Yep, you're right. CSU has had that in the past. A good QB, some great WR's and RB's, and a stout defense. When it was a 36 scholarship team up to 2004, the teams before that had to pray for no injuries, as they had some great starters, but less depth. The 2000/2001 teams both went 5-6, but both lost their starting QB for half the season (Jake Sills, Oklahoma starter who transferred after Bob Stoops came in), and their lack of depth killed them.Ibanez wrote:Facilities are a must but look again at the team. The offense is powerful b/c of Croghan, Reyes and that tall WR. The defense is a brick wall. After what I saw, that much is clear. CSU has a strategy and it works: Score early, take the lead and then play a game of time possession. Reyes is a Junior this year, btw.bucs90 wrote:
Over the past 20 years, that is probably the single biggest thing that kept CSU from being that 5-6ish team in 99-01 years, and that 7-9 win team from 05-07, to what it could be if it "turned the corner". Everyone knows facilities are the #1 draw for offensive line recruits. They don't get any glory. Facilities draw them in. And CSU's problem over the years always seems to be a true, quality offensive line and depth. The 65 scholarships fixed the depth problem that they had up to 2004. Now...the OL is pretty good, even without a great stadium and weightroom. Add those, with CSU's already decent tradition of having good skill players and defensive front 7 guys, and we could be on to something.
Now, they have depth. So when Malcolm Dixon went down, they had a capable backup. That's huge. And with new facilities, they'll start adding the same quality on the offensive line.
Glad Reyes is a junior, he's a stud. Croghan is a freshman, most of the defense is coming back, several OL are coming back. CSU is a young team, 2014 could be special.
