as of TODAY.......

UL, UC, USF, and UConn have exactly ZERO committments listed on Rivals

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WVU
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Victor Anderson RB 5-9 170 4.48 - Louisville, KY
Donny Barclay OL 6-4 283 5.2 - Harmony, PA
Gino Gradkowski OL 6-3 287 5.2 - Pittsburgh , PA
Brandon Hogan ATH 5-11 160 4.4 - Manassas, VA
Terence Kerns RB 6-1 205 4.45 - Frederick , MD
Junius Lewis DT 6-0 278 4.91 - Morgantown, WV
Charlie Russell QB 6-3 215 4.97 - Morgantown, WV
Chad Snodgrass OL 6-3 302 5.42 - Nitro, WV
Bradley Starks QB 6-4 180 4.4 - Orange, VA

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Pitt
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Pat Bostick QB 6-3 220 4.85 5.9 Lancaster, PA
Dom DeCicco WR 6-2 196 4.59 - Jefferson Hills, PA
Anthony Jackson DB 6-1 167 4.31 - Weston, FL
Chris Jacobson OL 6-3 284 5.1 5.8 Pittsburgh, PA

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Rutgers
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Al-Majid Hutchins DB 5-11 180 4.45 - East Orange, NJ
Joe Lefeged LB 6-0 190 4.6 - Germantown, MD
Keith Newell DE 6-7 280 5.1 - Trenton, NJ
Wayne Thomas DT 6-6 285 4.9 - Nottingham, NJ
Desmond Wynn DE 6-6 245 4.7 - Wilmington, DE

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'Cuse
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Cody Catalina QB 6-2 200 4.7 - Greensburg, PA
Ryan Gillum DB 5-11 205 - - Youngstown, OH
Mike Mele LB 6-0 207 4.5 - Manasquan, NJ
D'Amon Merkerson DB 6-1 160 4.5 - Passaic, NJ
Max Suter DB 5-11 185 4.41 - Greensburg, PA

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WVU82 Wrote:as of TODAY.......

UL, UC, USF, and UConn have exactly ZERO committments listed on Rivals

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WVU
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Victor Anderson RB 5-9 170 4.48 - Louisville, KY
Donny Barclay OL 6-4 283 5.2 - Harmony, PA
Gino Gradkowski OL 6-3 287 5.2 - Pittsburgh , PA
Brandon Hogan ATH 5-11 160 4.4 - Manassas, VA
Terence Kerns RB 6-1 205 4.45 - Frederick , MD
Junius Lewis DT 6-0 278 4.91 - Morgantown, WV
Charlie Russell QB 6-3 215 4.97 - Morgantown, WV
Chad Snodgrass OL 6-3 302 5.42 - Nitro, WV
Bradley Starks QB 6-4 180 4.4 - Orange, VA

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Pitt
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Pat Bostick QB 6-3 220 4.85 5.9 Lancaster, PA
Dom DeCicco WR 6-2 196 4.59 - Jefferson Hills, PA
Anthony Jackson DB 6-1 167 4.31 - Weston, FL
Chris Jacobson OL 6-3 284 5.1 5.8 Pittsburgh, PA

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Rutgers
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Al-Majid Hutchins DB 5-11 180 4.45 - East Orange, NJ
Joe Lefeged LB 6-0 190 4.6 - Germantown, MD
Keith Newell DE 6-7 280 5.1 - Trenton, NJ
Wayne Thomas DT 6-6 285 4.9 - Nottingham, NJ
Desmond Wynn DE 6-6 245 4.7 - Wilmington, DE

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'Cuse
Name Pos Ht Wt 40 Hometown
Cody Catalina QB 6-2 200 4.7 - Greensburg, PA
Ryan Gillum DB 5-11 205 - - Youngstown, OH
Mike Mele LB 6-0 207 4.5 - Manasquan, NJ
D'Amon Merkerson DB 6-1 160 4.5 - Passaic, NJ
Max Suter DB 5-11 185 4.41 - Greensburg, PA

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Not too worried, we traditionally start late but end up strong. Case in point getting Deantwan Whitehead, Brandon Heath and Latarrius Thomas last year.

Maize Wrote:Not too worried, we traditionally start late but end up strong. Case in point getting Deantwan Whitehead, Brandon Heath and Latarrius Thomas last year.

That's good to hear my freind.
But, the newer BEast teams need to step-up their recruiting. Look at the list again...this isn't the CUSA.

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Not too worried, we traditionally start late but end up strong. Case in point getting Deantwan Whitehead, Brandon Heath and Latarrius Thomas last year.

That's good to hear my freind.
But, the newer BEast teams need to step-up their recruiting. Look at the list again...this isn't the CUSA.

We have stepped up our recruiting, in case you did not notice Louisville had a Top 25 Class according to ESPN.com and was 26th according to scout.

Case in point, if you look over the previous 4 years USF probably has had the best recruiting class of anyone in the Big East. We started late and still had plenty of 4 and 5 Star recruits including the 3 I mentioned above in Whitehead-(who was argubly the best DE in the nation last year) and 4 star players Heath and Thomas who chose Louisville over Florida, Tennessee and West Virginia.

