Colorado Buffaloes Mid Season Report - TRR Style

1. The obvious choice-Stewart
NO one talked about him coming into the year. All Hype around Scott, Polk, and no one knew Stewart.

Disappointment-Josh Smith
—>80% of the coaches fault. They need to involve him on the bubble screens and jet sweeps like the broncos do with Brandon Marshall.

2.Disappointment-George Hypolite
—>On watch list for 5 preseason awards and hasn’t lived up to the hype.

3. Dump for now
—>I think unless you are getting rid of Cody, go back to more slants and I-formation to get back to basics.

4. With Cody-2
If he gets pulled 4

5.Nice question, do we really have to chose 1? I’ll go with Amber Sutherland #12

6.Give me Stewart right now, even Cody can’t screw up handing the ball off. If the you are drafting to start a team, I was Smith, give me the guy that has shown he can take it all the way on Kick/Punt returns and catching the ball.

7. Tough question, I’ll go 6

8. Football(give Jeff one more yr and I will probably change my answer)

9. Im so afraid that the answer will be running the ball for a different team.
I’ll stay positive and say, finishing up his sophmore year running for 1300 yards and 9 TD’s

10. I’ll stay PC since im underage and go with Pepsi

11. I have a dream that no college coach is willing to recruit his son due to conflicting issues. I have a dream that in 2009-2010 season and one of the 3 QB options is at the helm running a 3 headed BEAST of Scott, Stewart, and Polk. Scott will be running the “Wild Buffalo”(wild hog) will both RB’s next to him. This combination will run for a combined 2,500 yards and 18 TD’s on the way for the Buffaloes winning the Big 12 North after the departure of Chase and Todd from the division

12. Gotta go with Alred Williams, was too young to really see him but hes on the local radio show here in Denver and can’t go wrong with 263 tackles 35 tackles 1990 Butkus award winner and captain of the Nat’l championship team

1. Rodney Stewart biggest plus, disappointment is the injuries to the OL not their fault, and to Scott.
2. Ummm the entire unit is disappointing
3. Until CU gets a QB that can run it, I guess a run offense would be better
4. 3 or 4. I am optomistic
5. I like #12
6. Stewart over any of them right now
7. Hopefully as llong as he wants
8. Should the basketball team, but probbaly by 1 or 2 wins.
9. 1500 yards rusher
10. Spaten
11. That CU will crush the Big 12 and beat a SEC team by 30 points in the Natl Title game, and always be in the running for a title. While I am at i wanna will the powerball and mega millions lotteries
12. I love the entire 1989 CU team. But If I had to choose it would be a tie between JJ Flannigan and Darian Hagan. Plus honorable mention would be Sal Aunese (RIP)

1) Rod Stewart – Phenomenal
       D. Scott – only because of such high expectations.

2) Chapelle Brown — Plays tough
      Daniel Dykes — Always out of position and missing tackles

3) It is division 1 football, you should be able to run a wide variety of offenses. Ideally some proficiently.

4) 4 or I might develop severe alcoholism.

5) 4 fo sho.

6) WR Josh Smith and he needs alot of work on fundamentals, but he could be Maclin with the right help.

7) I hope as many as he wants.

8) CU Basketball Team by a couple

9) In 2010, Darrell Scott will be weighing a tough decision between college and pros

10) Buffalo Gold, why not… But probably whatever shots start flowing though

11) I have a dream that one day, the Buffs will be back to national prominence and will have done it the right way with a foundation that will provide strong football for years to come. The best athletes want to go to CU for the best all around educational, athletic, and quality of life opportunities available.

12) John Torp…. Ha

1. Biggest surprise: Rodney Stewart. Biggest disappointment: so many possibilities, Gier, McKnight, Patrick Williams, etc., but I’ll go with Darrell Scott. I blame the coaches more than him, but I never imagined he would be such a non-factor so far.

