Brian: EA Sports recently released their NCAA ’11 rosters online (registration required), which gives us a glimpse into the player ratings for each team. While you can’t exactly marry a BC roster of unnamed players to next year’s actual roster one for one, it does give a sense of what the game makers think of BC’s chances in 2010.
Today we’ll take a look at the offense. Let’s start with the QB rankings. Here is EA’s list of QBs on the Boston College roster:
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 15 | Dave Shinskie | QB | 6'4" | 216 | So. | 84 |
| 16 | Michael Marscovetra | QB | 6'4" | 192 | So. | 84 |
| 7 | Chase Rettig (?) | QB | 6'4" | 205 | Fr. | 65 |
| 12 | Joshua Bordner (?) | QB | 6'4" | 185 | Fr. | 65 |
You can throw out Codi Boek due to graduation and I guess you can assume that Mike Marscovetra (16) is one of the other two sophomores on the roster. Are you surprised with Shinskie’s 83 rating and the fact that his next closest competitor is a 79?
Jeff: I think the 83 sounds pretty fair for Shinskie, and if the 79 is Marscovetra I would say that that's probably not too far off either. Those aren't great stats, but there are just OK.
Brian: Let's take a look at the Eagles running game:
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 2 | Montel Harris | HB | 5'10" | 200 | Jr. | 89 |
| 21 | Tahj Kimble (?) | HB | 5'10" | 213 | Fr. | 81 |
| 29 | Rolandan Finch | HB | 5'10" | 201 | So. | 79 |
| 36 | James McCluskey | FB | 6'2" | 251 | Sr. | 77 |
| 13 | Codi Boek | FB | 6'3" | 221 | Sr. | 71 |
| 35 | Andre Williams (?) | HB | 5'11" | 202 | Fr. | 65 |
And the Eagles receiving corps:
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 10 | Colin Larmond Jr. | WR | 6'3" | 200 | Jr. | 87 |
| 81 | Chris Pantale | TE | 6'6" | 244 | So. | 84 |
| 14 | Billy Flutie | WR | 6'2" | 184 | Jr. | 82 |
| 17 | Clyde Lee | WR | 5'11" | 170 | Fr. | 82 |
| 30 | Donte Elliott | WR | 6'0" | 197 | So. | 81 |
| 88 | Jordon McMichael | TE | 6'5" | 242 | Sr. | 79 |
| 5 | Ryan Lindsey | WR | 5'8" | 168 | Sr. | 77 |
| 1 | Shakim Phillips (?) | WR | 6'2" | 191 | Fr. | 77 |
| 40 | Jarrett Darmstatter (?) | TE | 6'5" | 241 | Fr. | 66 |
| 82 | Bobby Swigert (?) | WR | 6'1" | 175 | Fr. | 65 |
EA hits the nail on the head with the BC rushing game. It will continue to be the Montel Harris show until someone (newcomer Tahj Kimble? Rolandan Finch?) emerges as a legit backup. In the receiving corps, we lose the top three receivers to graduation, and their #1 WR on the spring depth chart is the team’s lowest rated wide receiver (Billy Flutie). Surely Flutie deserved a higher overall ranking than a 65, no?
Jeff: Would you hate me if I said that I think that rating is probably right on the money? But I would say Lars Anderson might be a little underrated at a 73.
Brian: Finally, the offensive line will clearly be a strength this season, with our highest ranked offensive player being senior Anthony Castonzo a 92.
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 66 | Rich Lapham | RT | 6'8" | 322 | Sr. | 86 |
| 73 | John Wetzel | LT | 6'7" | 286 | So. | 86 |
| 75 | Nathan Richman | C | 6'6" | 292 | Jr. | 84 |
| 77 | Emmett Cleary | LG | 6'7" | 297 | So. | 83 |
| 78 | Thomas Claiborne | RG | 6'3" | 325 | