in Jacquain Williams a 6'4 220 JUCO LB. This will help to make up for our graduating McKenzie.
So we now have FIVE 4 star players this year, our best class had only two.

wow, very strong recruiting in BE this year.

...except by UConn. We really should be recruiting a little better, but there's still a couple weeks left to go and we've done well with under-the-radar types.

(01-21-2009 07:43 PM)TIGER-PAUL Wrote:  wow, very strong recruiting in BE this year.

Except for Krapthorpe who is just loading up on Jucos and 2 Star players, I guess he is building it the "right" way. :irate:

Ho hum, another day another 4 star for USF.

Actually, I thought it was 6 4 stars now.

1. Bellamy
2. Battles
3. Stirrups
4. Thornton
5. Giddins
6. Williams

Also not including Rose who is a big time transfer.

Leavitt is really building something. I hope he can be successful with all of this talent he is stockpiling and take USF to the next level. Depth is what its all about, and the Bulls just did not have the depth in the past to keep up the momentum for the entire season.

(01-22-2009 12:37 AM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Ho hum, another day another 4 star for USF.

Actually, I thought it was 6 4 stars now.

1. Bellamy
2. Battles
3. Stirrups
4. Thornton
5. Giddins
6. Williams

Also not including Rose who is a big time transfer.

Stirrups was a four star comming out of HS but is now a 3 star.
and cuse
you are correct it was the lack of depth specially on the Oline that hurt USf the past two years. We are getting more yearly and should be better this comming year

You guys still have a ways to go to catch up to WVU...

Well is not over yet

That it isn't. The Mountaineers have a few scholarships yet. And since Terrance Kerns didn't work out, that gives us another slot to fill..

USF is very close to getting Holsey another 4 star and Savala a 3 star OT to commit

4 star MLB Dan Mason visits Morgantown tomorrow. I'm hoping he picks WVU over Pitt. We'll find out shortly...

Sounds good this could be the first year in along time that 2 Big East program end up in top 25 in recruiting

USF just landed a 4.3 blazer today...a guy that was also recruited by Auburn.

Their recruiting has been amazing. IMO the bulls will be very mediocre next year, with limited talent on the offensive line and too many discipline issues across the board, but they could easily wind up being the conference's Miami in a few years.

(01-22-2009 08:33 PM)uconnbaseball Wrote:  USF just landed a 4.3 blazer today...a guy that was also recruited by Auburn.

Their recruiting has been amazing. IMO the bulls will be very mediocre next year, with limited talent on the offensive line and too many discipline issues across the board, but they could easily wind up being the conference's Miami in a few years.

Yep this guy will be a blazer. But I disagree with your assesment for the Bulls in 2009. The OLine while having less experience could be more talented than last year. We return one starter at guard, getting a tackle that started as a freshmen at FSU, two players that played and started games last year and could be adding a huge OT JUCO that could be a starter.
As for the discipline issues I really dont know what you are refering to, if that means excesive penalties well all you have to look is at UF,FSU etc it seem aflorida trend to commit penalties some are bonehead ones and must be corrected others are because of agressiveness. USF will never be among least penalzed teams.
Im telling you guys that USF will be a force in the 2009 Big east race.

(01-22-2009 07:13 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  Sounds good this could be the first year in along time that 2 Big East program end up in top 25 in recruiting

If I am not mistaken, the BE has had a couple of teams in the top 25 for recruiting the last couple of years.

If you look at rivals rankings Pitt and West Virginia have cracked top 25 but never two in same year
2006 Pitt #21
2007 WV #23 Pitt was #26
2008 Pitt was #28
In fact if you look at their Top 40 Rankings
2002 WV #37, Pitt #39
2003 Pitt #34, Louisville #35
2004 NONE
2005 WV #31, Pitt #38
2006 Pitt #21, Louisville #34
2007 WV #23, Pitt #26, Rutgers #37
2008 Pitt #28
so far in 2009
WV #19,Rutgers #34, USF #35, Pitt at #49 will move up with getting Mason

Don't forget about RU we are borderline top 25 and we are still in on a 4 star WR and 4 star DT. 3 BE teams in top 25 possible?

(01-22-2009 08:53 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(01-22-2009 08:33 PM)uconnbaseball Wrote:  USF just landed a 4.3 blazer today...a guy that was also recruited by Auburn.

Their recruiting has been amazing. IMO the bulls will be very mediocre next year, with limited talent on the offensive line and too many discipline issues across the board, but they could easily wind up being the conference's Miami in a few years.

Yep this guy will be a blazer. But I disagree with your assesment for the Bulls in 2009. The OLine while having less experience could be more talented than last year. We return one starter at guard, getting a tackle that started as a freshmen at FSU, two players that played and started games last year and could be adding a huge OT JUCO that could be a starter.
As for the discipline issues I really dont know what you are refering to, if that means excesive penalties well all you have to look is at UF,FSU etc it seem aflorida trend to commit penalties some are bonehead ones and must be corrected others are because of agressiveness. USF will never be among least penalzed teams.
Im telling you guys that USF will be a force in the 2009 Big east race.

Yes, that does mean the bulls commit too many needless penalties. The O-Line will need to show it can play at a high level, and bear in mind that FSU's lines have been terrible recently until this year...

USF has the most speed and talent in the conference. With roadies to Rutgers, Pitt, and UConn, I'm not so sure it will matter. As soon as USF starts winning the battle in the trenches, it's over for the rest of the teams in the Big East IMO...but that day won't come for a couple of years. Again, JMO, perhaps I'm wrong and USF will win a BCS bowl game next year.

(01-22-2009 09:22 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  If you look at rivals rankings Pitt and West Virginia have cracked top 25 but never two in same year
2006 Pitt #21
2007 WV #23 Pitt was #26
2008 Pitt was #28
In fact if you look at their Top 40 Rankings
2002 WV #37, Pitt #39
2003 Pitt #34, Louisville #35
2004 NONE
2005 WV #31, Pitt #38
2006 Pitt #21, Louisville #34
2007 WV #23, Pitt #26, Rutgers #37
2008 Pitt #28
so far in 2009
WV #19,Rutgers #34, USF #35, Pitt at #49 will move up with getting Mason

USF is 31 on Scout, and it looked like Pitt was right there around 30 too. 4 potential top 30 recruiting classes in BE. That is huge.

Cuse fans, what is going on with cuse recruiting, scout has them at 106, below Mac and SB schools. This is not a knock, just wondering if there were some good recruits on the horizon.