2. Biggest surprise: I’m gonna say the corner backs as a group. Before the season they were viewed as the weak link on the team, but I think they’ve played pretty good. Biggest disappointment: George Hypolite, I don’t know if he’s always getting double teamed or something, but for a guy who was supposed to be our best defensive player he’s practically invisible.

3. I’ve never been someone who would want to just scrap an entire season. Keep it, but it needs tons of fine-tuning and personnel changes.

4. I would love to say 4 (KSU, TAM, ISU, NU) but I have no confidence in that prediction. If we don’t improve substantially it could be zero.

5. I guess I’m the first one who likes brunettes, #6 I’ll say.

6. Josh Smith. We have people on the roster that (I think) should be better than Stewart (Scott, Polk). Josh Smith is the most explosive player we have and the only receiver who can stretch the field. He needs lots of work though.

7. I think he is a guy who would leave if he got an offer from a huge program, but he’s gonna have to do a LOT better here to get that offer. I’ll say 10 years.

8. B-ball team will get a couple more than the football team this year. Their non-conference schedule is pretty easy.

9. Finally “healthy” and out of the dog house or whatever the problem is now. He will be 1st team all-big 12 RB and then he will come back for his senior season in 2011!

10. During my time at CU my roomates and I would always have tons of Buffalo Gold on hand for game days. Now it’s kind of whatever, they don’t have a lot of good liquor stores in Aurora :-(

11. My dream is that CU will be a top 20 team year in and year out. It would be hard for us to surpass OU and Texas but there is no doubt in my mind that we could be the top program in the Big 12 north. We should win the north most of the time, win the Big 12 every so often, and at least have a chance at the national championship from time to time. I think that is realistic.

12. Koy Detmer. Great passer. Quirky, funny, and a really nice person (I met him a few times). Undersized, but no one played harder. My favorite memories of Koy would be where he would throw a short pass and the camera would go over to the receiver who was avoiding tacklers. Then a second or two later Koy would come sprinting in out of nowhere to block the safety. He did this all the time (all 180lbs of him), it was awesome.

1) Biggest Surprise – Rodney Stewart
Disappointment – Scotty McKnight

2) Biggest Surprise – Cha’pelle Brown
Disappointment – Daniel Dykes and George Hypolite (tie)

3) Give it one more year, maybe a new quarterback can come in and run it better. System needs a tune up though

4) Praying for 3, need to go to a bowl game. KSU is a must or it could be ugly

5)#12…not to shabby.

6) Josh Smith…where would we be without either of these guys on offense but the special teams effort has really been beneficial in a lot of games. Now he needs to play more.

7) At least 5 more years…if not more.

8) Push – Both teams will win 6 games!

9) Darrell Scott will be running behind a healthy line and a competent quarterback that will allow him to be great and top 10 national running back

10) Recently it has been a poor man’s budget of Coors Light.

11) I dream of being relevant in the Big 12. I dream of seeing a quarterback that other teams envy in the Big 12, not the Buffs always envying other team’s quarterbacks. I dream of a fan base that is crazy about the Buffs and a student section that respects the game always. I dream of big time football returning to the state of Colorado.

12) So many guys growing up that I admired. Slash, Chad Brown, Mike Pritchard, Christian Fauria, Michael Westbrook, Chris Hudson, Rashan Salaam, Hagan, Alfred

Probably have to go with Kordell Stewart

1) Surprise: Stewart
Disappointment: Markques Simas and the other guys that can’t keep their head on straight.

2) Surprise: Jalil and Cha’pelle…sweet names
Disappointment: Wasn’t Sipili supposed to be good or did I dream that?

3) Keep it.

4) Should be able to win four at best. Worst case scenario is that the Huskers and Buffs are playing for a bowl birth.

5) #4 please

6) Josh Smith. Ray Polk will be a star for this team next year. Hopefully Scott works it out.

7) Hopefully a long long time.

8) Basketball….just around the corner

9) Darrell Scott will battle for carries in 2010. Stewart and Polk won’t make it easy. Someone is bound to transfer.

