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He was 5 stars in both IIRC
Will SU ever land a 5 Star recruit
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OrangeAggieArmy
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Wasn't Cecil Howard a 5 star recruit? I swear I remember Beano Cook predicting he'd win two Heismans at Syracuse. Oh what might have been.
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This is similat to the Rutgers fans. Regardless of a recruit's resume if he declares for Rutgers they all belive he is the messiah that will deliver them to national glory. Itsd funny and sad at the same time . Collectively they are the dumbest group of fans in the country
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The program has to build up to it. A five-star QB or RB won't want to come to a school with a two-star or three-star line. A five-star receiver won't want to play at a school with 2-star QB. The first 5-star to come will likely be a LB who wants more certainty to start and shine - that is a position that may be more independent of the rest of the players on the team.
But if Marrone continues to improve the program, those 2-star and 3-star recruiting classes he is getting now will turn into 3-star and 4-star classes in the near future. Then maybe we will start getting some interest from 5-star players, all the more so, as someone else noted, if they are somehow close to the program (either a local player, or someone related to an alumni).
I remember Dick MacPherson noting that you know when a program arrives when they start landing the highly recruited 300+ lb linemen. Make NO mistake - the game is won at the line of scrimmage, between the tackles.
But if Marrone continues to improve the program, those 2-star and 3-star recruiting classes he is getting now will turn into 3-star and 4-star classes in the near future. Then maybe we will start getting some interest from 5-star players, all the more so, as someone else noted, if they are somehow close to the program (either a local player, or someone related to an alumni).
I remember Dick MacPherson noting that you know when a program arrives when they start landing the highly recruited 300+ lb linemen. Make NO mistake - the game is won at the line of scrimmage, between the tackles.
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Yeah Cecil was one of those "You gotta be kidding" prospects. I watched him in warm ups at the Big 33 game at Hershey and said no way this guy plays for Syracuse as a Div1 QB. He could not throw the ball over ten yards with anything on the ball with no one in his face. How he was offered a scholarship by anyone is a crime.A total waste as a. His competition in high school must have been pathetic.:crazy:
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your gif is solid.
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the fact that Scout still has him in the 80's of the current QB crop is a disgrace. So glad this site was put together, so I could stop feeding them my money.
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its funny you say that today...
i was going to respond that they just haven't updated in a while - so i went to confirm ranking.
he moved up! to 77...
and austin moved down to 97...
:bang:
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that is plain ridiculous. How do you rank at kid that was in the Elite 11 (and reports have him as no. 1 in the group that got knocked out of the finals), playing in 5A Texas and Oklahoma, UT and Tech have started coming after that low?
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77 is ridiculous...
however, he didnt make the elite 11... whether he is considered 10 or 22, its still really good and its still a lot better than 77.
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He was in the Elite 11, just not the Finals. At least that's what I recall them calling the Top 25.
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not really... they made a tv show a few years ago (maybe even this year) and added a tryout aspect to it. the top 11 are the elite 11. therefore he didn't really make that. That's not to take away any of his accomplishments though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_RISE_Elite_11
Zach was one of 24 or 25 QB's that were invited to compete in the finals to make the Elite 11.
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yeah exactly. a great achievement and by all accounts did well there... just not enough to make the elite 11.
that was my point...
Ok...sorry about that.
I watched one of the shows where Zach participated and Dilfer said something to the effect that ZA is the type of player that may well play on Sundays. High praise.
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I don't know about the other recruiting services, but ESPN list only 9 five-star recruits in the whole country for 2013. As of right now, no school has more than one of those committed. That means lots of good programs aren't going to have any.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports//...rankings/_/view/espnu150/sort/rank/class/2013
http://espn.go.com/college-sports//...rankings/_/view/espnu150/sort/rank/class/2013
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At least he made he traveling squad.
