Monday Buff Bites - QB's Hansen, Evans to Redshirt; Coach Hagan Says Scott Not Hurt, Needs Carries
by Bob_Bell on Sep 7, 2009 9:06 PM MDT
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Hansen Ticketed For Redshirt; Scott For More Touches - CUBuffs.com
Coach Darian Hagan talks about the need to get Darrell Scott more involved in the offense, citing the lack of use last night due to being down 14 points or more throughout the game. Personally, I think they went away from the run too early, something Hagan would probably tell you behind closed doors.
Meanwhile, running backs coach Darian Hagan said Scott's lack of playing time against CSU was not because of injury (Scott tweaked a hamstring in camp), but rather because of "just how the game was going . . . he's not hurt at all. "We had to throw the ball and go away from our game plan. But in order for us to be successful, that guy's got to get the ball." Scott, who signed with CU two winters ago and was viewed as the nation's top tailback prospect by most recruiting services, carried once for a yard and ran for 14 yards after making a one-handed catch of a Hawkins screen pass. However, Scott returned five kickoffs for 138 yards, giving him a game-high total (153) in all-purpose yardage. Hagan said it wasn't necessary to have a postgame conversation with Scott, but added, "We just made eye contact and I knew what that meant." What? Said Hagan: "Give me the ball . . . let me help out." Scott "definitely" had a more prominent role in the game plan had the Buffs been able to stick to it, Hagan said. But CSU fashioned a 20-3 halftime lead, forcing CU into a catch-up mode after intermission. "We had a lot of stuff for him . . . it was just the way the game was dictated," Hagan said. "We can't allow ourselves to just be a running team when we're playing against the clock."
CU QBs Hansen, Evans plan to redshirt - Boulder Daily Camera
Backup QB Tyler Hansen has wisely asked to use a redshirt this year after Cody Hawkins was named starter for the first game against Colorado State. After wasting a year of eligibility in 2008 on a limited number of series, Hansen has to protect his future as a college football player as well. If Hawkins suffers a major injury, Hansen would probably have to come in but in minor injury situations, you should expect true freshman walk-on quarterback Seth Lobato.
Woelk: No excuses for Buffs` performance - Buffzone
Neill Woelk and Mark Kiszla had a few choice words for Dan Hawkins and his football program this morning, first up is Neill:
Maybe now we know why the media and fans were prevented from seeing the last couple of Colorado scrimmages. CU`s coaches were apparently afraid the truth might get out. But they couldn`t keep the secret safe forever. Sooner or later, the Buffs had to play in front of the public, and their effort left CU fans slackjawed Sunday night at a stunned Folsom Field. Simply, Dan Hawkins` Buffs were seemingly uninspired, definitely unprepared and certainly unable to do anything to stop underdog Colorado State on Sunday night.
Kiszla: Hawk deserves heat for bad stew - The Denver Post
You mean to tell me Dan Hawkins is going to risk his job as CU football coach with his son playing quarterback and ballyhooed recruit Darrell Scott sitting on the bench? That's madness. When time expired on Colorado State's 23-17 victory against the Buffaloes, Hawkins officially went on the clock.
Tick, tick, tick.
Big 12 Weekly Report Cards - ESPN
Tim Griffin of ESPN hands out week one grades for all the Big 12 teams and he appropriately gave the Buffs an F. As one of the few media members to mention the Buffs this offseason as a darkhorse of the Big 12 North, Griffin is right to be critical of the Buffs:
Colorado: F. Where do I begin? The Buffaloes were supposed to have a physical, dominating offensive line with heralded running back Darrell Scott as the key to their running game. After one carry against Colorado State, wonder if Scott is regretting he didn’t go to Texas? The Buffs looked slow and unorganized on offense and were repeatedly blistered by big plays on defense. Toss in a dropped TD pass and some late-game charity and the Buffaloes could have been beaten Sunday night by 20 points. And it won’t get any easier considering their short work week heading into the Toledo game.
more links after the jump...
