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2013 QB Kyle Kempt gets Uconn offer

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HuskyfanDan said:
lets be real

one qb has other good offers the other has a north texas offer. tcu was either going to go without a qb for the class or get a good one late. they checked lagow out, didn't offer. the minute the cuse blow up happened they landed the former cuse qb commit. telling.
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I'm not sure what you're talking about. As of this moment, Kempt has an offer from UConn and Lagow has offers from UConn and North Texas. I'm not sure how that's all that different.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
kempt had offers from indiana, tenn, wvu, cincy, miss and will get one from oregon st. pretty clear that several bcs schools thought he was a good qb.

u tell me lagows offer list.

i like lagow and hope he signs with uconn. but get real, 1 qb is sought after and 1 isn't.
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There is not a chance in hell that Kempt actually had an offer from Tennessee or Ole Miss or WVU. Have you seen the QB's they've taken?

QB recruiting is hard to follow because most schools can only take one, but how exactly is Kempt more sought after than Lagow? As the dust has settled, they both have one major offer-UConn.
 
Dan, TCU took two highly rated pro-style QBs the year before and didn't need a QB this year. Both were similar to Lagow. Zach Allen is a highly rated mobile QB who can play a different style. With QBs you have to look closely at fit.

If you're going to downgrade a QB for a school turning up its nose at him, don't downgrade Lagow because of TCU, downgrade Kempt because of Tuberville saying he was unwelcome. Don't you think Tuberville looked at Kempt closely before saying that? Don't you think the fact that he was already committed to Cincy counted in his favor? If you're rejected by your own school that's more significant than some random outside school not making you an offer.

Kempt may have had offers from more schools early in the recruiting process, but most of those offers have gone away. Much has happened since to enable re-evaluation of QBs -- summer camps, 7v7 competition, and the senior season. Those old-and-retracted offers are not indicators that Kempt is better than Lagow.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
what?

u have to be kidding. the kid decommitted from cincy after picking cincy over other offers. now hes going to go to oregon st and commit. what on earth are u talking about.
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If you think that back in the spring he could actually commit to those schools that he claims he has offers from, you're fooling yourself.

Ole Miss took a 4 star in addition to an elite 11 kid. Tennessee took an elite 11 kid. Chavas Rawlins is a top 15 player in PA. Yet all those schools would've taken Kyle Kempt?
 
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UconnFamily said:
Kyle Kempt could have committed to Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Indiana, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Toledo, and West Virginia because they all offered him a scholarship, but he chose Cincinnati, and that lead the other schools that offered him to look else where. Kempt had a chance to play for any of those schools!

Uconn recently offered this kid and he visits next week in addition he visits Oregon State on Jan. 25 where he might receive another scholarship. That would give him a total of 9 scholarships... How many does Lagow have? If Kempt was to commit to Uconn I would welcome him as well.
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^LOL. You're making it seem like all those teams were waiting on Kyle Kempt to make a decision, and then they decided to offer other players. Are you serious? Look at the guys that those other schools offered. Do you honestly think they preferred Kempt to all those other kids?

Butch Jones could've let the current QB commit for Tennessee go when he took over(like Tuberville did in this scenario) and taken Kempt. Why didn't he do that? After all, you say that the other schools originally "chose to look else where" because Kempt chose Cincy? Kempt should've then been the priority, no?
 
johnhuskies95 said:
^LOL. You're making it seem like all those teams were waiting on Kyle Kempt to make a decision, and then they decided to offer other players. Are you serious? Look at the guys that those other schools offered. Do you honestly think they preferred Kempt to all those other kids?

Butch Jones could've let the current QB commit for Tennessee go when he took over(like Tuberville did in this scenario) and taken Kempt. Why didn't he do that? After all, you say that the other schools originally "chose to look else where" because Kempt chose Cincy? Kempt should've then been the priority, no?
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Obviously if Kempt was offered scholarships he was a target, NO? Maybe he wasn't a #1 target for some of these schools, but he was a player each of these schools wanted. Why you offer a scholarship if your not interested in that player coming to play for your program?? He has scholarships to play at any of those schools listed.

Again how many scholarship Lagow has?
 
UconnFamily said:
Obviously if Kempt was offered scholarships he was a target, NO? Maybe he wasn't a #1 target for some of these schools, but he was a player each of these schools wanted. Why you offer a scholarship if your not interested in that player coming to play for your program?? He has scholarships to play at any of those schools listed.

