When you encounter a situation that can’t be ignored (the elephant in the room) you don’t dance around it and hope it goes away. You introduce yourself to the elephant and make him your friend. The elephant here is D.Scott and his status at CU. Hopefully, Monday’s announcement includes an interview/statement from D.Scott himself, to put to bed (for now at least) the speculation that he’ll be following J-Fly out the door.

Again, you have to wonder about the timing of these decisions and, to some degree the “rest of the story.” Are there more guys taking a pass on Hawk Love? When Kai Maiava left, the party line was he wanted/needed to be closer to family. Then the kid was quoted in the papers back home complaining that he never liked the position switch to FB, wasn’t on board with it and that it was as much a cause for his departure as anything else. Now he’s the 312 lb starting center for Ucla. It’s kinda weird that, after two full years here, Josh is just now realizing he can’t meet his educational goals at CU. And what of Wallace, Blackmon and Celestine (at the time he left)? These were all young guys on the verge of establishing themselves with the program and stepping into some serious PT only to abruptly announce “no mas” and hit the road. How come?
Any chance we can get an exit interview with Josh and Ryan ala Toney Clemons excellent sit-down with the Michigan cats? Inquiring minds want to know.

Hey, I like Hawkins and appreciate what he’s done for CU on/off the field, but entering his 4th season he can’t be having arguably his most explosive playmaker jumping ship. Can’t be good for morale, let alone team goals. Anyone remember 10 wins, no excuses? If Clemons and Simmons and Simas turn out to be as good as advertised, maybe we won’t miss J-Fly long term. But in the short run, his productivity and playmaking, especially in the return game will be tough to replace.

Just sayin’
Hopefully we aren’t witnessing a trend of departures

Wow. J-Fly now gone. It seems we get a new transfer every single week. J-fly’s excuse seems weak too. You can’t help but wonder what is going on behind the scenes right now. This hurts immensely. We absolutely have to have Simmons enroll now or we will have virtually no passing game whatsoever.

I am a student and even though I have been a Buff fan all my life and my family has had season tickets since I was 13 renewing them right now seems like a tall order. Where is the optimism at this point? We run off players like it’s our duty. I wake up every day expecting another transfer, which is sad. This has got to stop.

We absolutely have to have one of our recruit WR’s step up or we will be in deep trouble which is a bad sign. I was pessimistic about the season before losing J-fly, now, I am downright depressed. This sucks. What the hell is going on in Boulder right now? Stop transferring!!! Honor your commitment, please.

Hawk either needs to look at himself a bit or take a better look at the players he is recruiting. This kind of thing is really unacceptable and ultimately falls on his shoulders. I understand these are “kids” but this sort of thing does not happen at a program where players feel the best days/seasons are in front of them. If we don’t dramatically improve on the field this season it will no doubt be Hawkins last in Boulder. The combination on the field and off the field issues 6-6 isn’t going to get it done this year.

with the Kai Mivia transfer, things kinda smelled with that deal. By the way, he is at the top of the deepth chart at center at UCLA, no surprise. Something appears to be going sour with Hawk love in Boulder. It would be easy to understand if these were Barnett’s recruits, but they are not. There are always young men who go to one school and for some reason or another, leave, but it’s like gate to the pasture is open and one leaves and they are all slowly starting to head out.

The only thing I can say is I wish these young men who are leaving all the best in the future. There are far more important things in life than a football game but, damn it kinda sucks to have one of if not your top player quit. Let’s face it, Josh Snith was our best threat to take all the way, on any given play. I have a weird feeling he will be playing for slick Rick.

It’s scary to read the sports page each morning, I’ll keep wondering who will be next?

Go Buffs

I agree this sounds like a strange reason to “transfer” and I am as disappointed as every buff fan because Josh was certainly a dynamic threat and was a key to our offense this coming year, BUT- I wish him luck in whatever he chooses is best for his future.

I do know that the Colorado Buffaloes are bigger than one player however, and we have some amazing talent to look forward to this year and even more so next year.

Wow it does seem though that the injury bug of last year is being replaced by the attrition bug this year. I understand CU is tough academically and that everybody wants playing time, but it seems we are being hit more than most programs for some reason. Hawk-Anything we should know about?

I will say that I’d prefer this to the attrition due to problems with the law that has hit us in the past and still hits a lot of other programs.

“Smith’s departure comes after he dropped in the team’s depth chart over the spring. The Buffaloes aren’t exactly loaded at the position and Smith was expected to challenge for a starting job this spring.

But he struggled at times as Markques Simas and Dustin Ebner zoomed past him at his “X” wide receiver position and Scotty McKnight and walk-on Jason Espinoza are fixtures on the other side."

this is going to be a long season if we don’t have a WR that can catch the ball from miniHawk.

If Scott transfers, oh god, lets just find a new program and start over man, talk about killing the fan base.

I think D.Scott knows he has much more of a potential career in the NFL and is more invested in the sport overall. Last year was a bit of a waste with his injuries and showing up out of shape. I think he’s focused, wants to prove something and does not want to sit out a transfer year before he gets back on the field. I think he stays unless the J-Fly transfer situation gets ugly or something.

On that note, I am concerned Bohn & Co. are picking J-Fly to set a (correct) precedent on transfers. CU has invested tens of thousands in him and spent time trying to come up with creative ways to help him pursue his interest in music (CU-Denver option). You can’t just let people bail on that investment. But, I wish they’d set that policy with a player whose nephew doesn’t happen to be a 5-star stud RB and future Heisman winner. I hope they don’t let this get ugly and jade D.Scott and J-Fly and their families over the handling of this! Michigan let Clemons come to CU. Notre Dame let Brandon Nicholas come to Boulder. Set a precedent, Bohn, but not with J-Fly!

Well folks, it really makes a Longhorn like myself wonder what really has him mad at Hawkins, especially after getting his nephew to commit and all. Geez…you think maybe Mr. Green ($$) didn’t show to the party as promised???? Can’t believe that voice on Josh Smith, sounds just like a canary. And now Hawkins is going to be the receivers coach? Guess he really wants to keep a close eye on those Receivers, especially if anybody starts to asking those pesty questions.

A RESTRICTED TRANSFER…..Wow, complete lack of class. I don’t care what you say but Coach Mack Brown at Texas tells all recruits/players that if it doesn’t work out at Texas he will sign your release and wish you the best of luck ANYWHERE….hell, even OU….No hard feelings. He is a man of his word, and no recruit/player has ever had a problem with him. I find it telling that Hawkins would play this game with Smith. Obviously there is a lot more to this story, and it can’t be good for anyone.

D. Scott must really be regretting his decision…..guess the restriction is a warning to D. Scott that he is STUCK at CU. Dude, what could have been at Texas??