Colorado's Finest

[College Recruiter]

CSU - Mick Delaney met with Dan this week and spoke with his Dad by phone. Offered prefered walk on status.

U of M - LB coach Gregorak is in Denver this week and spoke with Dad.

UNC - constant contact from UNC with high interest, no offers yet.

NAU - talking with Raunig

Chadron St. - offering Raunig in January during visit

Western St. - offering Raunig

Hastings College - offering Raunig

Carroll College - CC accepted application, offered partial scholastic schollie, football schollie offer likely when Van Diest visits Raunig in Denver in January.

MSU - NO CONTACT Letters & tape sent a year ago and phone calls in last few months.
Struggling to figure out why MSU "fell off the list".

[Platinumcat]

CSU - Mick Delaney met with Dan this week and spoke with his Dad by phone. Offered prefered walk on status.

U of M - LB coach Gregorak is in Denver this week and spoke with Dad.

UNC - constant contact from UNC with high interest, no offers yet.

NAU - talking with Raunig

Chadron St. - offering Raunig in January during visit

Western St. - offering Raunig

Hastings College - offering Raunig

Carroll College - CC accepted application, offered partial scholastic schollie, football schollie offer likely when Van Diest visits Raunig in Denver in January.

MSU - NO CONTACT (Dan Raunig sent personal hand written letter to Kramer a year ago and DVD's sent a year ago and father called months ago.) NOT EVEN A RETURN POSTCARD SAYING "NOT INTERESTED"!

Struggling to figure out why MSU "fell off the list".

It appears Dan is destined to attend college with a scholarship if he desires. Thank you for the update. I do not pretend to know who the coaches have established as their go to guys. I know they have offered a LB from Montana a full scholarship. I really don't know how many more we need. Do you feel Dan could play another position in college? The reason I ask this because our LB core is strong and very deep at this point (particularly with the new recruit). So, if he's limited in his positions he can play, that may be why he's not receiving attention (the staff has historically picked up LB's who were great athletes BUT could play other positions such as safety, RB, TE, OLB).

Again, I have no inside information to base any reason as to why they're not responding. I would like to see that courtesy extended to him. But, I'm not a coach.

Are you a family member? You seem more on top of his status then a standard "college recruiter". If so, good luck to Dan, he'll do great wherever he goes (hopefully that is here!)

[SonomaCat]

CSU - Mick Delaney met with Dan this week and spoke with his Dad by phone. Offered prefered walk on status.

U of M - LB coach Gregorak is in Denver this week and spoke with Dad.

UNC - constant contact from UNC with high interest, no offers yet.

NAU - talking with Raunig

Chadron St. - offering Raunig in January during visit

Western St. - offering Raunig

Hastings College - offering Raunig

Carroll College - CC accepted application, offered partial scholastic schollie, football schollie offer likely when Van Diest visits Raunig in Denver in January.

MSU - NO CONTACT (Dan Raunig sent personal hand written letter to Kramer a year ago and DVD's sent a year ago and father called months ago.) NOT EVEN A RETURN POSTCARD SAYING "NOT INTERESTED"!

Struggling to figure out why MSU "fell off the list".

Which college are you recruiting for? Is your school going to offer him?

[GoBears]

Go Bears, go get him! I wouldn't mind seeing him staying here and playing for the Bears.

I do however see us stock piled at LB for a few years to come though. Hopefully we offer and he comes to Greeley.

[College Recruiter]

Go Bears, go get him! I wouldn't mind seeing him staying here and playing for the Bears.

I do however see us stock piled at LB for a few years to come though. Hopefully we offer and he comes to Greeley.

ColoradoInsider: All-State Defense



Mountain Vista LB Dan Raunig By Jeff Stroud
Publisher ColoradoInsider
Posted Dec 17, 2006

If you could hand pick a defense it would be hard to pass on these players. Regardless of classification or position, this crew has one thing in common, try to move the ball you pay the price.


All season long, I crowed about how defense wins championships. Luckily teams such as Columbine and Wheat Ridge, on the way to titles, rode tough D. Here is the first annual ColoradoInsider All-State defense. When making the team, a 4-3 base alignment was envisioned but I kept in mind players who had the athleticism to play multiple spots in various fronts and coverages.



Defensive Line

Connor Wright 6’1 215 Wheat Ridge Senior

For the season, the Farmer defense held opponents to right at seven points a game. One of the key components of this defense was Wright who used his athleticism to register over 100 tackles this season.



Curtis Cunningham 6’2 255 Columbine Junior

The only junior on this squad, Cunningham was the South Metro defensive player of the year, which is a major honor for an interior defensive lineman. Run yards were tough to come by against the Rebels and Cunningham was a major factor in this.



Marcus Felker 6’0 315 Thornton Senior

Although Felker’s Thornton squad had a down year, the Wyoming bound DT had a strong season and was voted the Front Range defensive player of the year. At 6’0 315 pounds, Felker eats up blockers and double teams thus allowing teammates to make plays. Although big, Felker’s background as a wrestler and surprising quickness allow him to pressure QBs and make plays down the line.



