Oh yeah? Lots of them down there(NE expatriates) ! RU just beat out VA, Md,WF and 7 others for a 3* 6''7" 280 OL named Blake Camper(goes to HS in Va) for an early verbal because his folks went to HS in Ramapo,NJ 24 yrs ago and he still has pride in the NE! Maybe thats why so many Fla kids come up here?
Are you a troll...or just nutty?
Trolling because basketball and football are over and CR is very interesting. Plus this board gives me a better perspective from other points of view.
The ACC likes living in the past I think. They probably still think Tony Dorsett and Dan Marino play for Pitt. In all seriousness, I would have liked the Pitt move had WVU been a part of that package. Back when SU and Pitt were added, WVU was never considered due to "poor academics." Ironically, Louisville is RIGHT THERE academically with WVU (within a few spots in the 160s per USNWR). So adding UL was a slap in the face to WVU IMO. FWIW, I think WVU is a good school, because they hold the most true to the land grant mission than any land grant university in the nation.
And if the ACC had the foresight like the SEC and thought in terms of rivalries, WVU-Pitt-VT-UMCP would have been perfect in a division together with common (sometime hated) rivalries. That makes for good TV. Yes, less cable subscribers, but more passionate and entertaining games. That's the SEC model and it works very well.
I think the ACC added Syracuse because they were afraid of losing them (and NYC) to the B1G. Then SU probably brokered the deal to make Pitt a package deal with them. After that, ND came along for the ride and the rest just smells like Mike Tranghese... I meant is history. The joke was on the ACC as Rutgers is more NYC than any P5 school in the country. After that, I dare say UConn has as much NYC presence as Syracuse.
The ACC likes living in the past I think. They probably still think Tony Dorsett and Dan Marino play for Pitt
And if the ACC had the foresight like the SEC and thought in terms of rivalries, WVU-Pitt-VT-UMCP would have been perfect in a division together with common (sometime hated) rivalries. That makes for good TV. Yes, less cable subscribers, but more passionate and entertaining games. That's the SEC model and it works very well.
I think the ACC added Syracuse because they were afraid of losing them (and NYC) to the B1G. Then SU probably brokered the deal to make Pitt a package deal with them. After that, ND came along for the ride and the rest just smells like Mike Tranghese... I meant is history. The joke was on the ACC as Rutgers is more NYC than any P5 school in the country. After that, I dare say UConn has as much NYC presence as Syracuse.
I saw today Pitt beat out PSU/Franlin for a Pa HS WR who was supposed to camp next week end at PSU and said its off...! PSU can't get all the local kids it wants I guess and and it's "winning" hasn't always been guaranteed by 4* kids! Haven't they always dominated the east in recruiting? The game still has to be played on the field.Cool email his info to Coach Franklin.
He may have been invited by the coaches to get a better look at him. I understand that he may not have been a high priority, but it seems he was invited to the camp to earn an offer. If he were going just for "skills," why would he not go after paying several hundred dollars to attend? Many coaches offer kids to come to camp at discounted (or waived) fees. As a parent, I would have a very difficult time paying upward of $500 and throwing it away. I guess we will never know, but to just assume that he was there just for the skills is a bit disingenuous. First we don't know if he was personally invited to the camp, or if he simply enrolled in it like a hundred other kids hoping to catch a coach's eye. These camps do serve multiple purposes:
For Coaches they are an opportunity to impress top prospects, bond with current commits, evaluate borderline potential offers, and network with HS Coaches.
For the higher end prospects that attend they are a means to showcase their abilities, raise their profile nationally, and see potential coaching staffs in action.
For mid level prospects they are an opportunity to learn from college coaches, showcase their abilities to teams they might hope to garner interest from, and continue to get their name out to other schools .
For marginal players they are purely instructional camps used to help them prepare for their upcoming HS Seasons. Ultimately they may aid in these kid earning lower level offers or academic/athletic assistance.
Back to Tre Tipton, the player NN was refering to. He falls into category two. He had lower level offers and was working to earn more and higher profile attention. Pitt offered, he accepted. Maybe he loved Pitt, or maybe he realized that offers from schools like PSU, OSU, UM, ND etc were not coming. He may have been happy to have a shot at a free education and to play football in The ACC. Plenty of kids do not like the process. If his goal in attending this camp was to try to earn an offer, that may have been a moot point to him after committing to Pitt. If I were his parents I wold be less upset about losing 500 bucks when I considered the two hundred thousand dollar education my son just earned.
Maybe he asked our staff if they were planning to take anymore WR and they told him they were full up? Personally I believe the only WR they would take at this time is Alex Ofodile from MO, or possibly Irvin Charles if more scholarships were to open up. There were a few prospects at camp last week like Scotty Washington who are good players, but will not get offers I know of a few current RU and Pitt Commits who have attended PSU Camps this year after committing to their respective schools, so I know some players commit but still flirt.
It's just like when a kid picks another school and the fans of the spurned school says the offer was "uncommittable," or they were only offered if another prospect didn't commit. Does that stuff happen? Absolutely, but not that often. Stop. That happens all the time... at OSU.
That being said, you are doing very well recruiting and my guess is he wasn't a high priority if he was one at all. We are for a change which is fun, and he wasn't on the radar what so ever, no disrespect to the kid.
Ldandy I'm not comparing Pitt to PSU because you can't? LOL But I just read about it so it was fresh in my mind(not to mention a rare event) and no doubt Franklin is a great recruiter. After rereading this post myself I don't know what was on my mind? Maybe hoping we can catch them before these last coupla recruiting classes kids develop and shock them lol!