took it over had far less talent than the current Colorado roster he is inheriting. Not to mention Colorado was one of the youngest teams in the nation that will be much improved with all those youngsters having 1 year under their belt. And by the way we had the luxury of playing them when their stud RB was banged up and he is only a sophomore. His success this year will be finding a QB that can fit his system. They currently have 5 QB's on the roster including two 3 star freshman that will fight to be the starter out the gate. Something tells me McIntyre wouldn't have taken the job if he didn't think he could turn around the sinking ship. 

So yes, it is a trap game that I know CTD will not be overlooking as you seem to. I would be willing to wager that he gets them to 6 wins this year and a bowl birth....the most improved team that we face all year.

ROFLCOPTERofDoom wrote: Coaching can only take a team that utterly devoid of talent so far.  

We won't drop 35 in one quarter on them with no effort.  But we'll win without too much hassle.

ROFLCOPTERofDoom wrote: CTD had the benefit of numerous key players not available to PH in 2011.   Macintyre doesn't have Thomas, Smith, Adams et al waiting in the wings to suddenly turn that ship around.

Colorado is in a sad, sad situation.  Mac might be the right guy to turn it around but it's going to be one hell of a chore for him.  You don't have a season like Colorado's without serious talent issues.  You want to point to his success at SJSU and turning that program around?  In his first year he went 1-12.  

559notown wrote: Not with that attitude we won't. Thank god you're not the coach or we would lose every game. Look what CTD did in one year and your telling me coaching can only go so far with a lack of talent? CTD flip flopped our record in one year while only having time to implement 1/2 of both his offensive and defensive schemes. And if you don't think that there isn't any talent at Colorado than you are sadly mistaken. Did they go 1-11, yes. Did we beat the living sh*t out of them last year in 110 degree heat yea. 

Colorado is a PAC 12 school that steals recruits from us all the time. I would venture to say their overall talent level isn't that far from ours if not equal. Personally I believe they quit on their coach last year. He had no business being a coach in such a competitive conference and it showed.  I have no merit or proof about my previous statement but I saw lazy tackling, lazy route running and a coach that was over his head. His only previous coaching experience was as a TE coach at both the college and NFL levels. He wasn't ready nor will he ever be from what he displayed be a head coach again and is back where he belongs, coaching TE's for the KC Chief's.

Now I am not sure if you have heard copter but this guy Mike MacIntyre did the impossible and won 11 games at SJSU in just 3 years. Guess what he inherited a team that went 2-10 and in 3 years he flip flopped those number plus a bowl victory. All while at a place where the football team receives zero funding, has crappy fan support and I'm guessing when he took it over had far less talent than the current Colorado roster he is inheriting. Not to mention Colorado was one of the youngest teams in the nation that will be much improved with all those youngsters having 1 year under their belt. And by the way we had the luxury of playing them when their stud RB was banged up and he is only a sophomore. His success this year will be finding a QB that can fit his system. They currently have 5 QB's on the roster including two 3 star freshman that will fight to be the starter out the gate. Something tells me McIntyre wouldn't have taken the job if he didn't think he could turn around the sinking ship. 

So yes, it is a trap game that I know CTD will not be overlooking as you seem to. I would be willing to wager that he gets them to 6 wins this year and a bowl birth....the most improved team that we face all year.

ROFLCOPTERofDoom wrote: Coaching can only take a team that utterly devoid of talent so far.  

We won't drop 35 in one quarter on them with no effort.  But we'll win without too much hassle.

DK7000 wrote: Trap game? No. I see it more as a tune up before the Dogs see real competition.

babydaddyschlegel12 wrote: any game can be termed a "trap game" in my opinion, each team has to show up each weekend and play their "a". this is the state of college football these days

ROFLCOPTERofDoom wrote:

DK7000 wrote: Trap game? No. I see it more as a tune up before the Dogs see real competition.

'Cept we'll have already played Rutgers....

babydaddyschlegel12 wrote: who was the last BCS opponent we beat on the road by the way?? was it UCLA???

babydaddyschlegel12 wrote: this is still a road game at pac 12 school, no matter how bad colorado was last year, that was last year, this is new year, yes we should be able to go into boulde & win again,

hornet4life85 wrote: They did get a nice lil RB from San Diego's Helix High, Michael Adkins is actually a good back with real nice speed. He has nice size but depending on their need at the position he could probably see playing time.

portlandog wrote: We'll be the better team, but we still need to show up. Deruyter took us from a 4-9 team to a 9-4 team with basically the same players. Why not Colorado?

Admittedly, I'm kind a glass half empty kind of guy when it comes to Bulldog football.

559notown wrote: Not with that attitude we won't. Thank god you're not the coach or we would lose every game. Look what CTD did in one year and your telling me coaching can only go so far with a lack of talent? CTD flip flopped our record in one year while only having time to implement 1/2 of both his offensive and defensive schemes. And if you don't think that there isn't any talent at Colorado than you are sadly mistaken. Did they go 1-11, yes. Did we beat the living sh*t out of them last year in 110 degree heat yea. 

Colorado is a PAC 12 school that steals recruits from us all the time. I would venture to say their overall talent level isn't that far from ours if not equal. Personally I believe they quit on their coach last year. He had no business being a coach in such a competitive conference and it showed.  I have no merit or proof about my previous statement but I saw lazy tackling, lazy route running and a coach that was over his head. His only previous coaching experience was as a TE coach at both the college and NFL levels. He wasn't ready nor will he ever be from what he displayed be a head coach again and is back where he belongs, coaching TE's for the KC Chief's.

