CU Scrimmage Scrum

How ya like me now? I'm getting busier,
I'm double platinum, I'm watching you get dizzier...

Buffalo hits garnered from the final open practice / scrimmage up in Boulder this past weekend:

---QB Cody Hawkins is the most valuable on this squad. Don't get it twisted (hey, I've always wanted to write that), he's not the most talented, the most athletic, or the fastest. He is the player that if hurt, would be a biggest loss to this team. Cody runs the team with the efficiency of an IBM middle manager, knowing the Xs and Os, ins and outs, slants and flys. He seems at ease in the pocket and out, and is the undoubted team leader.

---The LB corps are physical specimens. I had a chance to check them out in individual drills and they are just huge, fast, and quick. The smallest guy is Jeff Smart, who has drawn rave reviews since being inserted last year and was all over the field in the Independence Bowl. Lyn Katoa, who is redshirting this year, looks every part of a four year starter.

---Post Scrimmage: Former Two Time Slushy Gutter Winner Mummy called the Little League World Series team listed on the TV as 'S. Arabia' as "South Arabia" then corrected himself and claimed they were "Southern Arabia".

-Slushy Gutter alum Clarence Cricket upset the girlfriend of a young RB when he claimed her boyfriend "sucks".

---All World recruit Darrell Scott is poised to be the short yardage back for the offense. The pack trying to tackle Scott was typically eight to 10 deep. He doesn't quite have his 5280 legs under him yet, so expect Scott to get the TD carries for a few games, perhaps longer...

---...If starting RB Demetrius Sumler and the new "it" RB Rodney "Speedy"Stewart can produce over the first two games. Stewart, who current Slushy Gutter Winner Juck says will "make you shit your pants", lives up to his nickname yet shows incredible strength. Think screens and dump passes until defenses wise up.

---Defensive tackles George "Rabid Goldfish" Hypolite and Brandon Nicholas are stout; they will command extra attention from the opposing OL. However, the DE contingent needs to get a step or two to pressure QBs (think Booger Eater and Todd Reesling) in the ever expanding spread offense in the Big 12.

---No matter how good or bad the team looks, the CU schedule is still as daunting as it was at the conclusion of last year. Stay thirsty my friends...