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From afterthought to talent haven: Why New England suddenly matters in CFB recruiting (247)
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The writer never mentions the addition of 85 college football scholarships in New England in 2003. There is no question that UConn football raised the profile of college football in New England. Since UConn's entrance to BCS, around 30 Huskies have ascended to the NFL. To ignore the Huskies as a factor in the rise of interest in the college game is to ignore the obvious.
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Nice article
"One of the faces of the talent surge is Marion (Mass.) Tabor coach Jeff Moore.
"He was recently hired by Tabor after spending a year as the tight ends coach at UMass. Prior to that, he elevated Oakdale (Conn.) St. Thomas More to a top talent-producing program before turning Windsor (Conn.) Loomis Chaffee into a must-stop place for college coaches.
"The biggest thing is there are a lot of schools up here that have the resources from facilities, educational and from a coaching stand point," Moore said. "It attracts people from all across the world to come. Now it is at a point where athletics is getting more and more important in the Northeast and it's attracting more and more kids, whether they are originally from the Northeast or not.""
"One of the faces of the talent surge is Marion (Mass.) Tabor coach Jeff Moore.
"He was recently hired by Tabor after spending a year as the tight ends coach at UMass. Prior to that, he elevated Oakdale (Conn.) St. Thomas More to a top talent-producing program before turning Windsor (Conn.) Loomis Chaffee into a must-stop place for college coaches.
"The biggest thing is there are a lot of schools up here that have the resources from facilities, educational and from a coaching stand point," Moore said. "It attracts people from all across the world to come. Now it is at a point where athletics is getting more and more important in the Northeast and it's attracting more and more kids, whether they are originally from the Northeast or not.""
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SHHH Don’t let the word get out!!
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I know our local high schools in Connecticut do not produce a ton of talent concerning FBS players. Does anyone know how it's calculated when a player from one of the prep schools accepts a scholarship offer? Do they consider their hometown where the player is from or where the prep school is located?
There are numerous prep schools here in New England and they produce a fair amount of talent. I was always curious how it was tabulated when they commit to an FBS football program.
There are numerous prep schools here in New England and they produce a fair amount of talent. I was always curious how it was tabulated when they commit to an FBS football program.
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I think there are a couple of factors in play in this. One is that a number of the preps are now taking football seriously. Several have in the past had sort of an Ivy League mentality when it came to football. Less so with other sports, maybe because numbers. Don’t really know.
Another is that they often take kids who have to repeat a year as well as post grad kids. So they might get a guy who went to Cheshire Academy after his sophomore year at, let’s say Conard. When he gets to Cheshire they reclassify him as a sophomore so he plays 3 years there rather than 2. And he plays against teams with other older guys including some guys doing a post grad year.
Another thing, as some coach pointed out is the fact that people are finding more guys means it is much more efficient to look here. You can spend a day or 2 here and recruit at a dozen places it is much better than coming here for 1 or 2.
Another is that they often take kids who have to repeat a year as well as post grad kids. So they might get a guy who went to Cheshire Academy after his sophomore year at, let’s say Conard. When he gets to Cheshire they reclassify him as a sophomore so he plays 3 years there rather than 2. And he plays against teams with other older guys including some guys doing a post grad year.
Another thing, as some coach pointed out is the fact that people are finding more guys means it is much more efficient to look here. You can spend a day or 2 here and recruit at a dozen places it is much better than coming here for 1 or 2.
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Post Grad programs are eating into the JUCO space.
Select kids with good back stories are getting the chance to play more HS football w/o sacrificing a year of college eligibility at a JUCO. Plus, most of these schools have superior academics, superior room and board and superior sports facilities over the JUCO path.
Most of these places are not about to turn themselves into ING Academy, so PG year seats will remain somewhat limited. And PG programs are expensive....only so many scholarships can be afforded by these places.
Select kids with good back stories are getting the chance to play more HS football w/o sacrificing a year of college eligibility at a JUCO. Plus, most of these schools have superior academics, superior room and board and superior sports facilities over the JUCO path.
Most of these places are not about to turn themselves into ING Academy, so PG year seats will remain somewhat limited. And PG programs are expensive....only so many scholarships can be afforded by these places.