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Houston should easily have the top class in the American this year- they're on track for an insane top 25 finish. Really killing it. Cincinnati has a couple of pieces to the puzzle and Fritz seems to be carrying over his momentum from his coaching change at Tulane, bringing along some of his former GA Southern commits including a pretty good QB.

Figured this would be a good place to discuss other AAC classes/commits as well

Edit: Figured I would add in the link to the 247 AAC Composite Rankings. Wow it is impressive what the Cougars are doing on the recruiting trail. I also had no idea that SMU was recruiting that well- good to see. Hopefully they can improve their level of play.

http://247sports.com/Season/2016-Football/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=AAC
 
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Not surprised both those TX schools are recruiting well.. Lots of talent in that area... Hopefully we can bring some of those kids up to New England. Fill some serious holes for us...
 
ktuck911 said:
Not surprised both those TX schools are recruiting well.. Lots of talent in that area... Hopefully we can bring some of those kids up to New England. Fill some serious holes for us...
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Hopkins is a good start on that. I love this year's class...the RB Vickers from FL and Gilmartin are particularly exciting to me.
 
Not a high school recruit but Kyle Allen former 5* Texas A&M QB is transferring to Houston. Wow.
 
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Hope we're focused on the 'mad dash' part of keeping our primary recruits too... I'm sure we have a few more spots, but we can't let the really good ones we got early commits from get away with all the coaching changes around here. Syracuse and RU are probably poaching their tails off on us... We did it to Syracuse.. I know they want payback...
 
ktuck911 said:
Hope we're focused on the 'mad dash' part of keeping our primary recruits too... I'm sure we have a few more spots, but we can't let the really good ones we got early commits from get away with all the coaching changes around here. Syracuse and RU are probably poaching their tails off on us... We did it to Syracuse.. I know they want payback...
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Ya I hope so too. We did a good job last year. If a kid gets an offer from a top 10 program then they will likely leave. However, I think most guys who commit to UConn do so because diaco is a very unique coach and they want to play for him.
 
Wow this is a phenomenal pickup for Temple:

 
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Drew I've been following this on twitter...when Ash became the head coach at RU he informed Russo he would be going to a Urban Meyer type hybrid spread at Rutgers (sounds similar to me what Coach Smoke & Mirrors told Boyle when he got the job at BC). Russo is a pro-style qb so he decided to open up his recruitment again. LSU put on a late push but Russo decided to stay home. I'm a bit surprised at Temple because Rhule seems to use a dual threat attack at qb...but it's a nice grab for them that's for sure.
 
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FDNY99 said:
Drew I've been following this on twitter...when Ash became the head coach at RU he informed Russo he would be going to a Urban Meyer type hybrid spread at Rutgers (sounds similar to me what Coach Smoke & Mirrors told Boyle when he got the job at BC). Russo is a pro-style qb so he decided to open up his recruitment again. LSU put on a late push but Russo decided to stay home. I'm a bit surprised at Temple because Rhule seems to use a dual threat attack at qb...but it's a nice grab for them that's for sure.
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Agreed it's a phenomenal grab. Honestly I'm surprised that Ash would run him off, I understand he wants a certain offensive style but why run off a top QB recruit just so you can run a style of offense that you will have to in turn recruit a top QB to? Saw the LSU smoke and was really happy that Russo is staying home and playing in the American. I know most people hate the conference but football wise this conference has done nothing but improve so far and now we're seeing this momentum translate to off the field success on the recruiting trail as well.

Tulsa got a 4* QB last year in Chad President
Houston has a 2016 Heisman contender in Greg Ward Jr
Houston got former 5* QB Kyle Allen to transfer in
Temple gets 4* QB Anthony Russo
Cincinnati currently has 5* QB Gunner Kiel
Memphis has the #1 QB prospect for this year's draft in Paxton Lynch
UCF had the first QB taken 2 years ago in Blake Bortles
ECU had Shane Carden who set numerous ECU records and possibly NCAA ones as well

It's clear to me if we want to take the next step in this conference we have to recruit a top flite QB. The American has had amazing QB play (don't forget Teddy Bridgewater played in the American too as did Garrett Gilbert) and we need to upgrade at the position to challenge for league titles. Shirreffs is a start but I really think Donovan Williams will be something special for UConn before its all said and done. Kid looks LEGIT and hopefully he can challenge for the job as a RS Fr or RS So. Great to see us building QB depth again too.
 
Nice JUCO CB pickup for Tulsa:





  • All glory to God. After a long process I feel like God has guided me to this decision. Tonight I verbally committed to Tulsa University. I'd like to thank everyone who has been apart of my life and apart of my journey. #ReignCane⚪️#LONGLIVEKB
 
Found this graphic on Houston's class:

 
would be another great get for Temple, Nebraska was pursuing hard but its assumed he had academic issues since this is his first OV:

 
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Wow absolutely massive get for Tulane. 4* ATH:

 
Drew said:
Wow absolutely massive get for Tulane. 4* ATH:

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Wanna see if he bumps back down to a 3* now that he's committed to Tulane. Was a 3* - got a star bump when he committed to USCe, then decommitted due to coaching staff change.
 


Houston also has Paul Wall and Slim Thug welcoming recruits with personalized videos. Absolutely killing the game
 
Umm, the AAC has 1 class in the top 60 (Houston at 49). Not really on too much fire. UConn's ranking is about the lowest it's been in the last 10 years.

P5 please. Even Duke has a top 30 class.

Rutty #73 and BCU #76, so not huge success for them.

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JSM1970 said:
Umm, the AAC has 1 class in the top 60 (Houston at 49). Not really on too much fire. UConn's ranking is about the lowest it's been in the last 10 years.

P5 please. Even Duke has a top 30 class.

Rutty #73 and BCU #76, so not huge success for them.
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The way class rankings are made up is a joke. UConn's class is rated low but that's irrelevant. After the top 15-20 ranked classes everyone has about the same pool of players. From here on out it's about player development and the commitment to football by the new players. Bob Diaco isn't a good coach, he's a great coach and I have no doubt he will develop these players and get UConn football to the promised land.
 
I enjoyed how we were ranked like 5th in AAC as of this past weekend and after signing day we are 12th.
 
The rankings are a total joke but take a look at this. From 247. Year by year
Yr---Avg -----Overall rank----# of commits
02 .7615 93 13
03 .7741 94 18
04 .7611 79 28
05 .7711 72 25
06 .7592 96 20
07 .7892 62 29
08 .7808 82 21
09 .7985 76 21
10 .8088 80 21
11 .7862 80 17
12 .8017 70 22
13 .8082 64 26
14 .7768 110 16
15 .7940 100 23
16 .8007 98 16

Remove the Punter and Long Snapper from this yr and they are at .8137 The highest avg ever for UConn.

I'd day this is by far the best collection of talent of any given year....on paper. We know this does not translate to the field in every case.
 
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