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Nice write up from J silver.

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/football/diaco-wraps-up-signing-day/#more-10849

  • One thing I got from Diaco is that transcripts and ability to do well in school mean something. The Huskies aren’t going to go after a marginal student even if they could qualify him for school. UConn isn’t going to academically reach for a player. Diaco shut that down even if they think they can get that player through admissions.
“You still have to go to school at UConn, not every student has to launch a missile…but you got to be able to read and write well to compete in the classroom,” Diaco said.
 
Palatine said:
ESPN has us with ten 3-stars.

We also had two 2-stars and five guys not rated including Diggs (rivals 3-star) and Oaks (who had the best tape looking of all the OL to my eye).

They also listed Newsome as our third best recruit.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/school?id=41&action=upsell
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Here's what Jim Fuller has to say about star ratings.

Here are some of the players who received two-star ratings
Kendall Reyes, starting defensive lineman for San Diego Chargers
Anthony Sherman, who received the No. 1 blocking rating among all NFL fullbacks by the Pro Football Focus site in his first season with Kansas City
Sio Moore, third-round pick of Oakland Raiders and member of NFL All-Rookie team
Jordan Todman, RB who ran for 256 yards and two touchdowns with Jacksonville Jaguars
Blidi Wreh-Wilson, a third-round pick of Tennessee Titans
Trevardo Williams, a fourth-round pick of Houston Texans
Ryan Griffin, sixth-round pick of Houston Texans
Nick Williams, WR with Washington Redskins
Will Beatty, starting LT for New York Giants
Tyvon Branch, starting safety for Oakland Raiders
Robert McClain, DB with Atlanta Falcons
Zach Hurd, Scott Lutrus, Lawrence Wilson, have all been on NFL rosters
John Delahunt, fullback in CFL
Michael Smith, WR who had strong showing in Houston Texans camp
Adam Masters and Jory Johnson, former UConn captains
Shamar Stephen and Jesse Joseph, two of top draft prospects for UConn this year posted by Jim Fuller at 3:09 PM 0 Comments

http://runwayramblings.blogspot.com/
 
metsfan2323 said:
Nice write up from J silver.

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/football/diaco-wraps-up-signing-day/#more-10849


  • [ ]One thing I got from Diaco is that transcripts and ability to do well in school mean something. The Huskies aren’t going to go after a marginal student even if they could qualify him for school. UConn isn’t going to academically reach for a player. Diaco shut that down even if they think they can get that player through admissions.
“You still have to go to school at UConn, not every student has to launch a missile…but you got to be able to read and write well to compete in the classroom,” Diaco said.
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Love that quote. I know many on this board disagree, but I love it.
 
sportsart said:
I've decided we are not going to get many p5 players, so I'm not going to get down about that. We just need to win the battles vs Houston, Cincy, UCF, Temple, ECU and Memphis. Might as well say we need to out recruit the AAC.

That would hopefully mean better results on the field. Then we stand out and who knows after that.
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I can't disagree with you, but I see it in a slightly different manner. HCBD needs to find gems in under recruited or overlooked areas ... and I firmly believe that CT and the northeast is an under recruited area. Newsome and Marchi also had an FBS UCONN in their backyard for a few years, so that entered into their decision making. If Kitrell had to do it all over again in 2014, maybe he doesn't pick Iowa.
 
Any observation or 2 from ESPN recruiting rankings.

How does Kentucky get a 20th ranked class and how does Tenn (5th ranked) have 36 commits?

An awfully good recruiting staff a UK and Tenn is sending 11 to prep?
 
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kcc1442 said:
This is going a little back but whatever happened to Jalen Branford? He committed last year and then was supposed to prep and join this January. Any news on where he ended up?
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Last I heard he was headed towards Indiana PA - D2
 
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sportsart said:
Any observation or 2 from ESPN recruiting rankings.

How does Kentucky get a 20th ranked class and how does Tenn (5th ranked) have 36 commits?

An awfully good recruiting staff a UK and Tenn is sending 11 to prep?
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Stoops did a nice job on the recruiting trail at UK. He got 4 of the top 5 in state, whereas UL only got 1. He got 6 in the ESPN top 300. He did well in Ohio and Fla, as well as the jucos in Tex.

UK has plenty of opportunity to play early in the SEC, they started a freshmen QB but he should be beaten out by the kid they are bringing in within 2 years.

They also a couple months ago approved $110 million project to upgrade Commonwealth Stadium and build a new football training facility.
 
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huskymedic said:
You talking Lamont Bradford or Jalen Branford??? Lamont signed w/ DSU today.
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I was talking Jalen originally....Indiana PA sounds familiar but hes not on their roster or part of their incoming class. Isn't playing basketball there either (I know he was a dual athlete)........Mike Box was there last year though...
 
kcc1442 said:
I was talking Jalen originally....Indiana PA sounds familiar but hes not on their roster or part of their incoming class. Isn't playing basketball there either (I know he was a dual athlete)...Mike Box was there last year though...
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I think Art got spun around. I knew who you meant. I stopped following him on Twitter and that was the last thought that was stuck in my head . Didn't check the roster. Shame if he didn't bounce somewhere.
 
