The Dawgs Ramblings

Football Recruiting

BC recruited two run-pass QB’s in Chris Johnson and Dominique Davis. Neither had high Division 1 offers. BC may have taken flyers on both these kids based on their potential. If one of then works out then BC has found something. Davis is 6’4 and 185 from Florida and was going to Middle Tennessee St. Instead he finds himself with a full ride to a world class city as BC came in late in the process. Both QB’s would not have committed under O’Brien.

The steal of the class may be Dan Mulrooney a 6’1’ speedster from Connecticut. Committed early to BC and no one knew of him till his senior year.

The two big name recruits were OL John Elliott and DL Corey Eason. Both could have gone almost anywhere. Elliott hails from NY and Eason from Mansfield, MA

The known prospect that I think will become all-ACC is OL Nick Schepis from Ohio. Just get a good feeling about him from reading his quotes.

BC also landed OL Anthony Castonzo. He has only 260 pounds on his 6’7” frame and is already on campus majoring in biochemistry. He wants to go into cancer research after football. Guy sounds like a nut.

BC also got one of the nation’s top kickers in Billy Bennett who committed early and never wavered.

In summation, this is a typical BC class. A couple of real good players but mostly guys that are BC guys. A BC guy is someone who views BC not just for football but for academics and that will work hard and will not have off the field issues. Jags only wants guys who want to be here and who realize what the school has to offer. He pulled some offers from kids after they said they were committed to BC but continued to sniff around with other programs.

In this, Jags is a departure from O’Brien. O’Brien always looked at the negatives instead of accentuating the positives. He wanted to be in a college town and now has his wish. He wants 60,000 people in their seats for Akron – he has it. A big fan base is not and never will be BC’s calling card. BC will keep its academic standards and now has a coach that uses this as a selling point! The jury is out on his coaching ability but he appeared to be a closer on the recruiting trail.

posted by oceanjay @ 4:13 PM