Now I am not sure if you have heard copter but this guy Mike MacIntyre did the impossible and won 11 games at SJSU in just 3 years. Guess what he inherited a team that went 2-10 and in 3 years he flip flopped those number plus a bowl victory. All while at a place where the football team receives zero funding, has crappy fan support and I'm guessing when he took it over had far less talent than the current Colorado roster he is inheriting. Not to mention Colorado was one of the youngest teams in the nation that will be much improved with all those youngsters having 1 year under their belt. And by the way we had the luxury of playing them when their stud RB was banged up and he is only a sophomore. His success this year will be finding a QB that can fit his system. They currently have 5 QB's on the roster including two 3 star freshman that will fight to be the starter out the gate. Something tells me McIntyre wouldn't have taken the job if he didn't think he could turn around the sinking ship. 

So yes, it is a trap game that I know CTD will not be overlooking as you seem to. I would be willing to wager that he gets them to 6 wins this year and a bowl birth....the most improved team that we face all year.

ROFLCOPTERofDoom wrote: Coaching can only take a team that utterly devoid of talent so far.  

We won't drop 35 in one quarter on them with no effort.  But we'll win without too much hassle.

arx162218 wrote: Their returning OL is nothing to write home about. So long as Jordan Webb is the starter, we'll win, and win easily. MacIntyre would literally have to scratch the entire offense and rewrite the entire playbook from the ground up. And even that can only do so much, as you can't even begin to compare Fresno State's turnaround to Colorado's potential for one.

Frankly put, their status as a BCS team mean next to nothing. Fresno State has more talent on both sides of the ball than Colorado. And that's including the OL. 

And while you can imagine Colorado has nowhere else to go but up, Fresno State next year will install most of its offense and defense, rather than relying on only half of. 

It won't matter that this game is in Boulder. FS will be the only one to beat itself, it won't be Colorado...

TheDogSnake wrote:

 

ITS BERTH!!!  For the 2nd post now!!!

559notown wrote:

hornet4life85 wrote: They did get a nice lil RB from San Diego's Helix High, Michael Adkins is actually a good back with real nice speed. He has nice size but depending on their need at the position he could probably see playing time.

Just looked him up and the kid is a beast. 5'11 200 lb's at the age of 17. Definitely going to contribute some how this year. He also had offers from Harvard and Yale, what a stud.

Colorado has a true sophomore named Christian Powell who is a beast and will be the starter, but he already has dealt with knee injuries and is a load at 6' 235 so maybe your boy can be the change of pace guy for them. Either way impressive young man.

559notown wrote:

portlandog wrote: We'll be the better team, but we still need to show up. Deruyter took us from a 4-9 team to a 9-4 team with basically the same players. Why not Colorado?

Admittedly, I'm kind a glass half empty kind of guy when it comes to Bulldog football.

That's what I am saying but for some reason we are the only ones who think Colorado has any chance at a turnaround season. And of course everyones excuse was that we lost Thomas and Smith early. Were those devastating injuries? Yes. Are the only team that had to deal with devastating injuries that year? No. And Im sorry but if team has the wheels fall off after losing a great SS and a freshman FS than something is wrong with the coaching. Let me ask you a question. Do you think this Colorado team has as much overall talent as the SJSU team that went 11-2 last year? And if not, darn close?

559notown wrote:

portlandog wrote: We'll be the better team, but we still need to show up. Deruyter took us from a 4-9 team to a 9-4 team with basically the same players. Why not Colorado?

Admittedly, I'm kind a glass half empty kind of guy when it comes to Bulldog football.

That's what I am saying but for some reason we are the only ones who think Colorado has any chance at a turnaround season. And of course everyones excuse was that we lost Thomas and Smith early. Were those devastating injuries? Yes. Are the only team that had to deal with devastating injuries that year? No. And Im sorry but if team has the wheels fall off after losing a great SS and a freshman FS than something is wrong with the coaching. Let me ask you a question. Do you think this Colorado team has as much overall talent as the SJSU team that went 11-2 last year? And if not, darn close?

559notown wrote: New coaching my friend, how often does a team return 5 guys that started at least 10 games the previous year. We have seen what Norcross has done with guys that have little experience. And although they have sucked it up over the last few years, this is still Big12/PAC12 lineman we are talking about. They were a good run blocking team and would of had an all conference tail back in Powell had he not been hampered with injuries.  And Webb is just not a good QB and he actually sacked 5th most in the PAC 12 last year. Not a great stat for the o-line but I'm guessing some of those can be attributed to him holding on to the ball too long. Everything starts with the O-line and MAC is inheriting abetter than average one IMO.

arx162218 wrote: Their returning OL is nothing to write home about. So long as Jordan Webb is the starter, we'll win, and win easily. MacIntyre would literally have to scratch the entire offense and rewrite the entire playbook from the ground up. And even that can only do so much, as you can't even begin to compare Fresno State's turnaround to Colorado's potential for one.

Frankly put, their status as a BCS team mean next to nothing. Fresno State has more talent on both sides of the ball than Colorado. And that's including the OL. 

And while you can imagine Colorado has nowhere else to go but up, Fresno State next year will install most of its offense and defense, rather than relying on only half of. 

It won't matter that this game is in Boulder. FS will be the only one to beat itself, it won't be Colorado...