2013 Colorado State Rams

Jack Lambert

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Here are your starting white Rams this year for coach Jim McElwain and CSU. As claimjumper said last year, McElwain is doing his best to usher in the “BOLD NEW ERAâ€￾ of Rams football. This includes darkening the roster, which he’s been doing already. Starting FS Austin Gray was inexplicably moved to WR, and is now buried on the depth chart. The defense is at an all-time low for CSU; just two white starters to open up the year, and not much white depth, either. I guess when McElwain says “BOLD NEW ERA,â€￾ he means blacker. Anyway, some white reserves to watch for the Rams are: QB Conner Smith, WR Thomas Coffman, LG Mason Myers, C Fred Zerblis, RG AJ Frieler, NG Justin Hansen, OLB Joe Kawulok , FS Connor Roggy, and SS Dillion Lawrence. Since 2005, Colorado State has started 15, 16, 17, 15, 14, 13, and 12 white starters. Expect just 10 this year. The Rams are another rapidly darkening program; don’t expect to see another Kyle Bell there anytime soon.

Offense
QB- Garrett Grayson
WR(X)- Joe Hansley
H-Back- Jake Levin
TE- Crockett Gillmore
LT- Jared Biard
LG- Ty Sambrailo
C- Weston Richburg
RG- Jordan Gragert

Defense
DT- Curtis Wilson – in a fight for the position
MLB- Max Morgan
 
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Thomas Coffman is their fastest player and is slated to return kickoffs while Hansley has the punt return job locked up.
 
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I have no idea if he will ever see the field but sophomore and Northern Colorado trasfer C.J. Glenn is an impressive athlete and may see some time at corner after sitting out last year. His high school highlights are impressive.
 

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That is sad to see the program go black, though it was expected. Single digits is likely a lock next year after the remaining fairchild recruits graduate / move on. Looks like he's doing his best to funnel in brothas from Texas, Florida, and California based on the 2013 recruiting class. CSU had traditionally been one of the better schools for bringing in homegrown talent

Expect the amount of rapes, assaults, and gibs me dats to increase dramatically in Fort Collins

One of the fairest programs for years is no more because they decide to bring in some idiotic AD, Jack Graham decides to go out and spend millions on a coach whose mission is to turn us into Grambling

And its not just the football team either. They brought in Larry Eustachy for mens basketball and its looking very likely that there will be a near all black lineup for this coming season, when we had a consistent 3-4 white starters every year
 

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As one who watched CSU when they were at their Whitest point of the last ten years, this is absolutely disgusting! :thumbdown:
 
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CSU gave Alabama a game for 3 quarters.. They came in almost 40 point 'dogs and stayed within 2 scores thru 3, and really played respectably. (Bama separated from them in the 4th but, ..)

Saw this guy, Crockett Gillmore @ tight end, for the first time. He's a big, strong player.. had a nice catch and run in the 3rd quarter (if I'm remembering right). Gillmore put a Bama defender on his back with a nice stiff arm.

I thought CSU looked good, and they didn't strike me as heavily casted (?); but this is the first time I've watched them on tv for a probably a decade.
 

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CSU gave Alabama a game for 3 quarters.. They came in almost 40 point 'dogs and stayed within 2 scores thru 3, and really played respectably. (Bama separated from them in the 4th but, ..)

Saw this guy, Crockett Gillmore @ tight end, for the first time. He's a big, strong player.. had a nice catch and run in the 3rd quarter (if I'm remembering right). Gillmore put a Bama defender on his back with a nice stiff arm.

I thought CSU looked good, and they didn't strike me as heavily casted (?); but this is the first time I've watched them on tv for a probably a decade.

yeah, 9 is nice, but nowhere near close to 17 which they had a few years ago. They had the talent just not the coaching, well probably could have used more talent on Oline, thats where majority lower level FBS Whiter teams struggle. Sometimes you get lucky and get a Nate Solder at a Colorado.

They just look good compared to most of the teams out there right now, we are lucky to get 9 and 10 now, it seems we used to have more teams over 12
 
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yeah, 9 is nice, but nowhere near close to 17 which they had a few years ago...
They just look good compared to most of the teams out there right now, we are lucky to get 9 and 10 now, it seems we used to have more teams over 12

Fair enough.. from 17 to 9 isn't good news..
But it is relative.. When CSU plays competition from the South Eastearn Caste, the Rams look like the '80s Celtics. They present an opportunity to challenge/expose fully casted up teams/conferences.

