Boy, I bet Hawkins is wishing that he wouldn’t have overreacted by giving Goodman a scholarship after that chip shot FG.

of Goodman being on scholarship or not, at least we offered this kid. I’ve been very worried about this recruiting cycle, and while the defensive line concerns are very real, I think Hawkins is making the right moves up to this point. The defensive line issues will ultimately determine the final “grade” of this class, but if he can make it happen, I think we’ll be just fine.

and don’t get me wrong, I hope Grossnickle comes here and does well, but all the kickers we have now were big shots coming out of high school too. Goodman has a big leg but it doesn’t matter if you can’t kick it between the posts. Kickers like Crosby come along once every 20 years or so. If Grossnickle turns out to be a average kicker who can also punt (which would kind of get us back a scholarship) that would be great, but I’m not expecting too much. Since I don’t follow high school kickers at all I don’t know if this is right or not but I think Ringo said something like he was a solid punter but needed a little work at kicking.

I just hope that Grossnickle doesn’t come to CU and become a problem like the kickers we currently have.

Hey, Rox, let’s try to get him here first and then let him figure out how demanding and critical the fans are going to be the first time he’s on the field.

As far as high school blocking, there is none in Denver Public Schools., IMO.

Where did you see the XP stat? I saw 37 of 39 on Maxpreps. And the Rocky shows he was 32 of 36 xps. So he missed between 2 and 4?
http://stats.rockypreps.com/football/boys/players/150161/2008-2009/

Grossnickle will be a Buff…didn’t read all the other comments on here yet but I’m assuming everyone’s feeling good on this one.

Since I don’t follow high school kickers at all I don’t know if this is right or not but I think Ringo said something like he was a solid punter but needed a little work at kicking.

I didn’t see this comment, in fact, I thought Ringo was high in his praise.
You might want to look at the kid’s stats first. Remember, East was knocked out of the playoffs, so he managed to rack up all his kicking points in 3 fewer games than some other players, but he still led the state.

http://stats.rockypreps.com/football/boys/leaderboard/individual/
Here are the two leaders in 5A. Willenbrock went to state championship (also a good kicker, but he doesn’t punt and he’s going to Dartmouth to play Lacrosse.)

Player ……………………………. gm .. fgm … fga … pct .. .. LNG .. XPM .. XPA .. PTS
Z. Grossnickle (Denver East) … 10 . .. 12 …. 13 …. 0.92 …. 53 .. .. 32 . … 36 …. 68
R. Willenbrock (Cherry Creek) …13 … 11 …. 12 …. 0.92 …. 50 .. .. 35 .. .. 36 .. .. 68

I just read between the lines when Grossnickle didn’t commit when Riddle offered him in person. He said he wanted to think about it.

Didn’t sound like he was sold on the idea of being a buff, but you never know what was included or excluded from an interview. We don’t know who else he is talking to or how good KU is at recruiting.

do you think…
…Goodman will now be a walk-on if Grossnickle commits?

No, I don’t think Hawk would do that. Recruiting nightmare and Hawk generally stands behind his guys, if they aren’t flunking out or breaking the law.

I think they are hoping that adding another kicker will “inspire” the existing three scholly players to step up their respective games. It can’t be a perfect situation that Grossnickle would walk into (if he commits,) unless we all expect that the current players are going to be ecstatic and welcoming to see him on the field, competing for “their” spots.
 
Maybe they are all great guys. I’m just saying there’s got to be an awkward moment or two coming up, no matter how the coaches frame it.

I knew Goodman in HS and was really rooting for him

So am I. But at this point, a little healthy competition could be just the thing to fire him up. We know he has the leg. He just needs to find a way to bring that talent to the game.

cooling on taking a Kicker w/this class so I would have to believe Grossnickle will be a done deal to CU…

Not that CU wasn’t already in great position with this kid, but now with the only other major player out, they should be in real good shape.

I was thisclose to posting some premium info … but I remembered.

Grossnickle has a third offer. Don’t think it’s a threat to CU, but he has a third. It was on a message board, not in the offer list as yet, but posted by a site admin.