Well, that's a different kind of captain
The football team announced today in another cool new video that seniors Marcorus Garrett, Hamilton Garner, Zach Olinger, and Seyi Adebayo have been named captains for the 2013 season.
This comes as a relief as I was worried the team was going to stick with some kind of 16-man list of co-captains for the whole season.
I like this traditional route a lot better... but what I REALLY like is the news about Adebayo.
The fact that he's back and is healthy for a 5th season is one thing, but for him to be so recognized and respected as a leader by his teammates is definite plus.
Adebayo is a major "X Factor" for the Lions this season as none of our opponents seems to be all that aware of him and his amazing talents.
Even our own coaches seem to want to keep him under wraps a bit as Seyi is the only player on the entire CU roster without a little scouting report from Head Coach Pete Mangurian on his roster page.
I'm expecting a breakout year for #91, and this captaincy solidifies my confidence.
Other tidbits I noticed from the video release:
-It looks like QB Brett Nottingham is already practicing with the "ones," at least some of the time.
-Freshman Anthony Bonadies looks like he's made the switch from OL to DL as Mangurian had said was a possibility back in April.
-Looks like they will be adding a light blue stripe with dark blue borders down the front of the helmets this year.
8 comments:
Any other news on the first years?
Just looking at both videos shows the kid with the Justin Tuck facemasks getting a lot of work at both offensive tackle positions. He must be getting a lot of work because he's in a lot of video shots blocking etc.
I believe that's #61, Nathan Gibbs.
-Dr.V
No it's #76. #61 has a regular facemask
On the helmet stripe: the only two players in the video with that style of helmet are Garner and Garrett. Maybe it's going to be a way of indicating who the captains are during the game.
No. There are some rules about helmet uniformity in games. Either all the players will have the stripe or not. It could take until the first game or until Homecoming.
I hope they keep the striped helmet -- it definitely helps.
OL #76 is freshman Pace. It appears that he is working with the first unit. Also, he appears to be doing a good job. What's your take?
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