Thursday Buff Bites

by Bob_Bell on Nov 13, 2008 9:37 AM MST

CBSsportsline previews the Oklahoma St vs. Colorado game. Look at the chart with the rushing stats. Scary in favor for the Pokes. The Kansas City Star also takes a look at the game this weekend:

Oklahoma State has only registered 11 sacks this season, an extremely low total, but the squad has posted 22 takeaways.

Oh Nebraska. So they made a huge fuss about not handing out blackshirts until the players earn them. Every week you hear about this overrated blackshirt thing and every week, you hear Pelini won't hand them out. This week, after giving up 35 points, the coaches gave out the blackshirts. So much for earning those blackshirts.

I think may and finding a kicker don't go together. The Buffs should get a place kicker, not may.

CU special-teams coach Kent Riddle said the Buffs may try to include a place-kicker in the 2009 recruiting class. Whether it will be a scholarship player or a walk-on depends on overall roster needs, the coach said.

Oklahoma State's TE Brandon Pettigrew is considered the top TE prospect in next year's NFL draft. Pettigrew has NFL size, going 6'6" 260 pounds.

The Buffs are only expecting between 46,000 and 48,000 fans for Saturday's game. That is no good!

And just for fun, go to Tomahawk Nation, a Florida State blog to check on their little incident when the WR core got into a full on fight with a bunch of fraternity guys in the student union. Rumor has it that the fight started over a girl or something that happened at the club. Nice.

Those of you in Denver this weekend should check out The Republic Tigers and Bishop Allen at the Hi Dive on Saturday night. It's my favorite venue in Denver as you get to see many up and coming acts in a very small and intimate venue.

Republic Tigers - Bulidings & Mountains

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Yeah, they definitely SHOULD get a kicker

but I remember reading another article earlier in the week that said Hawkins wouldn’t give another kicker a scholarship because they already have 2 scholarship kickers (plus DiLallo too? I’m not sure if he’s on scholarship or not). Looks like we’ll have to find one as a walk-on. Hopefully a lesson was learned about not giving kickers scholarhips after making one chip-shot FG.

by nebraskasux on Nov 13, 2008 10:58 AM MST reply actions

I agree

The kicker thing should be a very high priority. Just look at our problems scoring (worst in Big 12 as I remember correctly) and look at how many points have been left out on the field by either missed field goals (10 = 30 points) or because we didn’t even attempt a field goal because of our kicking problems (quite a few of those as well, several in the Mizzou game and in the A&M game too). This needs to be a big priority for next year. I’m not saying I’m hoping the guys there now don’t turn it around, I really do, but so far it has not happened.

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by BVaz on Nov 13, 2008 1:04 PM MST up reply actions

Kicker

I don’t know why the best kickers wouldn’t be beating down Kent Riddle’s door. Whether the thin air helps or not, Boulder is a great place to kick.

by DABUFFS50 on Nov 13, 2008 3:05 PM MST reply actions

beating down the door?

Saying “we May get a kicker’”is probably not very inspiring. And the CU students booing Goodman is probably not very encouraging if we’ve had any kicker recruits visit during a game.

by JustmyOp on Nov 15, 2008 8:37 AM MST reply actions