Again how many scholarship Lagow has?
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With the exception of Indiana, none of those other BCS schools would accept his commitment if he tried to commit
 
johnhuskies95 said:
With the exception of Indiana, none of those other BCS schools would accept his commitment if he tried to commit
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How about Uconn? we just offered him and Oregon Sate will soon. I agree that he may not be needed from a lot of these schools today, but if he didn't commit to UC early on he could of been a QB that those school would have liked and the scholarships proves it. Honestly, those BCS schools would accept his commitment if he committed, these schools love competition.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
lets be real

one qb has other good offers the other has a north texas offer. tcu was either going to go without a qb for the class or get a good one late. they checked lagow out, didn't offer. the minute the cuse blow up happened they landed the former cuse qb commit. telling.
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Clearest HFD post ever.
 
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Well Kempt is visiting today let's see how things go, also Tim Boyle sat down with TJ Weist for a few hours
 
Richard Lagow committed early and took his hat out of the ring and has been telling TCU and others he is 100% UCONN, that is why the offers stopped and once UCONN announced they had a new OC and he was recruiting a QB he had committed to at cinci the contact from other schools started again. He loves Storrs, loved the idea of being the #1 choice, is still 100% and not concerned about a kid who likes courtship, and if anyone believes a kid who strings things out is better than a solid commit then they know little about making a choice and not looking back. Hell, I tried to get him to just talk to TCU and he refused.
 
I like the cut of Lagow's jib. If he can play, I think his intangibles will make him a fan favorite.

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Butch said:
Of course, good news for us! We need wins against Cincinnati!
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2 of Lagow/Kempt/Boyle plus Cochran and Whitmer = legit D1 talent and depth at the position for the first time in the history of this program. already a fan of Weist and can only imagine how our O is going to progress over the next 2 years!
 
weyuo said:
Well, one thing is for certain, Coach P is aggressively trying to improve that QB position. That's a step in the right direction, indeed. Seems that we are going to have a glut of them unless some currently on the roster are moving on or possibly changing positions. Can never have enough at this position, and certainly not with the drought UConn has had since Dan O left. Keep on, keeping on til this situation is corrected. I am anxious to see who they recruit for the offensive line. From what I saw on ESPN's recruiting page they only have 2 offensive lineman committed so far (3 star Schafenacker and a 2 star from NY Tommy Hopkins).
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Justwinbaby said:
Richard Lagow committed early and took his hat out of the ring and has been telling TCU and others he is 100% UCONN, that is why the offers stopped and once UCONN announced they had a new OC and he was recruiting a QB he had committed to at cinci the contact from other schools started again. He loves Storrs, loved the idea of being the #1 choice, is still 100% and not concerned about a kid who likes courtship, and if anyone believes a kid who strings things out is better than a solid commit then they know little about making a choice and not looking back. Hell, I tried to get him to just talk to TCU and he refused.
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Love Richard as a QB and as a person and think he's better than anyone else we will bring in so I hope it doesn't bother him. Most programs have five playable QBs at all times, taking one a year and redshirting the youngest, we will have 3 next year including Richard (Whitmer, Cochran, Lagow) because McCummings can't throw. That's not much depth. We saw last year, Cochran broke his ankle in a fall from a bicycle; Whitmer had to come out of a game with a concussion. You never know what might happen. I think the best thing for the program would be to bring in 2 QBs this year for depth, and I fully expect Rich Lagow will win that competition. I'm sure once he does he'd be grateful to have backups around so that if he has to miss time for any reason the team can still win.

Thanks for letting us know how things stand, K Lagow!
 
One side note: There were 25 thousand in the stands when his team played Allen, the large school Texas State Champions, in their new 65 million dollar one school stadium. He threw a TD pass with no time left and then threw a perfect pass for the two point conversion that would have won the game but a young receiver just dropped the ball. I don't think he is afraid of the lights or pressure. His team changed to a conservative under center offense this year and he still managed one of the highest yards per completion average and managed to stay in the top charts for regular season passing yards. He helped his team win the Texas State 7on7 Championship for the first time ever and was the MVP and around here the 7on7 Championship is huge and was broadcast on TV. Having said all that, when a kid commits early he or she opens the door for downgrading because the offers quit coming and the rating and evaluators grade the players up based on the offers. It makes sense because you have to assume the coaches are experts. So if a player makes the circuit, picks up a few offers, his stock goes up and another person offers, so on and so on. The grass is always greener I guess. With that, It is still completely his decision and it was his decision to not make the circuit and he did respond to the box of letters he received from colleges making imquiries.
 
