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10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Christopher Gebers cha... · 0 replies · +4 points

Here is my take on the link that you posted. Quote: "First degree murder of a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider in the performance of his or her official duty is a distinct offense." In other words, it is different than "first degree murder" of an ordinary citizen who is not a law enforcement officer, fireman, or emergency medical services provider. Although the first degree murder charge is prohibited when "causing a death of anyone (besides a criminal participant) while committing, attempting, or fleeing the scene of arson, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, or escape from lawful custody", it is not prohibited in regards to first degree murder of a police officer,

11 years ago @ http://www.bocopreps.com/ - State basketball: Thir... · 0 replies · +1 points

Go Eagles! Oftentimes, teams that employ a full-court press don't like the reverse situation of being pressed in return. I hope the Eagles respond, tit-for-tat, and press the heck out of ThunderRidge.

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - CU football: Buffs dro... · 19 replies · +8 points

Sefo needs to play better in the clutch. So far, he plays just good enough to lose. It's a mental thing that he needs to overcome.

I consider accuracy to be the most important attribute for a quarterback. Although I have seen very little of Jordan Gehrke, I have a hunch that he may be more accurate than Sefo. Although Gehrke had a couple of bad overthrows in the USC game, he was not properly warmed up when he entered the game. His subsequent throws were quite good. I would certainly like to see how Gehrke performs and competes during a game when the outcome is still in doubt.

Gehrke seems to know where the ball should be placed on his throws. If the defensive back is behind the receiver, Gehrke makes a conscious effort throw a low ball, which is exactly where the ball should be placed. If the receiver gets behind the defensive back, then Gehrke throws the high ball.

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - CU football: Buffs dro... · 2 replies · +4 points

The late George Allen, former head coach of the Washington Redskins, used to say that the most important possession in a football game is the opening possession in the third quarter. This is where big shifts in momentum can occur.

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - CU football: Buffs dro... · 4 replies · +4 points

CU has received the opening kickoff to start every game this season, whereas all our opponents have received the kickoff that starts the second half. I know that CU has won at least one or more pre-game coin tosses. Yet, whenever CU wins the opening coin toss, CU has never chosen to "defer" to the second half. I think this is a mistake.

In the first half, teams are more likely to waste the opening game possession. In contrast, teams that receive the second half kickoff have a better understanding of what they need to do and are generally more productive with that possession. There is statistical evidence that supports this conclusion.

So far, CU has received 5 opening game kickoffs. The results: a single field goal and no touchdowns.

In both of our conference loses, ASU and Cal went on an offensive tear after receiving the second half kickoff. ASU scored on two consecutive possessions. Cal scored on three consecutive possessions.

If CU is forced to start the second half on defense, CU simply needs buckle up and play better.

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - CU Buffs beat Hawaii w... · 1 reply · +5 points

Except for a couple of holding and pass interference penalties, the defensive secondary played very good pass defense. They were breaking on the ball and making plays on the ball. Of course, this was only one game, and the Hawaii QBs were frankly not very good passers. So, I won't get too giddy until I see how the defensive secondary performs against some elite passing QBs. Nonetheless, I liked what I saw in this one game and hope that this is a portent of things to come.

It has been 15 years since CU had a set of defensive backs who could regularly make plays on the ball. This last occurred when Ben Kelley, Donald Strickland, and Damon Wheeler were playing together in the defensive backfield. Certainly, Deon Figures, Chris Hudson, and Michael Lewis were good individually, but I still consider Kelley, Strickland, and Wheeler to be the best set of defensive backs who played together on the same Buffs team.

There is potential for having one of the better pass defenses at CU, if the current set of defensive backs at CU can continue to build upon their performance in the Hawaii game.

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - Colorado football: Buf... · 0 replies · +5 points

I have seen football teams that looked hopelessly bad on defense during the first game of the season. Yet, after the second or third game of the season, something starts to click and the defense does a complete turnaround and plays very well for the rest of the season. Hopefully, the Buffs can be one of those teams.

Right now, I have only one other minor comment to make. When Powell burst up the middle on his long run, he looked back and saw a lone fast-closing ASU defender who was giving chase. I don't think Powell had enough speed to outrun the last defender, but Powell certainly could have carried the ball an extra 5 or 7 yards closer to the goal line if he had not broken stride and hesitated in feigning a change-of-direction cutback. To me, it makes absolutely no sense for a ball carrier to break stride in a foot race with a lone defender who is giving chase from behind. The ball carrier should just keep on running and try to get as many yards as possible before he is tackled by the fast-closing defender. An extra 5 or 7 yards nearer to the goal line could have been the eventual difference between a field goal and a touchdown. The Buffs settled for a field goal after Powell's long run.

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - CU football: Buffs ben... · 1 reply · +3 points

For CU's defensive line, it was a small step in the right direction. To disrupt an opponent's run game, you need penetration. One yard of penetration is all it takes to cause some disruption. In the 3rd quarter, it seemed as though a switch had been flipped; the Buff's defensive line suddenly started penetrating and tackling the ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage. Hallelujah!

11 years ago @ Buffzone.com: CU sport... - CU football: Buffs run... · 0 replies · +3 points

The defensive front line had a poor showing; the DTs and DEs only made 4 tackles during the entire game. When our linebackers and secondary are forced to make the vast majority of tackles, this becomes a big problem. The defensive line did a lot of slanting, but failed to maintain gap integrity while doing so. The loss of gap integrity occurred most often due to overpursuit. To a lesser extent, it was also due to an inability to fill the gap from the backside; the backside pressure would sometimes get cut-off -- thereby allowing the runner to cut back across the grain and into the resulting gap. I think each guy on the defensive front needs to concentrate on his assigned task -- on doing his job, and not trying to do someone else's job.

I would also like to see more penetration from the defensive front line. One yard of penetration is all that I ask.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - CU football: Buffs run... · 0 replies · +2 points

The defensive front line had a poor showing; the DTs and DEs only made 4 tackles during the entire game. When our linebackers and secondary are forced to make the vast majority of tackles, this becomes a big problem. The defensive line did a lot of slanting, but failed to maintain gap integrity while doing so. The loss of gap integrity occurred most often due to overpursuit. To a lesser extent, it was also due to an inability to fill the gap from the backside; the backside pressure would sometimes get cut-off -- thereby allowing the runner to cut back across the grain and into the resulting gap. I think each guy on the defensive front needs to concentrate on his assigned task -- on doing his job, and not trying to do someone else's job.

I would also like to see more penetration from the defensive front. One yard of penetration is all that I ask.

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