Colorado's football recruiting class has now been officially complete for a week, though effectively for longer than that. You've had the chance to digest things, and now you're wondering, "what about that conference we're in? How did they do?"
Pac-12 Recruiting Recap: A Comparative Grid
If the college football offseason is like settlers journeying along the Oregon Trail, then recruiting is the food and water supply you've brought with you. You hope it will carry through the trip, and you're about to eat the last of the beef jerky.
In the spirit of examining Pac-12 Recruiting, we'll now take a closer look at how our state-mandated rivals fared on National Letter of Intent Day, and also Utah. One of them did well, and the other did... not so well.
If you were wondering what our conference-mandated rival Utah fans think of their class, look no further than Block U:
Block U: Utes Land Best Class In Program History
Make the jump to see Utah and CSU's recruits listed individually, and to see the rest of the hardtack disappear...
Current Utah Utes 2012 Verbal Commits:
| Name | Pos | Location | High School | Ht | Wt | 40 | Stars | Rating |
| Travis Wilson | QB | San Clemente, CA | San Clemente | 6'6" | 205 | 4.9 | 3 stars | 5.7 |
| Kelvin York | RB | Fullerton, CA | Fullerton C.C. | 5'11" | 225 | 4.5 | 4 stars | 5.8 |
| Brian Allen | WR | La Marque, TX | La Marque | 6'3" | 187 | 4.6 | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Delshawn McClellon | WR | Cerritos, CA | Gahr | 5'9" | 165 | 4.4 | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| J.J. Dielman | OL | Phoenix, AZ | Desert Vista | 6'4" | 240 | hah | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Lio Lafaele | OL | Corona, CA | Centennial | 6'4" | 315 | hah | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Zach Lindsay | OL | Kaysville, UT | Davis | 6'7" | 250 | 5.3 | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Carlos Lozano | OL | Monterey Park, CA | East LA College | 6'8" | 360 | hah | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Hiva Lutui | OL | Euless, TX | Trinity | 6'3" | 284 | hah | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Nua Poteki | OL | Sandy, UT | Brighton | 6'5" | 310 | 5.6 | 2 stars | 5.4 |
| Cedrick Poutasi | OL | Las Vegas, NV | Desert Pines | 6'5" | 322 | 5.2 | 4 stars | 5.8 |
| Marc Pouvave | OL | Chula Vista, CA | Southwestern C.C. | 6'5" | 315 | 5.4 | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Hunter Dimick | DE | Syracuse, UT | Syracuse | 6'4" | 250 | hah | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Moses Folauhola | DE | West Valley City, UT | Hunter | 6'0" | 250 | hah | 2 stars | 5.4 |
| Koliniasi Leota | DE | Walnut, CA | Mt San Antonio C.C. | 6'5" | 275 | hah | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Pasoni Tasini | DE | Wailuku, HI | Baldwin | 6'4" | 245 | hah | 2 stars | 5.2 |
| Sione Tupouata | DE | Ephraim, UT | Snow College | 6'2" | 255 | 4.8 | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Tenny Palepoi | DT | Ephraim, UT | Snow College | 6'2" | 291 | hah | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Visesio Salt | DT | Walnut, CA | Mt San Antonio C.C. | 6'3" | 340 | hah | 4 stars | 5.8 |
| Vaha Vainuku | DT | Salt Lake City, UT | East | 6'3" | 295 | 4.7 | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Reshawn Hooker | LB | Fontana, CA | A.B. Miller | 6'2" | 200 | 4.6 | 3 stars | 5.7 |
| Jake Jackson | LB | Carlsbad, CA | La Costa Canyon | 6'3" | 205 | hah | 2 stars | 5.4 |
| Moana Ofahengaue | LB | Lehi, UT | Westlake | 6'4" | 205 | 4.7 | 3 stars | 5.7 |
| Austin Lee | DB | Sandy, UT | Alta | 6'0" | 185 | 4.6 | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Alphonso Marsh | DB | Compton, CA | Dominguez | 6'3" | 175 | hah | 3 stars | 5.7 |
| Justin Thomas | DB | Orange, TX | West Orange-Stark | 5'9" | 170 | 4.4 | 4 stars | 5.8 |
| Chase Hansen | ATH | Highland, UT | Lone Peak | 6'3" | 197 | 4.5 | 4 stars | 5.8 |
| Reginald Porter | ATH | Amite, LA | Amite | 6'1" | 190 | 4.5 | 3 stars | 5.5 |
Utah did pretty well. Best class in history? No. Best class in their history? Maybe; I don't feel like reading their wikipedia article again right now. But when you look at the recruits; they're carrying around a lot of extra pounds in their mid-section. Really all that extra weight are linemen to replace whichever other linemen don't last through the spring, and poor eating habits over the holidays.
Don't worry, some of that will slough off during spring training...
Mountain West Connection: CSU Announces Their Class
Current Colorado State Rams 2012 Verbal Commits:
| Name | Pos | Location | High School | Ht | Wt | 40 | Stars | Rating |
| Craig Leonard | QB | Fort Collins, CO | Fossil Ridge | 6'4" | 215 | 4.8 | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Joe Hansley | WR | Highlands Ranch, CO | Highlands Ranch | 5'10" | 170 | 4.5 | 0 stones | 0 crates |
| Jordon Vaden | WR | Brighton, CO | Prairie View | 6'3" | 170 | 4.6 | 2 stars | 5.3 |
| Brett Jordan | TE | Bellaire, TX | Bellaire | 6'5" | 245 | hah | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Tommey Morris | TE | Odessa, TX | Permian | 6'0" | 200 | 4.6 | 2 stars | 5.4 |
| Daniel Nwosu | TE | Washington D.C. | Dunbar | 6'4" | 217 | 4.7 | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Nick Callender | OL | Berkeley, CA | St. Mary's | 6'6" | 275 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Tomas Rivera | OL | Long Beach, CA | Poly | 6'6" | 310 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Fred Zerblis | OL | Loganville, GA | Grayson | 6'2" | 290 | hah | 2 stars | 5.4 |
| Mitch Frentescu | DE | Walnut Creek, CA | Las Lomas | 6'3" | 245 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Johnny Schupp | DE | Vacaville, CA | VacaVille | 6'6" | 235 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Calvin Tonga | DT | Yuma, AZ | Arizona Western C.C. | 6'4" | 340 | hah | 3 stars | 5.5 |
| Fredrick Walker | DT | Barnesville, GA | Lamar County | 6'3" | 295 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Kevin Davis | LB | Fountain, CO | Fountain Ft Carson | 6'3" | 220 | 4.7 | 3 stars | 5.6 |
| Nick Januska | LB | Ventura, CA | Ventura | 6'2" | 215 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Bryan Ohene | LB | Mansfield, TX | Mansfield Summit | 6'1" | 208 | hah | 2 stars | 5.2 |
| Nolan Peralta | LB | Wildomar, CA | Elsinore | 6'4" | 225 | hah | 0 stars | 0.0 |
| Josh Bowman | DB | Abilene, TX | Abilene Cooper | 6'0" | 182 | hah | 2 stars | 5.2 |
| D'Arric Thomas | DB | Dallas, TX | Carter | 5'11" | 180 | 4.4 | 2 stars | 5.4 |
| Keenan Adams | K | Bainbridge, GA | Bainbridge | 5'10" | 186 | hah | 2 stars | 5.2 |
If the college football offseason is like Oregon Trail, then CSU already had a snakebite, and they've woken up to find out that all their food has spoiled, and they're about to be surrounded by Buffaloes with nothing to defend themselves...
Go Buffs