Drew Litton: CSU Baffles Buffs | INDenverTimes - ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PICTURE
On my grill for Labor Day. CROW. I was a very outspoken 2 years ago when CSU hired Steve Fairchild. It wasn’t necessarily about him, but more about the way that CSU pushed Sonny Lubick out the door. Regardless, I will be eating crow today. Lots of it. CSU, out-classed, out-played, out-coached, out-executed, out-ran, out-hit and clearly out-recruited the Colorado Buffaloes on Sunday night. Dan Hawkins, not one time, ever looked as if he even knew there was a game being played on Sunday night, and his son, Cody, wasn’t much better. But Cody can’t be blamed for a team that exhibited a complete lack of preparation. CU didn’t play at all like stoic Buffaloes but instead cowered more like deer in headlights. Please feel free to comment away about the game. For, me I apologize to those fans of Ram nation. Clearly I was wrong as to who made the better hire as their head coach. Now, does crow go OK with Tabasco sauce?
The Longmont Times-Call - Patrick Ridgell
Patrick Ridgell has a some quotes from the players after last night's game:
While Hawkins and his son, quarterback Cody, touched on some youth and injuries slowing the offense, they didn’t fling excuses out there like maybe we’d expect. Except for on one item. And here’s what a couple of players said: "I felt like we were focused in the locker room," tight end Riar Geer said. "As soon as we got out on the field, we let our nerves get the best of us. We lost focus in that sense. "As soon as they hit with that long pass, that really hurt us. Everybody’s confidence went down after that." And this, from Jeff Smart, about why CSU was able to run for 127 yards at better than five yards a carry in the first half: "It’s just on us," he said. "We did not put out the way we need to. We did not come out with the intensity we needed to. "They just wanted to line up and play smash-mouth football and that’s what they did." Asked why CU did not come out with intensity, Smart said, "I don’t know; that’s hard to say."
Scout.com: Colorado Thunders into the Glass Bowl
The Toledo Rockets scout.com site previews the Buffaloes after their game with the Colorado St. Rams and even they take a shot at Colorado's supposed vaunted rushing attack:
This year, the offensive scheme is designed to feature the run. First-year offensive coordinator Eric Kiseau plans to pound defenses early and often with Sumler and Scott running behind a mammoth offensive line. That should allow the Garrett Wolfe-sized Stewart and Lockridge some opportunities to make some big plays later in games. Here’s your combination of thunder and lightning . . . a combination that CSU young linebackers and defensive linemen turned into a drip system.
Big 12 'hot and not' from Week 1 - Big 12 - ESPN
Tim Griffin give his "who's hot, who's not" in the Big 12 after week one...the Buffs usually end up on the "not" side of these things anyways so I am not surprised. It's like a weekly repeat continuing from last season:
Not: Colorado’s offense. The Buffaloes had trouble with the play clock all night long and produced only 29 rushing yards on 21 carries. And that’s from a Buffalo offense that was thought to have one of the Big 12 North’s most potent running games. It was the worst rushing performance for the Buffaloes since producing minus-27 yards against Florida State in 2007.
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Dumb question
Is the Toledo stadium called The Glass Bowl?
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by Jon Woods on Sep 7, 2009 9:29 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
yes...and they are having a blue-out for the game
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ughhh
I’m trying to move on, but I went to Boulder for the game to meet up w/ my old college friends and what I witnessed just sickened me. I’m really questioning if I actually want to go to the Toledo game even though I live in Cleveland and it is an easy trip (and yes, I hate the Broncos, sorry but you probably understand why). It’s just so frustrating and your post correctly points it out – if your down by 14 you don’t stop using your best RB on the team! One f’ing carry?!? Yet, you risk him taking a bad hit on returning the ball? Sooo much of that game plan I didn’t understand.
One other point: one of my friend’s parents live in Boulder and are BIG donors to the athletic department and I was talking w/ them after the game at our tailgate at Sewell and they were pissed! They mentioned how many of the donors were leaving the game in the second quarter very upset which doesn’t bode well for coach Hawk or the athletic department overall. They actually told me that “Hawk needs to turn this around next week or he will be fighting to keep his job”.
Enough of the Hawk love, it’s time for some Hawk A**kicking! Get the boys fired up Hawk and let’s take it to Toledo! I’m not giving up yet, but I’m really disappointed. Nothing like being on Pearl and having to listen to a bunch of punk CSU fans giving me shit, but what could I say?
by CleBUFFS on Sep 7, 2009 9:48 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
You discribed my emotions perfectly.
Im not giving up, but this is very very dissapointing.
I’m mixed about the Hansen red shirt, because that was the worst cody I have seen in a couple years yesterday, so I would like to see someone else taking the snaps. But really, there was so many issues the team had as a collective hole, that i really don’t think a very marginal upgrade at QB would change anything. So might as well save Hansen and Clark (i hope this dude is the reincarnation of tim tebow) Evans.
