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that's the same coach that he committed to initially at James Madison before de-committing and committing to us...

We better not lose him to them.. IMO, wouldn't be a good look for us if that happens..
 
Dynasty said:
Ed Sadloch ‏@edsadloch Jan 9 San Antonio, TX
Congrats to Nick Zecchino to be offered as a long snapper at UConn! #PanthersRise

I think this is more of a PWO than a full schollie but I'm not sure.

Anyway, Zecchino is 6'1" 205 lbs LS from Cedar Grove, NJ. Attends Cedar Grove High School. Was also his team's starting QB and played DB for as well.

Rated as the 22nd best LS in the 2016 class by Kohls Kicking

http://kohlskicking.com/profile/nick-zecchino/20358/

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1429552
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Good genes... dad was a long snapper @ Tennessee.
 
KSargeantNJ 7:20pm via Twitter Web Client
Prized QB recruit Anthony Russo decommits from Rutgers.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...quarterback_anthony_russo_decommits_from.html

>>The 6-3, 225-pounder from Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) committed to Rutgers in May, over offers from Buffalo, UConn, Temple and a number of FCS schools<<

>>At the time, he was being brought to Piscataway to run a pro-style offense, which fits his skill-set best. But in the aftermath of former head coach Kyle Flood being fired, new head coach Chris Ash hired Drew Mehringer, who runs more of a spread offensive system.

There has been speculation that Temple could be a destination for Russo. Meanwhile, LSU has also expressed significant interest in him as National Signing Day approaches.<<
 
Stairmaster said:
Just did a little digging on Bell - his dad is the HC at East Orange High in New Jersey, Tyraiq Beals and Omaine Stevens's alma mater. That alone would put us in a pretty good position.
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Sprague03 said:
Jamar Summers also posted a picture of Tre Bell on instgram. AND Bell's following every UConn football player on his instgram account. It's a lock he's coming here
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A little more smoke w/ maybe a glimmer of an ember?

J_Sum212:27am via Twitter for iPhone
Bro coming to UCONN.@T_Bell4
 
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Dynasty said:
Ed Sadloch ‏@edsadloch Jan 9 San Antonio, TX
Congrats to Nick Zecchino to be offered as a long snapper at UConn! #PanthersRise

I think this is more of a PWO than a full schollie but I'm not sure.

Anyway, Zecchino is 6'1" 205 lbs LS from Cedar Grove, NJ. Attends Cedar Grove High School. Was also his team's starting QB and played DB for as well.

Rated as the 22nd best LS in the 2016 class by Kohls Kicking

http://kohlskicking.com/profile/nick-zecchino/20358/
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1429552
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Hmmmm... awaiting second source confirmation.

KohlsKicking 11:14am via Twitter Web Client
Congratulations to Kohl's 5-star Long Snapper Nick Zecchino on accepting a full scholarship offer from #UConn!
 
ktuck911 said:
That is kinda weird.. this guy must be the greatest long snapper we've ever recruited if we're giving him a scholly.
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I think it speaks to the lack of depth at LS and the coaches thinking this was a position of great need.
 
huskymedic said:
CampaignKJG_59:35am via Twitter for iPhone
No hard feelings, just a business decision.

Boston College Football Recruiting: KJ Gray Decommits From Eagles
http://www.bcinterruption.com/2015/...ball-recruiting-kj-gray-decommits-from-eagles

List adjusted...
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Will it be Rutgers, UConn or UMass for WR K.J. Gray?
http://www.scout.com/college/football/recruiting/story/1632059-k-j-gray-rutgers-uconn-or-umass

>>At this point, Gray said he is yet to settle on official visits, but he plans on making trips, including one to Rutgers. He is also speaking regularly with Connecticut and Massachusetts.<<
 
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FWIW, I read an article on KJ Gray where he implied that he was looking fwd to playing for Don Brown on D at BC, but when Brown left he re-opened his recruiting...
 
Zero issues with giving a scholarship to a long snapper. Part of the reason we had punts/kicks blocked this year was the snap time from the LS to the Holder took forever. This is the most underrated part of the kick game. If you can shave a half second or full second even off of a long snap you do it. Timing is literally everything in football but especially so in special teams situations.

Edit- wanted to show a real example of how this can affect games. UConn lost to Missouri 9-6. Blocked punt that led to a safety and blocked extra point. No guarantees a faster snap prevents both kicks from getting blocked but it definitely wouldn't have hurt. Could've been the difference in a 7-7 game going into OT and a 9-6 "what if" loss.
 
