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HJS {l Wrote}:

hansen {l Wrote}:

31southst {l Wrote}:Glines is official so only waiting on Smith (which makes sense given the time difference).

Ray Smith is now official as well.
Good job to Daz on holding all our commits plus adding the DL from Richmond.

I like the fact that LOI Day is boring.

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

hansen {l Wrote}:

31southst {l Wrote}:Glines is official so only waiting on Smith (which makes sense given the time difference).

Ray Smith is now official as well.
Good job to Daz on holding all our commits plus adding the DL from Richmond.

I like the fact that LOI Day is boring.

Did we ever lose a guy under Spaz? Or did he effectively take care of that much earlier in the recruiting process?

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

hansen {l Wrote}:

31southst {l Wrote}:Glines is official so only waiting on Smith (which makes sense given the time difference).

Ray Smith is now official as well.
Good job to Daz on holding all our commits plus adding the DL from Richmond.

I like the fact that LOI Day is boring.

Did we ever lose a guy under Spaz? Or did he effectively take care of that much earlier in the recruiting process?

fs33 {l Wrote}:On signing day or in general? Akeel Lynch comes to mind.

HJS {l Wrote}:A positional breakdown of the last 2 classes:
QB - 4 (Wade, Smith, Robinson and Flutie (though Smith/Robinson/Flutie all could and 2 likely will play WR or DB))
RB - 3 (Hilliman, Outlow and Gowins (not including Wilson or Alston))
WR - 5 (Dixon, McCleary, Smith, Borgersen and Pankey)
TE - 3 (Sweeney, Burt and Garrison)
OL - 8 (Baker, Hendren, Schmal, Lindstrom, Monteiro, Palazzolo, Phillips and Knopfke)
DL - 7 (Vitiello, Landry, Stevens, Merritt, Allen, Ray, Smith)
LB - 7 (Cohee, Lezzer, Schwab, Strachan, Grice, Martin and Karafa)
DB - 7 (Moore, Bletzer, Dawson, Yiadom, Jones, Denis, Walker)
ATH - 7 (Alston, Wilson, Seward, Glines, Harris, Torres and El Attrach)
K - 1 (Knoll)

Based on all of this, I predict 2016 to be broken down (by position) as follows:
1+ QB
2 RB
2 WR
1+ TE
3+ OL
4+ DL
3 LB
3+ DB
1 K

MOTO {l Wrote}:The way I see it, there are a lot of potentially talented young men coming in to the Heights and a good chance some of these young men excel as football players at Boston College. You never know whether a recruit will translate into a good college player but the more players you bring in, the greater your chances are of finding talented players. It is also exciting that Boston College has a legitimate shot of halftime entertainment performed by a giant like Enrico Palazzo, which is the kind of entertainment that could lead to a packed house at Alumni Stadium. There is always a chance that the players recruited from high school do not pan out to be great players at the collegiate level but you don't know until you play the game. That's the way I see it.

HJS {l Wrote}:Looking at the 2015 class (and combining it with last year), I find a few things interesting...

Daz has made New England a priority (11 recruits are from NE (7-MA/4-CT)) (10 last year (8-MA/2-CT)). About 40% of the last 2 classes come from New England.

We have 7 2-stars, but all are from the Northeast and were kids that the staff was very familiar with (3-MA/1-CT/2-NY). Last year, our 2-stars were spread a little bit more geographically, but all camped except for Dixon.

BC's haul in Jersey is a fraction of what it once was (only a total of 2). Last year, we landed 6. What's weird about this is that RU's recruiting has fallen off a cliff under Flood. So, kids are leaving the State... just not to us. Would really like to see BC do a better job there (and they have a chance to do that with the replacement for Day's departure). However, if you include NY and PA along with Jersey, we are averaging 6 a year from the region.

BC has been recruiting Florida at historic levels (for the school)... 6 this year and a total of 9 spread over the last 2 classes.

BC does not seem all that interested in Ohio (or the Midwest in general). We have landed only 4 total midwestern kids over the past 2 classes (3 from OH and 1 from Mich).

When BC moves outside of the Northeast, they seem to be very deliberate in their efforts pin-pointing certain kids and often focusing on Catholic schools.

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:Looking at the 2015 class (and combining it with last year), I find a few things interesting...

Daz has made New England a priority (11 recruits are from NE (7-MA/4-CT)) (10 last year (8-MA/2-CT)). About 40% of the last 2 classes come from New England.

We have 7 2-stars, but all are from the Northeast and were kids that the staff was very familiar with (3-MA/1-CT/2-NY). Last year, our 2-stars were spread a little bit more geographically, but all camped except for Dixon.

BC's haul in Jersey is a fraction of what it once was (only a total of 2). Last year, we landed 6. What's weird about this is that RU's recruiting has fallen off a cliff under Flood. So, kids are leaving the State... just not to us. Would really like to see BC do a better job there (and they have a chance to do that with the replacement for Day's departure). However, if you include NY and PA along with Jersey, we are averaging 6 a year from the region.

BC has been recruiting Florida at historic levels (for the school)... 6 this year and a total of 9 spread over the last 2 classes.

BC does not seem all that interested in Ohio (or the Midwest in general). We have landed only 4 total midwestern kids over the past 2 classes (3 from OH and 1 from Mich).

When BC moves outside of the Northeast, they seem to be very deliberate in their efforts pin-pointing certain kids and often focusing on Catholic schools.