On another note, If i see more than 4 screen passes, and 3 bootlegs that result in a sack against Toledo, i might go all Oregon Duck on myself. Its just possible… Literally the only thing that could come out of the Toledo game now is a major major beatdown. Anything less will just lead to more depression in buff country.
"It's like an owl without a graduation cap; Heartbreaking!!" -Tracy Jordan
Welll Hawkins is gonna live and die with his son at the helm. Not good news.
I’ve been looking for the positive and what good can we expect.
1.) Healthy more involved Scott and speedy
2.) Simas
3.) Andre Simmons learns the playbook( he’s only had about 8 days of practice and film, he was lost out there. He needed to be put into position on every play)
4.) more reps for our Dline
It’s tough knowing it’ll be cody all year but 7 wins is very doable.
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Doom and Gloom?
I feel like I’m the only Buff fan who’s not all “doom and gloom” after the CSU game. I do think that the lowlight was the fact we came out flat, which lead to the 20-3 halftime score. However, in my estimation, if there were 5 15 minute periods to a football game, CU would have pulled ahead & won.
Now, I’m not trying to look through rose colored glasses here, but weren’t there other seasons (2001?) where we lost to CSU in the first game, then had decent/great years? And who says CSU won’t go 8-4 or 9-3 or something in the MW, so maybe they’re a much better team than people think. I guess I’m just saying its way too early to throw in the towel just yet.
Also, I think the short week will work in the Buffs favor against Toledo. They put CSU behind them, focus on Toledo, go out and get their first win and then everything once again is OK, or at least semi-OK.
Honestly, I thought before the CSU game that a 7-5/8-4 record was where this team was headed. I still think that’s where we’re headed. Come UWV time, we might be gelling and might pull and upset or two.
I agree with you
that a short week is a blessing in disguise. We willl know a lot about this football team and how they respond. If they come out and play with anger and motivation, I am not ready to write off the year at all. In fact, a wake up call might become a motivator.
The big concern for me is the dissapointing play of both lines. At those positions, it is about being the more physical team and the Buffs were out matched physically all night. I don’t know if that is correctable in four days let alone a season.
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line play
agreed – the line play was horrendou in the first half. In the 2nd half, however, the o-line was much improved and though the dline was not, our LBs finally started flying to the ball to compensate.
by BuffulanceMan on Sep 8, 2009 9:20 AM MDT up reply actions
the true test will be the gameplan of running the ball
and how the oline responds to playing smashmouth football. This Toledo team gave up 300 yards on the ground to Purdue last week. We need to see 200+ on the ground and a real dedication to the running game.
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We beat CSU 41-14 in 2001. From what everyone saw was Cody still limits this team on offense and CSU wasn’t very good either. We got out coached and played by a much lesser team. As a mentioned before there is a lot of positive coming our way so 7/8 wins is still achievable.
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if's
If there were 5-15 minute periods? There’s not. We lost.
Also, I do think it’s early but when you look at the totals, it’s not THAT we lost, it’s HOW we lost.
The 2000 team lost 28-24 and went on to a 3-8 season. The 2001 team lost to David Carr and his Fresno State Bulldogs before blowing CSU out 41-14. That team went 9-1 in their next 10 games losing only at Texas and winning the Big 12 Championship game. Joey Harrington and Oregon routed us in the Fiesta Bowl.
The 2002 season CSU won 19-14 and we went on to win 9 games before geting housed by AP and the Sooners in the Big 12 Championship, and an OT loss to Wisconsin in the bowl game.
That team was competitve. The were ready to play. The team that took the field Sunday was not.
Based on that performance, what do you think the line will be when they head to Austing to face the Horns, a team that wasn’t shy to hang 70 on us in the Big 12 Championship a few years back) . They could have scored a hundred.
no difference
The only diff from last year offense is we huddle up then throw a 5 yd pass
by buffalobeach on Sep 8, 2009 9:32 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
only difference to me is instead of the end around from a year ago
it is now the screen pass
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I have to say that if Toledo’s offense is even better than CSU’s offense (which it seems like it is from the stats there) and they can pass better, we are in some serious trouble. They did not learn how to stop the big play on defense since last year and if these guys are better I am scared of this game.