David Angilau 6’2 260 Niwot Senior

BYU commit Angilau is the epitome of what this D is about with the ability to play on the edge and interior. This flexibility comes from Angilau’s combination on speed and strength.



Linebacker

Dan Raunig 5’9 212 Mountain Vista Senior

If Raunig were 6’2, every college in the nation would be knocking on his door. Raunig is a four year starter who has been a tackling machine in each of those seasons. This year may have been Raunig’s crowning achievement as he registered nearly 160 total tackles while leading the Golden Eagles to a Continental League title.


Kyle Theret 5’11 185 Mullen Senior

This season, the Mullen offense got the majority of the headlines but the defense allowed only fourteen points a game. The leader of that defense was Theret, who was all over the field. On the season, he had seven sacks, a pick and well over 100 tackles.



Gabe Knapton 6’3 215 Skyline Senior

Knapton is one of many Colorado prepsters who will continue their careers by playing at the University of Wyoming. Coach Glenn will be happy to have a linebacker who had over 170 tackles this season.



Defensive Back

Jared Campbell 6’0 190 Overland Senior

Campbell is going to take his skills to the University of Washington where he will patrol the defensive side of the field. His size makes him an ideal player in the secondary and should allow him to do well in coverage in the pass happy Pac 10.



C.J. Gilman 6’1 210 Columbine Senior

Tough as nails is the best way to describe Gillman, who had five picks this season for the Rebels along with leading the Rebel run game as the QB.



Anthony Perkins 5’11 190 Northglenn Senior

One of the top offensive players in the state but will most likely play his college ball on the defensive side. This year was able to shut down opposing receivers as needed.



Blake Morgan 6’0 190 Greeley West Senior

Along with many on this team, Morgan is a great offensive player, but his play on the defensive side of the ball is what has made him All-State. On defense, Morgan registered nearly 120 tackles to go with six picks.



Tomorrow we will take a look at the offense and later in the week profile players who just missed the cut as well as special teams performers. Get on the message board and let me know what you think. Just one rule, if you don't like a pick tell who you would replace them with and why

[College Recruiter]

This came out in the Rocky Mountain News today....

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/p ... 23,00.html

This came out in the Denver Post yesterday:

fall preps - best of the best
All-state football
A look at the elite team and a class-by-class breakdown of the all-stars
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 12/20/2006 07:50:50 PM MST

All-Colorado

Offense

Pos. Player School Ht. Wt. Yr.

QB Clay Garcia Alamosa 6-0 215 Sr.

RB Kenny Galbearth Mesa Ridge 6-0 200 Sr.

RB Blake Krenke Pomona 5-11 190 Sr.

RB Phil Morelli Mullen 5-11 185 Sr.

FB Nigel Nelson T. Jefferson 5-10 220 Sr.

OL Ethan Adkins Douglas Co. 6-5 280 Sr.

OL Shawn Daniels Mullen 6-3 260 Sr.

OL Charles Hayes Eaglecrest 6-2 240 Sr.

OL Ryan Miller Columbine 6-8 290 Sr.

OL Derek Rowe Ralston Vy. 6-4 245 Sr.

TE Ryan Hill Arvada West 6-4 225 Sr.

TE Steve Watson Mullen 6-4 240 Sr.

WR Devin Aguilar Mullen 6-2 185 Sr.

WR Daniel Blackledge Palmer 6-1 176 Sr.

Spec. Drew Davis Montbello 6-2 205 Sr.

Ath. Matt Yemm Fort Collins 6-0 180 Sr.

K Phil Welch Fort Collins 6-3 185 Sr.

Defense

Pos. Player School Ht. Wt. Yr.

DL Curtis Cunningham Columbine 6-2 255 Jr.

DL Marcus Felker Thornton 6-1 315 Sr.

DL Levi Salmans Monarch 6-6 280 Sr.

DL Branden Skinner Chaparral 6-3 255 Sr.

LB Luke Diehl Douglas Co. 6-1 205 Sr.

LB Kyle Theret Mullen 5-11 185 Sr.

LB Brian Hendricks Burlington 6-1 210 Sr.

LB Dan Raunig Mtn. Vista 5-9 212 Sr.

DB Zach Donaldson Fort Collins 6-1 195 Sr.

DB C.J. Gillman Columbine 6-0 200 Sr.

DB Karl Heimbrock Cherry Creek 6-1 200 Sr.

DB Anthony Perkins Northglenn 5-11 190 Sr.

P Andrew White Gateway 6-0 195 Sr.

Coach of the year - Tim Gribben, Idalia

[crazycat]

CR: You may have seen we lost out in our pursuit of Ryan Fetherston. We offered him a full and he went to some other school. So perhaps this will free up something for Dan. Have you heard if he's been contacted by MSU in the past few days?