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Drew said:
Zero issues with giving a scholarship to a long snapper. Part of the reason we had punts/kicks blocked this year was the snap time from the LS to the Holder took forever. This is the most underrated part of the kick game. If you can shave a half second or full second even off of a long snap you do it. Timing is literally everything in football but especially so in special teams situations.

Edit- wanted to show a real example of how this can affect games. UConn lost to Missouri 9-6. Blocked punt that led to a safety and blocked extra point. No guarantees a faster snap prevents both kicks from getting blocked but it definitely wouldn't have hurt. Could've been the difference in a 7-7 game going into OT and a 9-6 "what if" loss.
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While I have no problem either giving a scholly to a well-deserved long snapped, Dominic Manco had no issues last year. No bad snaps whatsoever. Don't act like you sat there with your stop watched and timed his snaps either. Our blocked kick issues resulted from poor blocking or low trajectory kicks, or backed up punts inside your own endzone. Dude was as consistent as you could possibly be as a LS.
 
kcc1442 said:
While I have no problem either giving a scholly to a well-deserved long snapped, Dominic Manco had no issues last year. No bad snaps whatsoever. Don't act like you sat there with your stop watched and timed his snaps either. Our blocked kick issues resulted from poor blocking or low trajectory kicks, or backed up punts inside your own endzone.
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Just because he didn't have any wild snaps doesn't mean he got the ball back as fast as it needed to be snapped back there. A blocked kick attempt is on everyone involved in the process. If they think its a position that needs upgraded and that this guy can get the snap back there quicker than Manco then its a no brainer really.
 
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Drew said:
Just because he didn't have any wild snaps doesn't mean he got the ball back as fast as it needed to be snapped back there. A blocked kick attempt is on everyone involved in the process. If they think its a position that needs upgraded and that this guy can get the snap back there quicker than Manco then its a no brainer really.
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Manco is graduating. It's not that they are upgrading. And again no he didn't have issues. Did you sit there and clock him? Did you really say on our blocked kicks that it took a noticeably long time to get the ball in the P's or Holders hand? No. Because it didn't. He was a very good LS, who never made news like LS's shouldn't. We are giving out a scholly to this kid because our LS always has a scholly and Manco is graduating. There is obviously no one on the roster who doesn't already have a scholly that deserves one.
 
kcc1442 said:
Manco is graduating. It's not that they are upgrading. And again no he didn't have issues. Did you sit there and clock him? Did you really say on our blocked kicks that it took a noticeably long time to get the ball in the P's or Holders hand? No. Because it didn't. He was a very good LS, who never made news like LS's shouldn't. We are giving out a scholly to this kid because our LS always has a scholly and Manco is graduating. There is obviously no one on the roster who doesn't already have a scholly that deserves one.
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its not a personal attack on Manco.. I'm not sure why you're so hung up on this. No I didn't sit there with a stop watch but it was pretty easy to see how slow our process was from snap-catch-punt or snap-hold-kick. Again it is on ALL people involved in the process when a kick gets blocked but if you can upgrade a position in the process you do so. Believe it or not long snapping isnt just getting the ball back accurately, its also getting it back quickly.

The guy is one of the top rated LS in high school. Note I said "if you can shave a half second to a second off the snap time you do it". I have no idea if Zecchino is better than Manco in this department. I do know from the tweet above the kid is rated a 5* long snapper and Manco joined as a walk on and was a back up until 2014.
 
Drew said:
its not a personal attack on Manco.. I'm not sure why you're so hung up on this. No I didn't sit there with a stop watch but it was pretty easy to see how slow our process was from snap-catch-punt or snap-hold-kick.


We are going to have to agree to disagree. Because I firmly reject the notion that Manco's snaps were any slower than any other LS we have ever had or any we faced this year. Not once did I say wow that looked like a change up) And for that matter I'm not sure I have ever once heard a commentator, coach or analyst ever say anything to the tune of "Yeah the Oakland LS could really use some work on the speed of his LS, it is the reason they have had many blocked kicks this year. or "Tampa released their LS because he had a very slow 7 YARD snap." You are almost equating it to that of a catchers release and throw time down to 2nd. It's not comparable. AT all. The distance is a measly 7 yards in football. The differentiation between snappers is minute and insignificant. The placement is what it is about.