Here's the past 5 seasons Rivals rankings....if you see a trend that makes sense, post it...

2006 Rivals rankings on Class

21 Pittsburgh
34 Louisville
45 Rutgers
51 Syracuse
52 West Virginia
59 South Florida
85 Connecticut
102 Cincinnati

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2005 Rivals rankings on Class

31 West Virginia
38 Pittsburgh
45 Louisville
50 South Florida
56 Syracuse
68 Rutgers
79 Connecticut
94 Cincinnati

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2004 Rivals rankings on Class

43 South Florida
47 West Virginia
48 Pittsburgh
52 Rutgers
54 Syracuse
64 Louisville
80 Cincinnati
87 Connecticut

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2003 Rivals rankings on Class

34 Pittsburgh
35 Louisville
45 Rutgers
46 West Virginia
53 Syracuse
61 South Florida
88 Connecticut
92 Cincinnati

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2002 Rivals rankings on Class

37 West Virginia
39 Pittsburgh
44 Syracuse
47 Rutgers
59 Louisville
90 South Florida
100 Cincinnati
103 Connecticut

Using the wrong service, the Birmingham News did some research and found Scout.com and the most accurate of the Recruiting services. Rivals finished last.

Big East Rankings




Rk. School Commits Conf. Points Top
100

Off. Def. Sp.T. H.S. J.C. Avg.
Rat. Prv.
Rk.*
11. Pittsburgh 25 Big East 1955 5 2 9 9 9 16 0 24 1 3.32 11.
26. Louisville 29 Big East 1167 1 1 4 12 17 12 0 27 2 2.79 26.
51. Syracuse 22 Big East 577 0 0 2 5 15 7 0 19 3 2.41 51.
t56. South Florida 28 Big East 535 0 0 2 5 12 15 1 26 2 2.32 t56.
t56. West Virginia 16 Big East 535 0 0 1 4 8 8 0 16 0 2.38 t56.
63. Rutgers 25 Big East 445 0 0 0 6 13 12 0 24 1 2.24 63.
66. Connecticut 22 Big East 397 0 0 0 3 8 13 1 22 0 2.14 66.
70. Cincinnati 18 Big East 356 0 0 1 4 8 10 0 16 2 2.33 70.


* Rankings as of 2/28/2006 6:00 AM ET; Previous Rankings as of 2/27/2006 6:00 AM ET

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&view=2&yr=2006

BTW, do you know who was in that 2004 Louisville recruiting class. Mario Urrutia and Brian Brohm, you know probably the best WR in the Big East and the Big East POY in 2005.

Maize Wrote:Using the wrong service

It'a all BS speculation, no matter where it comes from...

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Using the wrong service

It'a all BS speculation, no matter where it comes from...

Very true, I just saw that 64 they had on our 2004 class. Got a pretty good chuckle out of that. We got some damn good players that year.

Signed Letter of Intent Team Rankings: Louisville ranks no. 34 nationally

Name Pos Stars Ht Wt 40 RR(?) video Hometown
Mozell Axson LB 6-1 230 4.6 5.4 Lakeland, FL
Gary Barnidge TE 6-6 220 - 5.1 Middleburg, FL Starting TE
Brian Brohm QB 6-3 200 4.65 5.9 Louisville, KY All Big East
Bobby Buchanan DB 5-11 180 4.4 5.3 Joliet, IL Nickle CB
Johnnie Burns LB 6-2 198 4.62 5.2 Neptune Beach, FL
Terrance Butler LB 6-2 210 4.55 5.2 Green Cove Springs, FL Maybe Starter
Brandon Cox DE 6-4 231 4.65 5.3 Atlanta, GA Starter
Elijah Daniel WR 6-0 180 4.5 5.1 Brundidge, AL
Jeremy Darveau OL 6-6 304 5.2 - Dodge City, KS 2 Year Starter
Anthony Douglas DE 6-3 215 4.9 5.1 Eufala, AL
Marcus Folmar DB 6-0 180 4.5 5.2 Mobile, AL
Breno Giacomini DE 6-7 242 - 5.0 Malden, MA
Adrian Grady DT 6-3 265 4.8 5.0 Douglas, GA Starter
Scott Kuhn TE 6-7 230 4.85 5.3 Boone County, KY
Davis Manning QB 6-5 210 - - Huntsville, AL
Maurice Mitchell LB 6-3 220 - 5.0 Glasgow, KY
Phillip Moody OL 6-5 260 4.8 5.1 Tallahassee, FL
Lamar Myles LB 6-1 205 4.45 5.2 Eagle Lake, FL Part Time Starter
Devin Shivers OL 6-6 305 5.1 5.2 Monroe, GA
Drew Steinmetz RB 6-2 233 4.6 4.9 Jacksonville, FL
George Stripling RB 6-1 180 4.4 5.2 Jacksonville, FL Avg, 7 YPC, over 600 Yards Rushing
Mario Urrutia WR 6-5 195 4.6 5.5 Louisville, KY 2nd in Nation in YPC
Josh Waller OL 6-5 260 4.9 5.0 Louisville, KY
Eric Wood OL 6-5 270 - 5.1 Cincinnati, OH Consensus Freshman All American

