Boston College Football Recruiting Update: January 29
by Brian Favat on Jan 29, 2012 9:23 PM EST
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PrintAs Tim Pernetti travels the state in an attempt to salvage the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2012 recruiting class in his new role as Athletics Director slash Assistant Football Coach (a position BC football has been rocking for years), Boston College received visits from Rutgers commits TE Mike Giacone and RB Steve Longa.
Here's Mike Farrell's Tweet on GIacone's visit.
#Rutgers commitment Mike Giacone visits #BostonCollege, enjoys trip and could wait until after LOI Day now. No other schools in race.
— Mike Farrell (@rivalsmike) January 29, 2012
... and the Rivals' recap of Giacone's visit ($).
Even before news of Greg Schiano's departure became official, coaches from UConn and Boston College made the trip down to Saddle Brook, NJ to meet with Longa. Here's the most recent report on Longa's ($). Sounds like both Giacone and Longa will wait until after National Signing Day to make their final decision.
Rutgers commit OL Ryan Brodie confirmed on Sunday night that he's sticking with Rutgers, while 3* athlete Davon Jacobs is also staying with the Scarlet Knights. Jacobs originally picked Rutgers over BC, Connecticut and Maryland.
Staying in Jersey, Princeton / The Hun School athlete Dave Dudeck was also on campus this weekend and is deciding between BC, Navy and Yale. After switching from QB to WR, Dudeck caught 50 passes for over 1,000 yards and 10 TDs en route to being named NJ Prep School Player of the Year by The Star Ledger.
In other non-Rutgers recruiting news, BC lost out on 2* running back B.J. Bello, who committed to Illinois and first year coach Tim Beckman on Sunday. Boston College, along with Minnesota and Tennessee, showed late interest in the Western Michigan decommit. Bello had been recruited by Beckman when he was at Toledo.
So with just three days to go before National Signing Day, the Eagles have just 13 solid verbal commitments for the Class of 2012 and a soft verbal from Jaxon Hood. Hood will choose between Arizona, Arizona State and BC on Wednesday. Sounds like Steven Daniels still plans to sign his LOI on Wednesday but is still uncertain where he stands academically.
2012 Boston College Football Commitment List
(Number of players in the 2012 class in parenthesis, early enrollees in bold, commits are in plain text, de-commits are striked out, and questions are in italics)
OL (3) - Jim Cashman, Win Homer, Frank Taylor
TE (0) - Sam Grant
WR (2) - Harrison Jackson, Joel Zoungrana
RB (0) - Akeel Lynch
ATH (1) - Dan Crimmins
DL (2) - Jaxon Hood (DT), Malachi Moore (DE)
LB (4) - Steven Daniels, Tim Joy, Mike Strizak, Bobby Wolford
DB (2) - Donovan Henry, Bryce Jones, Justin Simmons
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Harvard must have recruited away all of BC’s punter slash kickers in this class.
But don’t worry. BC can always just find another kicker in the Superfan section for the season after Alex Howell graduates.
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by Brian Favat on Jan 30, 2012 7:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
A Superfan Punter!
Right. Resourceful. Good idea.
As for Harvard vs BC: Where would u rather punt?
by eagleosprey on Jan 30, 2012 7:57 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Neither
Holy Cross. They don’t seem to take football seriously anymore, either.
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Mario Cristobal in the mix at Rutgers?
Reports have current Florida International head coach and former Rutgers assistant, Mario Cristobal, in the running to replace Greg Schiano at RU.
Let me see. Spaz or Cristobal. Hmm.
Let’s hope RU doesn’t get this done prior to signing day as I have to think Cristobal will have the ability to save a lot of that recruiting class
by CoachJF on Jan 30, 2012 7:06 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
BF, JF and Eagle Nation
Just think how sad it is that the greatest University in the Galaxy, my Boston College, in a great city like Beantown, that some of it’s fans have to desperately wish for:
SPAZOODENFREUDEThe deliberate, malicious “enjoyment” derived from observing someone else’s Coaches or Programs having player recruitment, program or coaching change misfortunes in order for our alma mater’s incompetence and laziness to maybe succeed because we hired an arrogant Athletic Director who in turn hired an absolute Clownshoes Football Head Coach.
SPAZOODENFREUDEHow pathetic, sad and desperate some here have become and fail to realize that this was pre-destined back in 2008 and the only solution is the termination/reassignment/retirement of GDF, or GDF hits a double grand slam in hiring a new Head Coach in 2013?
Some here want only greatness and domination for BC in every sport like our Men’s Ice Hockey.
I am not a sufferer of this new Spazoodenfreude malady.
I never was. Ever.
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Props to BCI for Recruiting Focus
Its refreshing to see BCI focus on BC’s recruiting situation. Please do the same in other sports. Its the single most important aspect of a successful program and probably the most correctable with hard work, focus, resource allocation and adjusted strategy. Its amazing what has happened to other programs over the years after they finally landed a few key kids. A little success breeds more success. Would love to better understand what we need to do to improve short of getting a new coaching staff. Is it lack of resources, lack of effort, poor strategy, wrong assistant coaches involved, lack of oversight, etc.? Or, at the end of the day, is it mostly the charisma of the HC?
recruiting is the single most important aspect of a successful program
Disagree.
Coaching in NCAAf is the #1 factor. If you have a hot coach, the recruits will come.
BC is presently the antithesis of this!
by eagleosprey on Jan 30, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Mount Fuko-wow-i = TRUE!
Its the single most important aspect of a successful program and probably the most correctable with hard work, focus, resource allocation and adjusted strategy. Or, at the end of the day, is it mostly the charisma of the HC?
Been reading your posts after I posted on the Globe last year and Spazoo is a dead nuts catatonic calzone. Always has been.
Spazoo is also is not as well liked as many think. Kevin Rogers knows. But that Leahy $$$$ payoff musta been a lotta zeros.
BC shoulda been pushing at Urban Meyer the day he left Florida. OSU just signed another huge star kid this AM after my fan shot!
PS: Welcome to the nattering nabob of negativity club. Then again, you might have always been a member? LOL!
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