Colorado University Athletics
Spring Football Information
March 18, 2005 | Football
Spring break is upon the CU-Boulder campus, and that means spring football can't be far behind, as the Buffaloes begin drills on March 30. The annual spring game will conclude the annual sessions on April 23. Here are some quick notes about the 2005 Colorado Buffaloes; scroll to the bottom for the link to a Adobe PDF document with a lot more:
SPRING ROSTER The Buffs have 87 players on the roster for spring drills (69 scholarship, 18 walk-ons): 18 seniors, 28 juniors, 21 sophomores, 18 redshirt freshmen and two true frosh.
SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE Spring practice will begin Wednesday, March 30, and end with the spring game on Saturday, April 23. The tentative dates are as follows: March 30-April 1-2-4-6-8-9-11-13-15-16-18-20-22-23. The team is allowed 15 practices over 29 days; it's the second straight year the entire spring session will occur following spring brook (it has been split the previous five years before and after break). How the practice sessions will break down, per NCAA rules: three in shorts (no contact), four in pads (no tackling), four in pads (tackling allowed 50 percent or less of the time), four in pads (tackling allowed throughout).
? New For 2005! All practices are open to the general public. When at the practice fields, a friendly reminder to turn off cell phones (no conversations allowed inside the gates); no video cameras, lawn chairs or umbrellas are allowed. Otherwise, enjoy! Thanks and go Buffs!
STAFF CHANGES There are two new full-time assistant coaches on staff, one of whom who is not a stranger to followers of CU football.
Darian Hagan, quarterback of the national championship team in 1990, as well as three Big Eight title teams, was promoted from defensive technical intern to offensive assistant after receiver coach Ted Gilmore departed for Nebraska. Hagan will work with several facets of the offense, with coordinator Shawn Watson to coach the receivers as well as the quarterbacks. William Inge was hired March 15 to coach the defensive ends, as he replaces Chris Wilson, who returned to his alma mater, Oklahoma, in a similar position. Inge, who starred in college at Iowa, spent the last four seasons at Northern Iowa, including 2004 as the co-defensive coordinator; he coached the ends there the past two seasons. Hagan's old technical intern spot will be filled by another former Buff, safety Donnell Leomiti.
POSITION CHANGES There are a few position changes planned for the spring, but no one is switching sides of the ball. James Garee will move inside to defensive tackle from end; Lionel Harris will move from safety to outside linebacker; Joe Sanders to inside linebacker from the outside, Edwin Harrison from offensive tackle to guard; and Walter Boye-Doe, once healthy, from inside linebacker to defensive end. Bernard Jackson is back at quarterback after moving to wide receiver after the 2004 season started.
NOT RETURNING A few players from last year's team will not return for 2005, most notably QB Erik Greenberg, who was recently married and will graduate this August. A few walk-ons have left the team: TB Charlie Aweida, QB Casey Brown, WR Jordan Dame, ILB Andrew Ford, P J.P. Heaton, ILB John Martin and TB Lenny Miles, many of whom will likely transfer to Division II schools to seek playing time. Others already documented as leaving include TB Isaiah Crawford (dismissed from team), VB Daniel Jolly (personal reasons, transferred closer to home) and CB Chris Russell (transferred to Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C., but he plans to return to CU in 2006).
BUFFS TOP BIG 12 NORTH MARKS The six Big 12 North Division teams' struggles recently with their counterparts from the South have been well-documented; in fact, the six were 3-15 in 2004 (all wins versus Baylor) and Colorado has dropped nine straight to South schools. But the Buffaloes own the best mark, 17-3, against Big 12 North opposition since the 2001 season; other records in the same span: Kansas State 14-6, Nebraska 11-9, Iowa State 8-12, Missouri 6-14 and Kansas 4-16.
BUFFS IN THE BIG 12 The ninth year of the Big 12 Conference is in the books, and despite Colorado's 42-3 setback to No. 2 Oklahoma in the title game on December 4, the Buffaloes are second only to the Sooners in the number of division titles won. Just half of the schools in the conference have won a division title. A closer look:
? Big 12 Division Titles: Oklahoma 4, Colorado 3, Kansas State 3, Nebraska 3, Texas 3, Texas A&M 2.
? Big 12 Championship Game Records: Oklahoma 3-1, Nebraska 2-1, Colorado 1-2, Texas A&M 1-1, Kansas State 1-2, Texas 1-2.
Click on the Adobe PDF documents below for 30 pages of CU spring football information as well as the numerical rosters to take to practice!