For the last 20 years or so we have been very secretive about who commits and who doesn't. Why give your competition a hit list of players to follow up on even if they have verbaled.
Case in point on the WVU list....Victor Anderson from Louisville St X. True the young man has said he will attend WVU but his recruitment is far from over. Earlier this month his was at the backs camp at UofL. When questioned about his commmitment to WVU he was anything but solid. Knowing that he has verbaled to WVU has given the coaches at UofL that are still recruiting him an angle to work.
Don't be surprized if Victor never makes it to Morgantown and signs with UofL.
Bottomline these lists these services compile aren't worth the paper they are printed on until the letter of intent is received. So it's pointless to announce anything.
CJ

CardinalJim Wrote:Don't be surprized if Victor never makes it to Morgantown and signs with UofL.

I'll keep this in mind. Thnaks.

Ask Minnesota about 4 Star Recruit Defensive Tackle Aundre Henderson-(Now wearing Cardinal Red).

Ask Auburn about 4 Star Recruit Defensive Tackle/OLine Kareem Crowell-(Now wearing Cardinal Red).

We are still recruiting Victor Anderson and Chase Minniefield who committed to Virginia.

Maize Wrote:Ask Minnesota about 4 Star Recruit Defensive Tackle Aundre Henderson-(Now wearing Cardinal Red).

Ask Auburn about 4 Star Recruit Defensive Tackle/OLine Kareem Crowell-(Now wearing Cardinal Red).

We are still recruiting Victor Anderson and Chase Minniefield who committed to Virginia.

Good Luck to the Cards...in this venture.

CardinalJim Wrote:For the last 20 years or so we have been very secretive about who commits and who doesn't. Why give your competition a hit list of players to follow up on even if they have verbaled.
Case in point on the WVU list....Victor Anderson from Louisville St X. True the young man has said he will attend WVU but his recruitment is far from over. Earlier this month his was at the backs camp at UofL. When questioned about his commmitment to WVU he was anything but solid. Knowing that he has verbaled to WVU has given the coaches at UofL that are still recruiting him an angle to work.
Don't be surprized if Victor never makes it to Morgantown and signs with UofL.
Bottomline these lists these services compile aren't worth the paper they are printed on until the letter of intent is received. So it's pointless to announce anything.
CJ

In reality VA does go to Saint Xavier and you know they have a pretty bad relationship with Louisville. That school would probably try to steer him to UsucK.

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Not too worried, we traditionally start late but end up strong. Case in point getting Deantwan Whitehead, Brandon Heath and Latarrius Thomas last year.

That's good to hear my freind.
But, the newer BEast teams need to step-up their recruiting. Look at the list again...this isn't the CUSA.

Par for the course for us bud. Its all about who you have on signing day as you learned last season.

L-yes Wrote:

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Not too worried, we traditionally start late but end up strong. Case in point getting Deantwan Whitehead, Brandon Heath and Latarrius Thomas last year.

That's good to hear my freind.
But, the newer BEast teams need to step-up their recruiting. Look at the list again...this isn't the CUSA.

Par for the course for us bud. Its all about who you have on signing day as you learned last season.

Yeah, according to WVU fans they had Brandon Heath all wrapped up. Too bad he ended up here, your loss or gain.

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Using the wrong service

It'a all BS speculation, no matter where it comes from...

So, why do you use it to make your point?

BJUnklFkr Wrote:

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Using the wrong service

It'a all BS speculation, no matter where it comes from...

So, why do you use it to make your point?

Exactly. Those rankings mean squat. UCONN usually have late commitments too. Not sure how we will do this year, but Randy Edsall has a different method than most people. If the rankings are any indication, UCONN should be close to be the worst team in the BE. However, our performance on the fields says otherwise except for last year. We will see how we do this year. I fully expect UCONN to be 8-4 or 9-3 this year.

BJUnklFkr Wrote:

WVU82 Wrote:

Maize Wrote:Using the wrong service

It'a all BS speculation, no matter where it comes from...

So, why do you use it to make your point?

I said this first, if you took the time to read what I actually wrote.

as of TODAY.......

UL, UC, USF, and UConn have exactly ZERO committments listed on Rivals

"Here's the past 5 seasons Rivals rankings....if you see a trend that makes sense, post it... "

and if you go to Rivals and look at CUSA schools, guess what...they have ZERO verbals too....

The whole damn point was to show what schools have been locking up commitments and those that havn't.
Soooooooooo, the new BEast additions need to get on the ball.

Different regions have different strategies in recruiting gentlemen. The early commit stuff was started by penn st in the early 1990s and any school that had to butt heads with PSU had to start doing the same. Also, lot of kids in the south don't seem to want to commit early. WVUs fans, remember that Pat White didn't commit untill signing day and most kids from Fla don't seem to decide untill January. Now compare that to kids from PA, WV, Maryland, NY etc who seem to commit much sooner. Louisville, USF and UC's football programs really don't recruit in the east at all, so its natural that haven't got a ton of commits yet

Jackson