Justwinbaby said:
One side note: There were 25 thousand in the stands when his team played Allen, the large school Texas State Champions, in their new 65 million dollar one school stadium. He threw a TD pass with no time left and then threw a perfect pass for the two point conversion that would have won the game but a young receiver just dropped the ball. I don't think he is afraid of the lights or pressure. His team changed to a conservative under center offense this year and he still managed one of the highest yards per completion average and managed to stay in the top charts for regular season passing yards. He helped his team win the Texas State 7on7 Championship for the first time ever and was the MVP and around here the 7on7 Championship is huge and was broadcast on TV. Having said all that, when a kid commits early he or she opens the door for downgrading because the offers quit coming and the rating and evaluators grade the players up based on the offers. It makes sense because you have to assume the coaches are experts. So if a player makes the circuit, picks up a few offers, his stock goes up and another person offers, so on and so on. The grass is always greener I guess. With that, It is still completely his decision and it was his decision to not make the circuit and he did respond to the box of letters he received from colleges making imquiries.
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I think everybody knows that to win the Texas 7v7 you have to be a great QB. So many of the top QBs have been coming out of Texas, the competition is terrific. Someone said here that at UConn's camp he didn't throw an incomplete pass. You can be sure that those who follow recruiting here know how good he is, and that his high school team was run oriented so stats need interpretation.

I'm sure you know better than we do what the situation is at UConn, having just had the visit from coach P. It is an excellent school and will prepare him well for whatever he chooses to do -- hopefully, a great career as an NFL QB.
 
I prefer only one QB a class. Sometimes you need to fill two.
I'd prefer a dual-threat QB if we were looking at two.
Boyle is the only one I've seen play live and he does pass the eye test.
He's legit.

With that, if we only take one, I want Legow. He seems to bleed blue.
We offered, he committed. He's been out on twitter trying to help us.
 
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I think we need 2 QBs this class as we only have 3 scholarship QBs and one is more of a wildcat QB. Also, injuries can impact QB depth.
 
FWIW: One of the career record holders at QB for UConn started from 1986-1990, and was part of one of the most winningest periods of time in the 114 year history of UConn football. The guy that backed him up, became a starter for one year only in 1991 as a senior, after the other graduated. The backup for those years, that pushed that starter, and started only one year, while the other started 4, was the one of the two that got drafted to the NFL - by the steelers.

Competition on the football practice fields, makes teams better, and at UConn - we want winning teams, and it's been way too long, since we've had really good competition on the roster at the QB position up and down the depth chart. It started again last year, and it's getting better again this year.

I look forward to seeing that QB depth chart stack up, and the competition that evolves from it, and I have no idea what's in store for Mr. Lagow, or any other QB, that is, or might be coming in, or is already here. No crystal balls.

THe one thing that's certain, is that with better players, comes better competition on the roster, and with that teams overall get better, and the QB, is the most important piece, and needs to be the leader of the team, that toughest mentally, and physically on the team as well.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
Kempt is officially visiting Oregon State soon. This late in the game, that almost always means an offer is coming. I think UConn may just let him commit there.

"May just let him commit there". WTF, UConn needs QBs like fans need oxygen. They need quality, they need depth, they need a stable line of succession. If he's any good at all . . . . how do you let him commit anywhere. He may end up doing so but you don't let him "commit there".

I'm not really sure what Kempt brings that Lagow doesn't. Depth, competition, may a better caliber of play at this level. . . that's what he brings. Kempt's has a really long release(kinda like Tim Tebow), and Lagow seems to have a better arm.
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Justwinbaby said:
Having said all that, when a kid commits early he or she opens the door for downgrading because the offers quit coming and the rating and evaluators grade the players up based on the offers..
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I don't mean to contradict you, but I can't help but think that a team like Alabama isn't going to look at a kid and say, "Well, he says he's committed to UConn, better throw in the towel." Not saying it necessarily has to be that way, but I'm not sure I agree with your premise here about kids committing early necessarily being less attractive.
 
Having had one child ranked in the top 50 recruits in the nation and go on to start for four years at LSU, having had some D1 exposure myself back when dino and fred roamed, I could not agree more with pushing and competition. I hope that if a QB arrives at UCONN that he pushes others to get better and when it is his turn there is someone pushing him. Where I disagree is takng two in a class. A good recruiting system brings one in each year and everyone has a legitimate opportunity that is his to surrender. I think it is unfair to at least one of the commits, even if it is the other player.
 
Irish Loop said:
I don't mean to contradict you, but I can't help but think that a team like Alabama isn't going to look at a kid and say, "Well, he says he's committed to UConn, better throw in the towel." Not saying it necessarily has to be that way, but I'm not sure I agree with your premise here about kids committing early necessarily being less attractive.
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Well the kid your school is recruiting met Saban in the middle of the football field during the summer before his junior year and was told they had a spot for him and then he broke his ankle and spent the summer, when others were making the circuit, rehabing and working. After he committed, to try and eliminate distractions from his team and because of the quality of school, all contact stopped until three or four days ago.
 
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