The athletic department released this update today with the names of the last official players in the incoming class.
Missing from the list were Michael Bigach and Colinn Early. I will keep an eye out to see if they resurface sometime later.
Today's release was the first official Columbia communication that put Stanford transfer QB Brett Nottingham's name in writing. This extensive writeup and embedded video came along with it.
A short video interview with Head Coach Pete Mangurian was also included in today's release. He addresses the questions we've had about player weight. It appears the current numbers will indeed change by training camp and several players are going to bulk up.
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Regarding the two recruits that obviously committed but are not coming to Columbia, what could be the reasons for them not honoring their commitments?
They may be walk ons... stay tuned for the roster changes when summer training camp starts.
All in all, looks like a very fine class across the board. Only one true RB, but I think that's OK.
Coach confirmed the concept isn't to have a "skinny" football team. He said, as was speculated by a commenter earlier, the idea was to get the bad weight off of kids and then build them back up.
He tells Dalen the goal is to have the players weigh 10 pounds morethan they did before they lost the weight but to make it 10 good pounds. A 300-pounder will be 300 again, or 310, but be that much better an athlete. So we can stop worrying about a move to 245 pound offensive linemen. That was never the goal.
I for one can't believe that business about the linemen becoming10 pounds heavier than before they lost the weight -- just doesn't seem possible, but let them prove me wrong.
I agree. There is no way these kids will gain back 20 lbs+ of muscle in the next 4 months.
Disagree ... it's only 1 lb per week ... with the proper diet and workout program it is doable especially if they are lean ...
there is no way to put a pound of muscle on every week for 20 weeks. i think that goes against the laws of nature. at some point the body plateaus just like when you are losing weight.
talk to a power lifter ....
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