NHRJimFuller6:57pm via TweetDeck
#UConn football coach Bob Diaco's thoughts on record-breaking signee Arkeel NewsomePost original url/1fSTVgh

>>Wednesday, February 05, 2014

UConn's Diaco dishes on Arkeel Newsome

If there is a concern about Arkeel Newsome, the record-breaking Ansonia High running back who signed with UConn today, it is his lack of size.

UConn football coach Bob Diaco is not only of those worried about the 5-foot-7, 170-pound Newsome being able to make an impact at the collegiate level.

"I am not concerned about his size at all," Diaco said. "We are going to ask him to do things that serve his tangible traits. We really pride ourselves in not asking players to do what we know they can’t do and ask them things that we know that they can do. He is not diminutive. He is maybe not the tallest guy in the world. When you are looking at him he has stature. He can nice, big round shoulders, he has nice big legs and he is really grounded well. This is not a diminutive guy where you are not only short but small. There are things that he can do that are better than the rest and we are going to ask him to do those things."<<
 
sportsart said:
Any observation or 2 from ESPN recruiting rankings.

How does Kentucky get a 20th ranked class and how does Tenn (5th ranked) have 36 commits?

An awfully good recruiting staff a UK and Tenn is sending 11 to prep?
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Stoops, in his second year at Kentucky, is a phenomenal recruiter...his last year's class was good. He was responsible for bringing in stellar defensive recruits while at FSU.
 
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HobokenHusky said:
Just based on size and offers, I bet Ron Johnson gets a ton of playing time next year. New territory for us getting a kid seemingly that ready to contribute.
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I have a feeling Bob's "thick running back" will be a featured guy very soon.
 
Bob Diaco is not just playing lip service to academics. We have a BUNCH of players signed that are coming from legit prep schools, not just 1 year schools where guys go to get eligible or grayshirt. Blair Academy, Kent School, Lawrenceville, and Suffield Academy. These are secondary schools that are academically rigorous, if you don't make grades at schools like that they bench you or just suspend you altogether.
 
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These videos are like an episode of "The Office". Diaco is a great Steve Carell. Hopefully in the next episode someone puts Cummings' cell phone into a jello mold. They just need a Pam.

If they did this a few weeks ago they could have had a great episode. I'm picturing Susan Herbst from corporate storming the office to give a talk about the importance political correctness.
 
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Nice speed on TE Bloom and LB Diggs. Liked the footwork on Crozier as well. 3 RB's really filled a need, nice looking class.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
Nice write up from J silver.

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/football/diaco-wraps-up-signing-day/#more-10849


  • [ ]One thing I got from Diaco is that transcripts and ability to do well in school mean something. The Huskies aren’t going to go after a marginal student even if they could qualify him for school. UConn isn’t going to academically reach for a player. Diaco shut that down even if they think they can get that player through admissions.
“You still have to go to school at UConn, not every student has to launch a missile…but you got to be able to read and write well to compete in the classroom,” Diaco said.
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This is evident in those videos. I think he mentioned the players academic accomplishments in some way in his talk to every recruit. I thought it was a little odd to mention but reading this quote clears it up now. It's great to see that they hold academics in high regard. I just hope it doesn't hurt us long term when all of our conference members could care less about academics and start leapfrogging us for the last lifeboats by getting great players who are dumber than dirt.
 
UCFBfan said:
This is evident in those videos. I think he mentioned the players academic accomplishments in some way in his talk to every recruit. I thought it was a little odd to mention but reading this quote clears it up now. It's great to see that they hold academics in high regard. I just hope it doesn't hurt us long term when all of our conference members could care less about academics and start leapfrogging us for the last lifeboats by getting great players who are dumber than dirt.
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Yeah, like the SEC leaves any dumber than dirt GREAT players for the likes of UConn fight with other AAC schools over.
 
I think the hope is to use academics as a differentiating factor. If you are the top academic school/ academic focused football program out of a recruit's scholarship offers, than that is an advantage. Most of the players who enter college football know that their chances of making money in the NFL is very minimal. Maybe the top few hundred think they have a good chance, but after that most know how hard it is. So telling a player that we will help you to achieve great academic success, give you a scholarship, give you a legit opportunity for playing time from day one, and make you a great leader and individual is a very good pitch to a player that is not in the top 200-300 players in the country.
 
Sportsman5 said:
I think the hope is to use academics as a differentiating factor. If you are the top academic school/ academic focused football program out of a recruit's scholarship offers, than that is an advantage. Most of the players who enter college football know that their chances of making money in the NFL is very minimal. Maybe the top few hundred think they have a good chance, but after that most know how hard it is. So telling a player that we will help you to achieve great academic success, give you a scholarship, give you a legit opportunity for playing time from day one, and make you a great leader and individual is a very good pitch to a player that is not in the top 200-300 players in the country.
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Other than Tulane and Navy, nobody in this upgraded CUSA cares about academics. Maybe SMU, maybe.
 
Saw something that mentioned David Shaw, Stanford's head coach said there were maybe 75 kids in this year's class who could academically qualify and be able to play at Stanford.
 
sportsart said:
Any observation or 2 from ESPN recruiting rankings.

How does Kentucky get a 20th ranked class and how does Tenn (5th ranked) have 36 commits?

An awfully good recruiting staff a UK and Tenn is sending 11 to prep?
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Tennessee took 14 early enrollees.
 
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