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BC - Syracuse - Penn State - Maryland - UMASS - Rutgers - Buffalo - Temple
First, Penn State universally gets placed in the top 10 Nationally. With two Connecticut kids. It is a smorgasbord of national recruits (incl a QB from Oregon and LB from Texas etc). Share of NJ ... then a solid grab of PA's best. This is clearly a really finely tuned machine in recruiting run by Franklin. They get all over. Great form at this point of the Franklin era.
Second, Both Syracuse and BC are at peak form Program for them. Addazio got 5 kids from Catholic HSs in NJ and then did well grabbing a top QB from Michigan (4 star) and line guys from the Northeast. Still a few from Ohio and PA. None from FL. Two kids from CT. Syracuse is using the ACC to go to NC & SC & more to FL than others. Less NJ than previous regimes. Two from QC and one from CT. Both these coaches have this in great form and getting the skill kids they want. SU didn't sign a QB early. Impressive for both in the arc of the last 15 years.
Third, Buffalo? Harvests Western and Central NY as well as we do CT. There is less talent there than in the State of CT. But Leipold has strong grabs in Ohio/Michigan and MD/DC, They mix in JuCo well. Buffalo is mid to upper level AAC at this point. And beat Temple early this season ... and would beat them today - from the last game I saw them play.
Fourth, despite Collins leaving ... and not for the first time ... Ed Foley AsstHC brought together the signing. 18 kids. Solid in NJ and greater PA. Have anyone really contrasted Temple's infrastructure to UCONN? I have. Looking at a client's purchase of residential housing near Temple's football practice facility ... you wouldn't want your mother to walk that neighborhood. Field? Hmmm. Keney Park like search for bodies. Something good is in this culture as they move from HC to HC to HC. Their recruiting is good and pretty amazing - to me. And they play at the Linc in front of 35% capacity.
Fifth, Locksley did at Maryland as you suspect he would: 2 MD 4 stars of 11 signed. Most kids with MD ties; including Mike Tomlin's son from Pittsburgh Steelers. Malik and others are last week scrambles; but done well. Program is one to watch through the next 18 months of recruiting. Typical start-up flatlining.
Sixth, UMASS Walt Bell kept a few and mercenary others. I see this as trouble at first blush. If he is great at the connections, expect abundant use of Mississippi JuCo and grabbing whatever. He is to be watched as he tries to have some MA or NE backgrounds; where Whipple was sensitive to how to flow better than some of our regimes.
Gut? Edsall is an experienced developer of talent and knows what works in grabbing all positions - in our markets. WE ARE LACKING Regional recruiters - vis a vis HCRE 1.0. The Hinton and Thompkins are needed ... about 4 more by Feb first week. We need to get more of the CT top talents. We aren't going to at ... 1-11. We aren't in MA/NH as much as we'd been; and both BC and UMASS gives us opportunity. And, Rutgers weakness gives us Jersey and greater NYC opportunity.
First, Penn State universally gets placed in the top 10 Nationally. With two Connecticut kids. It is a smorgasbord of national recruits (incl a QB from Oregon and LB from Texas etc). Share of NJ ... then a solid grab of PA's best. This is clearly a really finely tuned machine in recruiting run by Franklin. They get all over. Great form at this point of the Franklin era.
Second, Both Syracuse and BC are at peak form Program for them. Addazio got 5 kids from Catholic HSs in NJ and then did well grabbing a top QB from Michigan (4 star) and line guys from the Northeast. Still a few from Ohio and PA. None from FL. Two kids from CT. Syracuse is using the ACC to go to NC & SC & more to FL than others. Less NJ than previous regimes. Two from QC and one from CT. Both these coaches have this in great form and getting the skill kids they want. SU didn't sign a QB early. Impressive for both in the arc of the last 15 years.
Third, Buffalo? Harvests Western and Central NY as well as we do CT. There is less talent there than in the State of CT. But Leipold has strong grabs in Ohio/Michigan and MD/DC, They mix in JuCo well. Buffalo is mid to upper level AAC at this point. And beat Temple early this season ... and would beat them today - from the last game I saw them play.
Fourth, despite Collins leaving ... and not for the first time ... Ed Foley AsstHC brought together the signing. 18 kids. Solid in NJ and greater PA. Have anyone really contrasted Temple's infrastructure to UCONN? I have. Looking at a client's purchase of residential housing near Temple's football practice facility ... you wouldn't want your mother to walk that neighborhood. Field? Hmmm. Keney Park like search for bodies. Something good is in this culture as they move from HC to HC to HC. Their recruiting is good and pretty amazing - to me. And they play at the Linc in front of 35% capacity.
Fifth, Locksley did at Maryland as you suspect he would: 2 MD 4 stars of 11 signed. Most kids with MD ties; including Mike Tomlin's son from Pittsburgh Steelers. Malik and others are last week scrambles; but done well. Program is one to watch through the next 18 months of recruiting. Typical start-up flatlining.
Sixth, UMASS Walt Bell kept a few and mercenary others. I see this as trouble at first blush. If he is great at the connections, expect abundant use of Mississippi JuCo and grabbing whatever. He is to be watched as he tries to have some MA or NE backgrounds; where Whipple was sensitive to how to flow better than some of our regimes.
Gut? Edsall is an experienced developer of talent and knows what works in grabbing all positions - in our markets. WE ARE LACKING Regional recruiters - vis a vis HCRE 1.0. The Hinton and Thompkins are needed ... about 4 more by Feb first week. We need to get more of the CT top talents. We aren't going to at ... 1-11. We aren't in MA/NH as much as we'd been; and both BC and UMASS gives us opportunity. And, Rutgers weakness gives us Jersey and greater NYC opportunity.
