Colorado
Expert opinion: Colorado reporter talks Tennessee transfer Colton Hood
Expert opinion: Colorado reporter talks Tennessee transfer Colton Hood
Tennessee football will have a new face in its secondary during fall camp.
Out of Colorado, cornerback Colton Hood picked the Vols in the spring window. He also has experience as a true freshman with Auburn.
He will have three years of eligibility with Tennessee.
To figure out what Hood is bringing to Knoxville, I spoke with CUSportsReport reporter Nicolette Edwards to get a better idea.
TALK ABOUT IT IN THE ROCKY TOP FORUM
Q: What do you think is the best part of Hood’s game?
A: Colton Hood really developed his game last season with the Buffs. Behind starting corners Travis Hunter and DJ McKinney, Hood was the go-to guy when Hunter was injured for the Kansas State and Arizona games last season. His ability to shutdown wide receivers one-on-one is certainly a highlight of his game as he has a patient, yet quick, ability to strike and offset receivers in man coverage. While working one-on-one, he’s also able to produce takeaways as he produced an interception in both the Arizona and Kansas State game and he returned them for 105 yards.
Q: Do you feel like he is someone that could instantly contribute or will he need more time to develop?
A: Hood took a significant step forward last season and he will likely make an impact on the Vols defense this season. Securing a starting role with the Vols’ talented secondary may be a bit of a stretch, but with a productive offseason, I can anticipate Hood stepping into a similar role to what he contributed to Colorado last season. He has all the tools to produce game-changing plays as he finished with 24 tackles, one tackle for loss and six pass breakups in all 13 games. With some fine tuning this offseason and more reps, he’ll certainly make a name for himself at Tennessee.
Q: What do you think his ceiling is? Floor?
A: Hood is on the precipice of a breakout season, but his impact will be determined on how much the Vols want to utilize him. An ideal season for him would constitute a continuation on his contributions from last season which would include some takeaways, collecting 7 or more pass break ups and holding his one-on-one matchups scoreless as he did last season with the Buffs. Also, he could potentially solidify his role on kickoff and punt returns at Tennessee as it is an element of his game that he is very much capable of.
For his floor, there were times last season where wide receivers were able to break away from his coverage. Certain routes and footwork found him about a couple yards or more from his assignment. With the variety of receiver talent in the SEC, there will likely be instances where gets beat and he’ll have to adjust accordingly. If he elevates his game this offseason, he’ll help out the Vols going in and out of the rotation. His floor would be a situation where he falls in the depth chart. Hood is still learning and adjusting as he goes through collegiate ball, but all-around he’s a great piece to bring a dependable presence in place of a starter.
Q: Was there any common thread of what coaches and players would say about him?
A: Hood was a Buff that not many of us had our eyes on as a redshirt freshman, but when he came in for Hunter and generated an interception in a tight game against Kansas State, he turned a lot of heads. Hood was consistently trending upwards as the season progressed and the staff and Buffs recognized that. Even though he wasn’t a Buffs starter, when he did come in, he was a reliable corner that could get an offense off the field on third and long or give CU’s offense a short field.
“He can be a great player,” defensive coordinator Robert Livingston said on Oct. 30. “He’s just gotta continue to work and learn the game.”
Q: Do you feel there’s any benefit of playing DB under Deion Sanders and with Travis Hunter?
A: Certainly! I think everyone in the corner room was able to take a page out of Hunter’s playbook and absorb the way in which he played the game at an elite level. Hood was praised for his ability to learn and translate his teachings on to the field — a true student of the game. Sanders frequently monitors the secondary during practice, and he took players aside to provide specific tips to improve their skill set. Learning from some of the best to ever do it isn’t a common opportunity and Hood is bringing a plethora of knowledge from Sanders and Hunter to Tennessee this year.
Colorado
Kids escape unscathed after van slips off Colorado mountain road and down Blue River embankment
A van carrying campers from a hike near Blue River rolled down an embankment Thursday afternoon, but everyone inside escaped without major injuries. According to the Keystone Science School, the 15-passenger van was transporting 13 campers and two adults back from Mohawk Lakes when it slid off a wet road and rolled over.
Emergency crews responded to Spruce Creek Road after receiving reports of a single-vehicle rollover.
“We’re fortunate that it was low speed, and there was no intrusion into the passenger cabin,” Matt Benedict, division chief of wildfire and community preparedness for Red, White and Blue Fire said.
Investigators believe muddy conditions created by recent rainfall contributed to the crash. The van rolled down a steep embankment before coming to rest against a tree. Two people suffered minor injuries, but neither required transportation to a hospital, according to fire officials.
Keystone Science School confirmed emergency responders arrived quickly and that no major injuries were reported.
“The safety and well-being of our campers and staff is our highest priority,” Executive Director Eric Rightor said in a statement. “We are grateful that there were no major injuries, and we are committed to fully supporting all those involved and their families.”
Fire officials also credited seatbelt use for helping protect those inside the vehicle. “We always encourage everyone to wear their seatbelts… and they did. And everybody left,” Benedict said.
The Keystone Science School is located in Summit County.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two weeks have passed since officials closed four blocks of Uintah Street to repair damage under a bridge over Shooks Run Creek, and we’re now learning specifics about the response.
Officials said that the city was the lead entity in the repair response, with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) providing a supporting role.
The closure began late in the afternoon of June 10 for what officials described as emergency bridge and utility repairs between Prospect and Institute streets, east of the Colorado College campus.
Officials said that on the previous day, a routine bridge inspection by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) discovered a large “void,” or sinkhole, under the bridge that compromised a utility line.
But officials didn’t explain how the void developed or how they repaired it until earlier this week, when Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director, elaborated on the situation.
“It was about a six-foot by eight-foot void,” he explained. “That void was really caused by an abandoned storm sewer line and then a leaking manhole. It’s something that we see from time to time, but really doesn’t happen often.”
Crews approached the problem from under and above the bridge, with workers excavating into the street to access the utility lines.
“The utility line being compromised was an active storm sewer line,” Mulledy said. “It was sort of hanging out in the open and was unsecured. The old storm sewer line had been abandoned for decades and was starting to fail.”
Crews removed the old stormwater pipe, repaired the manhole, and backfilled the void with a material called “flow.”
“Flow fills almost like a kind of liquid concrete,” Mulledy detailed. “And that’s a really great structural solution. So, we filled that entire thing up, made sure the void is closed, and made sure it’s structurally sound.”
He added that the bridge is around a century old, the same age as most bridges across the creek.
“This was identified and got fixed in 48 hours, rather than let something structural fail, and then we’d be in a big, giant construction project,” Mulledy said. “The structure itself, I don’t think, was ever really threatened.”
The closure ended on Saturday, June 13.
A Colorado man died on Tuesday when a boulder fell on him and crushed him. That’s according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, who identified the man as 59-year-old Paul Frasch.
Frasch is a resident of Silverthorne. The sheriff’s office says he was walking in an area along the Arkansas River in Buena Vista in the middle of the day with his coworker when rocks fell and hit him.
According to investigators, the boulder that landed on Frasch weighed at least 1,000 pounds.
The coworker received injuries to his arms after trying to help Frasch.
When first responders got to the scene, the boulder was still on top of Frasch. He was declared dead at the scene.
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