Hawk and everybody needs to play every game the rest of the season like it is their last game, leave it all on the field. We are not some front-runner coasting through the early season, we are a team that needs to prove we want to and can win (and score points) so let’s do it. I am with everyone, I hope CSU ends up being a wake up call and we fight hard the rest of the season, but its not like we should have been resting on our laurels or feeling all good about ourselves after last year. We had no reason to be overconfident or to think we could just casually roll over teams because of last year, and that is what scares me. If CSU is a wake up call, great, but last season’s total offensive ineptitude should have been all the wake up call we needed. I would sit the whole team down and make them watch the Missouri game from last year and the CSU game from this year and it should make them pissed and fired up, and if not then this will just be a long year.
D Scott
I know the coaches know more than I ever will, but so many times, especially there at the end, Sumler was getting the playing time. I am not sure if he is really just that much better at pass protection or if he knows the playbook better, but there is no time when I would rather have him in the game. Stat line should have read roughly DScott – 12 carries, Stewart – 8-10 carries, Sumler – 3 or 4, Lockridge – 3 or 4.
D Scott at on kickoff returns scares the shit out of me. Lockridge and Stewart should be back there in my opinion.
Espinoza did not impress me one bit at punt return. He seems to have good hands and be safe, but I like a threat back there.
Ugghhh is it Friday yet?
return men
I like D Scott as a KO returner. I think he has the speed to break one – and its good for him to get touches however he can. I did not like the fact that he sprinted to the sideline after each return, though. How about keeping him in there after a nice return to see if he can get some momentum going?
I agree about Espinoza. This is the Big XII. Have some trust in your players and put someonse back there who can make some moves. However, to his credit, there was absolutely no return set up for him all game, so maybe the coaches knew that we couldn’t get the return set up & whoever was back there was going to get drilled – therefore, keep in Mr. Sure Hands. Either way, something needs to change.
by BuffulanceMan on Sep 8, 2009 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions
From Denver Post
Tom Kensler Column on Hansen under foot notes.
When asked on the teleconference why Darrell Scott had only one carry against CSU, Dan Hawkins said the sophomore tailback was “nicked up” from August drills.
http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_13288599
From CUBuffs.com B.G.Brooks
“Meanwhile, running backs coach Darian Hagan said Scott’s lack of playing time against CSU was not because of injury (Scott tweaked a hamstring in camp), but rather because of “just how the game was going . . . he’s not hurt at all.”
http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=204789307
Hagan said he is fine, Hawk says he didn’t play more cause he is nicked up, so which is it? Maybe Hawk and Hagan should talk and get there stories straight.
Also in Brooks column was this,
“Hansen, a sophomore who spent August camp locked in a QB duel with incumbent starter Cody Hawkins, disclosed Monday the possibility of having him sit out this season was discussed “about three weeks back.”
Sounds like he wasn’t going to start unless Cody broke an arm or leg. So much for Quarterback competition. Smells to me.. Not having a 3rd party able to watch all the practices and scrimages doesn’t allow for different opinon on who looked better all through camp.
I agree
I saw the conflicting “nicked up” and “not injured” reports and thought the same thing. Couple that with the smoke and mirrors game played with “about three weeks back” and “ongoing QB competition” and it spells one of two things. There’s either a growing rift between the coaches on phiosophy on how DScott should be used and they can’t get their story straight or Josh McDaniels is now in charge of the PR department.
I guess what they don’t realize is that when you’re irrelavent on the national scene (and by losing to CSU at home in the opener on FSN, you are) no one cares who your starter is and who’s getting most of the reps in your practice because it doesn’t matter anyway. Can you imagine how bad we would have lost if, God forbid, they were actually straight with the media and had open practices?
What I realized last night too watching the FSU-Miami game is that we’re not even in the same league as either one of those teams. We’re playing intramurals, brother.
Drew Hawkins
…just a guess based on past experiences.
CU losing to CSU
Horn fan here. This doesn’t do anytthing to help the Big XII so I was hoping y’all would win this.Sorry.
But, what really is going on with not playing D. Scott? Coach Hawkins’ explanation that CU had to get away from the run and play catch up because of the clock is crazy. You put up points using the talent on your roster. And, D. Scott is listed as 3rd deep TB. I just don’t buy that. Something more is going on between coach and player IMO. Good luck next week….let’s get the Big XII back on top.
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