Even if CSU (& other teams that have historically been predominately White) lose some first string Whites, that fact (by itself) doesn't prove they're a caste program. With 2 or 3 good recruits CSU would be back as a team with majority White starting lineup, no (?)
I think some of the Western & Midwestern teams are reflecting changes in their state's demographics.. so when they're doing in-state recruiting they're seeing Black & Brown kids that weren't there 30 years ago. A recruiter from CSU back in the 70s probably never saw a Black or Latin kid outside of Denver. If he's going to cities & schools that used to be virtually all-White, but now have influx of Latinos & Blacks, his recruiting class may look different.. just as a function of diminishing White %, not solely institutional racism against White players. If the state once had a school-age population that was 90% White, and their universities had 90% White teams that makes sense.. & if their high-school populations are dropping in significant %, then a declining number of regional White college athletes may be nothing more than that same reflection (?)

If you know of recent White prospects in CO., who never got a fair look or offer to any in-state Division 1s, that we be a more compelling indictment of CSU.. and would be of interest to me, bcuz I am ignorant about CSU's recent history. I don't assume (what could be a temporary) decline in White Rams= a caste taking hold @ CSU.

Incidentally, what's the word on CSU's coach, was he a caste guy @ Alabama (?)
 

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As far as recruiting, the black percentage of the U.S. population has remained steady at around 12 to 13 percent for a long time now. It's Orientals and hispanics that have been growing at a tremendous rate, but recruiters aren't interested in them as they tend to be too small and/or slow for football. Hawaiians and Polys have been the only minority besides blacks that benefit from the NFL's Caste System.

The black talent pool is decreasing, while recruiters are ever more determined to have more of them than ever before. Did anyone tally up this year's starting lineups in comparison to past years? From reading them it seemed like an increase in black starters (again).
 

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I have been to Colorado many times, most of the kids, teens, young adults even older people are pretty athletic. Some of these kids play football but many wind up playing lacrosse or just get burnt out and wind up doing other things. They stay very active. Like when we see my wife's family ,its not a "vacation". I used to get burnt out by the 3rd day but now I can handle it. Skiiing , mountain climbing, and the younger generation just doing stuff you would never see black people do, not just because of fear but because of lack of ability.

who was it? Jeremy Bloom, freakish athletic ability , nfl said they didn want him doing winter olympics and play in the NFL? They didn't give a crap wh Bo Jackson wanted to play a bunch of sports and miss NFL time, the same with Dieon Sanders. If I was coaching out there I would do my best to try and recruit as many of these kids as possible. College and NFL teams even take up projects who haven't even had experience with football. Most of these kids have some experience at the lower levels because of the popularity of the NFL, not sure how far up. It doesn't take much to teach an athletic White kid how to play football. The main thing would be getting some of them to bulk up to play linemen, I see tight end type frames up there all the time. My cousin n law being one of them, tried to get him to play football but it was closer to his senior year, like '6'4 230 pounds solid at 17, timed him at a 4.5. He almost tried out his junior year but got scared like "but i wouldn't know what to do", theres guys that have played their entire life and still have to reteach them what the hell to do.


They are out doing stuff on weekends, like I mentioned before, stuff like mountain climbing. They might sit down and watch a game if its on, and if their team makes the playoffs, especially the Superbowl, but other than that, they don't really know about JJ Watt ,Clay Matthews, or the many other White stars we have, unless they happen to catch a game with the Broncos playing one of those teams. Now that they have Decker, Welker things might change.


Hispanics in the area aren't doing any of that stuff the only time I saw hispanics doing something that involved some exertion was when I visited St. Cabrini, close to 400 steps taking you up the path she took up the mountain. They had special shoes for hiking in that kind of weather weather, I did not and hard snow was up to the handrails, and I kept slipping and landing on my back, and thought about going down, but each time I would fall it would be a station of the cross and I would be like "really?". We stopped because it happened to be on the way where we were driving and i decided i might try to go up.



The powerhouse athletic schools are majority White. Barely any blacks. Hispanics just aren't a threat to football unless they are mixed. This is why they have the big thing today trying to push hispanics in sports. Who do they have now? Mark Sanchez who looks more White, and Victor Cruz who is half Peurto Rican. I doubt they are still claiming Aaron Hernandez.
 
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As far as recruiting, the black percentage of the U.S. population has remained steady at around 12 to 13 percent for a long time now. It's Orientals and hispanics that have been growing at a tremendous rate, but recruiters aren't interested in them as they tend to be too small and/or slow for football. Hawaiians and Polys have been the only minority besides blacks that benefit from the NFL's Caste System.
Don..
true, I don't think college recruiters are making a lot of visits to Filipino households lookin for the next Boz.
But Blacks staying steady at 12% is still an increase in total kids, going from 12% of 250 million to 12% of 300+ million.. is still an increase of 6 million more Black bodies. Combine that with Whites shrinking demographically, there are % wise fewer White kids to choose from. A shrink in White athletes (which I hate to see), may not always be caste related, but at times, related to demographics.. That's why I think your site is important, bcuz with a shrinking base, plus a hostile caste system, we need educated fans, recruiters, coaches, etc.. protecting & enforcing fairness for the opportunities that do come for White athletes.
 
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