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These videos are friggin' awesome. I couldn't possibly be more pumped up for the BYU game than I am right now.

I'm really happy with the class coming in. All have good size and show well on film. I like the depth added at RB, considering LM is gone after next season and Joe Williams has left the program. With the size of some of these kids on our OL coming in, it seems like Coach Cummings wants to have a nice blend of run/pass.
 
ZooCougar said:
Did we really only have one recruit with a P5 scholarship offer? Saw that posted on CUSAnbbs. Is that right?
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It's a lost year for recruiting. It is what it is. We are on our third head coach in 5 months. This was never going to be a strong class. Let's just hope some of the kids surprise.
 
Dooley said:
These videos are friggin' awesome. I couldn't possibly be more pumped up for the BYU game than I am right now.

I'm really happy with the class coming in. All have good size and show well on film. I like the depth added at RB, considering LM is gone after next season and Joe Williams has left the program. With the size of some of these kids on our OL coming in, it seems like Coach Cummings wants to have a nice blend of run/pass.
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Is it me or does Cummings look like our idiot Gov? Has the charisma of him too.
 
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NutmegState said:
It's a lost year for recruiting. It is what it is. We are on our third head coach in 5 months. This was never going to be a strong class. Let's just hope some of the kids surprise.
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Don't get me wrong, my expectations weren't high, good thing this only needed to be a small class.
 
I really like this:

Kevin Duffy ‏@KevinRDuffy 26m
Diaco on adding more players: "There's room, but I would like to not (add any more). If something changed, I reserve the right to add."

We're not necessarily done yet...
 
He should leave room for a bigger class next season after he gets a full recruiting year in.
 
Is Christian Wilkins the closest thing to a must get next year? If we want the program to get to the next level I think it would be huge help to get these type of players to UConn. Once we start locking down the top talent in CT hopefully it'll build some wins and start enticing top players from other states to join. Diaco get started on 2015!

Side note. Heard/read somewhere that urban Meyer was in CT last week meeting with Wilkins.

Another side note. Dabo Sweeney said that today he's been working on 2016 recruits. Crazy.
 
ZackB05 said:
Is Christian Wilkins the closest thing to a must get next year? If we want the program to get to the next level I think it would be huge help to get these type of players to UConn. Once we start locking down the top talent in CT hopefully it'll build some wins and start enticing top players from other states to join. Diaco get started on 2015!

Side note. Heard/read somewhere that urban Meyer was in CT last week meeting with Wilkins.

Another side note. Dabo Sweeney said that today he's been working on 2016 recruits. Crazy.
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I'm not sure we should label a guy who we're probably not going to get as a must-get. Winning recruiting battles for CT kids is one thing, but winning against a slew of top programs for a top 50-75 player. Not trying to be a downer, but let's be realistic here and just be very pleasantly surprised if we somehow do land him.
 
ZackB05 said:
Is Christian Wilkins the closest thing to a must get next year? If we want the program to get to the next level I think it would be huge help to get these type of players to UConn. Once we start locking down the top talent in CT hopefully it'll build some wins and start enticing top players from other states to join. Diaco get started on 2015!

Side note. Heard/read somewhere that urban Meyer was in CT last week meeting with Wilkins.

Another side note. Dabo Sweeney said that today he's been working on 2016 recruits. Crazy.
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I also read that Urban Meyer made an in-home visit with Wilkins. I hope Diaco or staff did the same. I'm tired of these big time coaches pursuing our top talent while we sit around and watch. But, I also read that Wilkins visited Uconn about 4 times, so there's obviously some type of interest.
 
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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.
 
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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Bingo. And maybe we can do a better job fencing in a bit more of the local talent.
 
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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Respectfully disagree, start consistently winning 8- 10 games per year and recruiting will improve dramatically. We can start by winning 8+ next year.

UCF snagged one of the top QB's in the country today because of the success they had this year.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
Surprised to see Atkins at DE. The press reported him as OL when he committed.

The fact that we have a few open slots but they couldn't wait another semester on Bradford really shows these guys aren't messing around with academics. I think Diaco is bringing a little bit of ND admissions standards to UCONN football...either that or they didn't think the player was good enough, who knows.
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UConn has always been harder to get accepted to for football players than ND (in the D1 era). Most schools around the country accept kids that UConn would turn away.
 
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 also agree it is a bit unrealistic to get hotly contested p5 recruits. But that doesn't mean we still can't get outstanding football players. The absolute key, as it has always been, is identifying talent. The # 1 pick in last years draft came from the MAC. This staff needs to be able to identify talent, and then develop it. We will see in 4-5 years.
 
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USF has a monster class. 21 players with P5 offers. But I suspect a bunch of them will never set foot on campus.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Respectfully disagree, start consistently winning 8- 10 games per year and recruiting will improve dramatically. We can start by winning 8+ next year.
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There's no disagreement here. I said if we out recruit, we win more and then see what happens. Even if we are in the top 2 of the AAC every year I don't expect us to bring in 7-10 p5 type players. Maybe in the 4-5 area but who knows.....
 
ZooCougar said:
USF has a monster class. 21 players with P5 offers. But I suspect a bunch of them will never set foot on campus.
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Wow....after the year they had? Though it sounds like, if you're breathing, you got an offer.
 
huskysupporter said:
I also agree it is a bit unrealistic to get hotly contested p5 recruits. But that doesn't mean we still can't get outstanding football players. The absolute key, as it has always been, is identifying talent. The # 1 pick in last years draft came from the MAC. This staff needs to be able to identify talent, and then develop it. We will see in 4-5 years.
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And...some of the mock drafts have Bortles going #1 this year to the Texans. They also had Bridgewater going #4 or 5. UConn played the top 2 QBs in college football this year.
 
Can't get too down. Bloom and Carrezola committed early and were both 1st team PA - could have garnered more offers. Newsome is just Newsome and would have gotten a ton more offers - reminds me of Todman.. We stole Ron Johnson I mean man G Tech, at least, offered, beside Louisville. Diggs is legit. The Bigs are the Bigs and they take awhile to develop.

It's a small class, but I think that we should be happy. There seems to be good talent. Give Diaco & Co credit for cleaning up the mess and actually adding some solid players with not much time left on the clock.

We need a Kicker and Punter to fill this class. Bet he is looking.
 
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ZooCougar said:
USF has a monster class. 21 players with P5 offers. But I suspect a bunch of them will never set foot on campus.
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yes, because there is no campus....right? isn't it an online school? :)
 
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?
 
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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Delaware St
 
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