Read somewhere that this might be the greatest broad jump in human history....(which I think might be extreme) but still good work. I guess this makes up for getting partially dunked on in intramural by Byron
He'd be a perfect pick for my Steelers at 56 or 88 if he's still there. Rooney's would love this kid.
Back off Terrible Towlie! If my Pats lose Revis, he'd be a nice consolation prize. Keep Jones in New England!
Not taking anything away from Jones cause he sure is an athlete, but we need talent, not 2 star talent. 2011 5-7, 2012 5-7, 2013 3-9, 2014 2-10. Two star players produces these types of records just saying, but anyway good for you Byron.
So they can waive him after 2 seasons like D. Butler? Byron will be jumping his way to Pittsburgh!
Just a reminder, 2 star athlete from CT with no other offers. Athlete.
This goes out to all the complainers who genuinely believe we need a Top 25 recruiting class just to compete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_long_jump said:The current world record is held by NFL prospect and former University of Connecticut cornerback Byron Jones who recorded a jump of 3.73 m (12 ft 23⁄4 in) at the NFL Combine on the 23rd of February, 2015.[1]
If someone posted that playing the Daily Numbers is a bad investment, we'd get a post everytime someone saw a ticket cashed at a gas station as if it was argued nobody ever wins.
Nobody has ever said that. Literally nobody.
Maybe not on BY, but I've seen comments on various other social media or news sites from so-called UConn fans and Pasqualoni apologists bashing this recruiting class when Diaco has only been here a year and this is his first full recruiting class. I've read absurd comments from fans that would have you believe they fired Bear Bryant for Diaco. Be it the Courant comment section or Facebook fan pages, it's out there.
I would love for that to happen,being a Steelers fan as well !!He'd be a perfect pick for my Steelers at 56 or 88 if he's still there. Rooney's would love this kid.
I'd take 85 Byron Jones' any day.UconnFamily said:Not taking anything away from Jones cause he sure is an athlete, but we need talent, not 2 star talent. 2011 5-7, 2012 5-7, 2013 3-9, 2014 2-10. Two star players produces these types of records just saying, but anyway good for you Byron.
It's posts like these that don't make me miss being away from the boneyard. Yeesh.....
Actually ... as uconndogs knows ... this is the argument on Stars that has been here for 10 years +.
Stars are extraordinarily poor way to judge recruiting (particularly in the Northeast). Correlation of Stars to the UConn years (late HCRE, PP, and first year of Diaco) Won Loss record can not be achieved through the Regression Analysis presented.
The biggest Black Eye of the last 5 years is that we brought kids in (that we now can evaluate better in hindsight) that never last more than 18 months. We were woefully lacking in depth at this time last year. I can categorically go through the 2 & 3 Star ratings (of UConn) & say that most of them were not the rank/order (or Stars if we were to go to that) today what we thought the day of their signing.
I believe, and have for over 10 years, that the absolute 4 & 5 Stars are largely correct in these Ratings Services. That's not statistically significant given that we are talking 100s of kids out of 4000.
Not taking anything away from Jones cause he sure is an athlete, but we need talent, not 2 star talent. 2011 5-7, 2012 5-7, 2013 3-9, 2014 2-10. Two star players produces these types of records just saying, but anyway good for you Byron.
Keep building that same strawman over and over... who cares if it's an argument you've invented right?
BTW.... r=.77. Keep claiming the opposite against the actual evidence - it helps lend a certain (lack of) credibility to your posts.
Keep up that super positive stance that UConn can't compete with FBS schools for talent. That's my favorite disconnect.
You have no REAL evaluation of Talent. That is the argument. Offers or Stars ... brings you back to the same point; there is nothing to what you are using. Both are deeply flawed. They just don't have statistical significance. And your r=.77 has lots of exogenous factors that come into play. (like this is remedial math)
No one is arguing that UConn can't compete: this is your REVERSE REVERSE Strawman.