10) Keystone…if I’m feelin classy, Coors Light

11) I dream of never losing to Nebraska ever again and thus reducing Nebraska to a Division II school. I would also like quarterbacks other than Cody Hawkins, Ballenger, and Nick Nelson. I would also like Hawkins to change his mind and throw Sipili and Geer off the team for a combination of off-field and on-field performances.

12) How can I go against Bobby Pesavento? :)

1.) Surprise Rod "wake up Maggie May" Stewart. Disappointment Darrell Scott…we all thought there would be a great freshman running back but who.(23 words)
2.) Surprise Chapelle Brown…he’s a player. Dissapointment George Hypolite…not the anchor we thought he would be.
3.) Dump it…this team will be built for power in the next few years…doesn’t mean you can’t still pass once the right QB is in place.
4.) I’ll give them 3 more wins ISU, KSU, and A&M finish 6-6
5.) Clearly the correct answer is #12
6.) Rodney Stewart…he’s only a freshman and #12 thinks he’s sexy.
7.) 4 years if the upward trend stalls 15 if it continues.
8.) Probably Basketball
9.) In 2010 Darrell Scott will be the thunder to Rodney Stewarts lightning in a potent RB by committee offense for the CU Buffaloes.
10.) Dales Pale Ale(I like a beer that fights back)
11.) I have a dream that one day the Buffs will place 2nd in the Big 12 North with an 11-1 record trailing just behind the eventual National Champion Kansas Jayhawks at 12-0. You said dream big =D
12.) Alfred Williams, "it’s off the hook."

1) In 20 words or less, what player has been the biggest surprise on offense, what player has been the biggest disappointment of offense that is not named Cody Hawkins? It’s hard, I know!

Gotta stick with the theme and say Speedy Stewart as the surprise, and Geer as the disappointment.

2) In 20 words or less, do the same for the defense.

Chappelle (sp?) Brown as the player, and the tackling as the disappointment.

3) Keep the spread offense or dump the spread like your high school prom date?

Run the I-formation and pound the rock with Scott. Please?

4) What is the number of wins the Buffs have left in them? Remaining schedule is Kansas State, @ Mizzou, @ Texas A&M, Iowa State, Oklahoma St and @ the Fuskers.

I’d love to say 4, but I think realistically it’s 2.

5) Gotta go with 14. It’s a hair thing.

6) Which Buff would you rather have? WR Josh Smith or RB Rodney Stewart

Josh Smith, because after him there is nobody else to stretch the field. Although we might have fewer crazy special teams headaches.

7) How many years will Dan Hawkins be the coach of the Colorado Buffaloes?

If his gameday decisions catch up to his recruiting, a very long time. If they don’t, probably another 2-3 years at most.

8) More wins in the 2008 – 2009 season: CU Football Team or CU Basketball Team?

Basketball team. I’m sure some of the new kids can take the little sisters of the poor that they’ve surely scheduled. I don’t follow the basketball team, so I wouldn’t really know much about them.

9) Finish the sentence (less than 30 words): In 2010, Darrell Scott will be…

The centerpiece of a spread offense that actually works.

10) You are celebrating a Buffs win. What is your beverage of choice?

Anything strong. For conversation’s sake, I’ll say a tall glass of 3/4 Vodka and 1/4 Red Bull.

11) The “I Have A Dream” Question. For example, like in The Ralphie Report Buff Bites today, I said, “I have a dream that one day the Buffs will have a quarterback in the top tier of the Big 12, I have a dream!” What is your Buffs dream…think BIG! (under 50 words).

Uh….I have a dream that one day Colorado will dominate in recruiting and on the field to the point where we catch Nebraska in the all-time series and pass them. Then, we consistently annihilate Texas in the Big 12 Championship game.

12) Your favorite CU Buff player of all-time?

Rae Carruth. Even though he ended up being a psycho murderer guy, am I still allowed to be in love with pure speed?