Again it is on ALL people involved (It is not always on everyone involved. Many times you can pinpoint what went wrong with who on a play. Who missed a block. Who didn't get a hold down. What was the trajectory of the kick. Maybe a D player just made a hell of a jump and an athletic play. Players making plays.) in the process when a kick gets blocked but if you can upgrade a position (Again, Manco, is graduating) in the process you do so. Believe it or not long snapping isnt just getting the ball back accurately, its also getting it back quickly. (Again you are overselling this like crazy)

The guy is one of the top rated LS in high school. (So was Mueller our former LS, nobody said anything amazing about him. He's not in the NFL) Note I said "if you can shave a half second to a second off the snap time you do it". I have no idea if Zecchino is better than Manco in this department. (Again, Manco, is graduating so it is inconsequential) I do know from the tweet above the kid is rated a 5* long snapper and Manco joined as a walk on and was a back up until 2014.
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Agree to disagree but a proper football comparison would be the speed of a receiver getting off the LOS or the time it takes for a QB to complete their throwing motion. I worked at punter for a while in high school with former NFL punter Tony Swainey and he always talked about how crucial the snap time was from the long snapper.

Here's an article from the Lincoln Journal Star interviewing a former Nebraska long snapper:

http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_382e6362-3310-5016-b34a-8e94e121c44b.html

"Once you figure out what you’re doing wrong and perfect that, then you’re going to perfect your snap and then your speed and accuracy just falls into place."

Again I never said I disliked Manco but his snap times were slow and I doubt he is the athlete that this kid is. We can agree to disagree but snap times on long snaps matter. I know NFL guys are usually in the .5-.6 second range so hopefully we sign this kid coming in and he winds up being that good :)
 
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Drew said:
Again I never said I disliked Manco but his snap times were slow and I doubt he is the athlete that this kid is.
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I was gonna stay out of this fray but now I'm curious how you can make this claim?
 
Drew said:
Agree to disagree but a proper football comparison would be the speed of a receiver getting off the LOS or the time it takes for a QB to complete their throwing motion. I worked at punter for a while in high school with former NFL punter Tony Swainey and he always talked about how crucial the snap time was from the long snapper.

Here's an article from the Lincoln Journal Star interviewing a former Nebraska long snapper:

http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_382e6362-3310-5016-b34a-8e94e121c44b.html

"Once you figure out what you’re doing wrong and perfect that, then you’re going to perfect your snap and then your speed and accuracy just falls into place."

Again I never said I disliked Manco but his snap times were slow and I doubt he is the athlete that this kid is. We can agree to disagree but snap times on long snaps matter. I know NFL guys are usually in the .5-.6 second range so hopefully we sign this kid coming in and he winds up being that good :)
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It's unfortunate that you went down this path and keep trying to cover your tracks. It's great that we have recruited a top long snapper. But it's because Manco has graduated. His snaps were not slow. HCBD stated on numerous occasions what a great job Manco did throughout the season. OUR KICKING PROBLEMS WERE NOT DUE TO MANCO.
 
huskymedic said:
KSargeantNJ 7:20pm via Twitter Web Client
Prized QB recruit Anthony Russo decommits from Rutgers.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...quarterback_anthony_russo_decommits_from.html

>>The 6-3, 225-pounder from Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) committed to Rutgers in May, over offers from Buffalo, UConn, Temple and a number of FCS schools<<

>>At the time, he was being brought to Piscataway to run a pro-style offense, which fits his skill-set best. But in the aftermath of former head coach Kyle Flood being fired, new head coach Chris Ash hired Drew Mehringer, who runs more of a spread offensive system.

There has been speculation that Temple could be a destination for Russo. Meanwhile, LSU has also expressed significant interest in him as National Signing Day approaches.<<
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Anthony_Russo154:46pm via Twitter for iPhone
Great home visit with @CoachMattRhule

Reported that LSU is visiting Friday.
 
TheChopNation4:00pm via Twitter Web Client
#Rutgers has offered '16 Lynnfield (MA) & #UCONN OL commit Cam DeGeorg

For those who need to get threw the next few weeks...
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kcc1442 said:
While I have no problem either giving a scholly to a well-deserved long snapped, Dominic Manco had no issues last year. No bad snaps whatsoever. Don't act like you sat there with your stop watched and timed his snaps either. Our blocked kick issues resulted from poor blocking or low trajectory kicks, or backed up punts inside your own endzone. Dude was as consistent as you could possibly be as a LS.
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Not just last year but his entire career.
 
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