For what its worth, Rivals rates several of our recruits lower than the other sites. ESPN actually has us with zero 2 stars and one 4 star (Knopfke). That's 24 three-stars. Now it may just be that ESPN has a little grade inflation compared to the other sites, but regardless of accuracy what I find impressive is how much better ESPN rates this years class than it has rated previous years' BC classes.

ESPN 2 Stars or Less
- 2015: Zero
- 2014: 6
- 2013: 6
- 2012: 9
- 2011: 8
- 2010: 10

That's a reassuring step up.

Bryn Mawr Eagle {l Wrote}:

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:Looking at the 2015 class (and combining it with last year), I find a few things interesting...

Daz has made New England a priority (11 recruits are from NE (7-MA/4-CT)) (10 last year (8-MA/2-CT)). About 40% of the last 2 classes come from New England.

We have 7 2-stars, but all are from the Northeast and were kids that the staff was very familiar with (3-MA/1-CT/2-NY). Last year, our 2-stars were spread a little bit more geographically, but all camped except for Dixon.

BC's haul in Jersey is a fraction of what it once was (only a total of 2). Last year, we landed 6. What's weird about this is that RU's recruiting has fallen off a cliff under Flood. So, kids are leaving the State... just not to us. Would really like to see BC do a better job there (and they have a chance to do that with the replacement for Day's departure). However, if you include NY and PA along with Jersey, we are averaging 6 a year from the region.

BC has been recruiting Florida at historic levels (for the school)... 6 this year and a total of 9 spread over the last 2 classes.

BC does not seem all that interested in Ohio (or the Midwest in general). We have landed only 4 total midwestern kids over the past 2 classes (3 from OH and 1 from Mich).

When BC moves outside of the Northeast, they seem to be very deliberate in their efforts pin-pointing certain kids and often focusing on Catholic schools.

For what its worth, Rivals rates several of our recruits lower than the other sites. ESPN actually has us with zero 2 stars and one 4 star (Knopfke). That's 24 three-stars. Now it may just be that ESPN has a little grade inflation compared to the other sites, but regardless of accuracy what I find impressive is how much better ESPN rates this years class than it has rated previous years' BC classes.

ESPN 2 Stars or Less
- 2015: Zero
- 2014: 6
- 2013: 6
- 2012: 9
- 2011: 8
- 2010: 10

That's a reassuring step up.

That has nothing to do with the actual quality of the recruits - it's the payoff for all the Dazzler's ESPN appearances!

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:Looking at the 2015 class (and combining it with last year), I find a few things interesting...

Daz has made New England a priority (11 recruits are from NE (7-MA/4-CT)) (10 last year (8-MA/2-CT)). About 40% of the last 2 classes come from New England.

We have 7 2-stars, but all are from the Northeast and were kids that the staff was very familiar with (3-MA/1-CT/2-NY). Last year, our 2-stars were spread a little bit more geographically, but all camped except for Dixon.

BC's haul in Jersey is a fraction of what it once was (only a total of 2). Last year, we landed 6. What's weird about this is that RU's recruiting has fallen off a cliff under Flood. So, kids are leaving the State... just not to us. Would really like to see BC do a better job there (and they have a chance to do that with the replacement for Day's departure). However, if you include NY and PA along with Jersey, we are averaging 6 a year from the region.

BC has been recruiting Florida at historic levels (for the school)... 6 this year and a total of 9 spread over the last 2 classes.

BC does not seem all that interested in Ohio (or the Midwest in general). We have landed only 4 total midwestern kids over the past 2 classes (3 from OH and 1 from Mich).

When BC moves outside of the Northeast, they seem to be very deliberate in their efforts pin-pointing certain kids and often focusing on Catholic schools.

For what its worth, Rivals rates several of our recruits lower than the other sites. ESPN actually has us with zero 2 stars and one 4 star (Knopfke). That's 24 three-stars. Now it may just be that ESPN has a little grade inflation compared to the other sites, but regardless of accuracy what I find impressive is how much better ESPN rates this years class than it has rated previous years' BC classes.

ESPN 2 Stars or Less
- 2015: Zero
- 2014: 6
- 2013: 6
- 2012: 9
- 2011: 8
- 2010: 10

That's a reassuring step up.

HJS {l Wrote}: (of which BC is not among, but Duke is).

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

DrJackRyan {l Wrote}:Good to see Anthony Pazzuzu commit to Boston College. I thought it was down to us and Georgetown.

The power of Christ compelled him to come to BC, apparently.

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:At the risk of damaging my own agenda, go look at these kids local newspapers and see where they actually had offers from.

Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:http://bostoncollege.scout.com/story/1519823-inside-look-at-bc-s-newest-kicker#.VOsoGhI4sJM.twitter

If you feel like being highly annoyed on a Monday morning, read this article.

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:

Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:http://bostoncollege.scout.com/story/1519823-inside-look-at-bc-s-newest-kicker#.VOsoGhI4sJM.twitter

If you feel like being highly annoyed on a Monday morning, read this article.

Which part was your favorite? "Despite Boston College not being known for its play on the football field" or "Altough[sic] Boston College is no SEC powerhouse"

jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:

Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:http://bostoncollege.scout.com/story/1519823-inside-look-at-bc-s-newest-kicker#.VOsoGhI4sJM.twitter

If you feel like being highly annoyed on a Monday morning, read this article.

Which part was your favorite? "Despite Boston College not being known for its play on the football field" or "Altough[sic] Boston College is no SEC powerhouse"

With lines like this, the piece must be the 'authors' magnum opus

"Lichtenberg will technically be walk onto the team this fall, but in January he will be put on a scholarship."