G2 Minnesota goes after Telluride Bush alumni

The Telluride Bush camp didn't wait for a press release. Once the roster talk got going, they welcomed G2 Minnesota in.

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According to Attach on Stream, the new G2 Roster is: Spart Prolute TJHaLy Abe

Here's why the welcome fits. Telluride Bush Gaming is Barstool's own Call of Duty team. It was announced on October 30 with TJHaLy, Prolute, Spart and Capsidal, and Lil Sasquatch, Connor Mook and Jersey Jerry put money in for the Black Ops 7 season. According to the lineup going around the scene, 3 of those 4 founders are now headed to a CDL franchise together. Only Capsidal is missing.

They all took different roads to get there. Spart left the Bush on February 23 to join Boston Breach in the CDL, so he's already played at the top level. Prolute stayed with the team until August 12. TJHaLy reportedly had a short stint at G2 Minnesota earlier this year, which means he's going back to an org that already knows him. Abe completes the 4, and he also spent time in Minnesota on loan before going back to Toronto KOI.

That's a big swing for Minnesota. G2 started the Black Ops 7 season with Estreal, Skyz, Kremp and Mamba, a group built around Skyz, the 2023 world champion, and Mamba, one of the most hyped rookies of the offseason. If the reports are right, none of that core is in the new 4. It's a full teardown, rebuilt around players who learned to play together wearing a Barstool tree on their chests.

For Telluride Bush it's a nice bit of validation. Barstool getting into Call of Duty got plenty of eye-rolls at the start, and now a CDL org seems to have looked at the talent pool and decided the guys who played for the Bush were worth a whole roster. That's why the #Unshaven crew is treating G2 like part of the family.

Next up is the official word. Nothing is done until G2 Minnesota announces it, and CDL rosters change constantly in the offseason, so a surprise is always possible. If the 4 names hold, though, Telluride Bush fans will have a CDL team to pull for, and it'll be stacked with familiar faces.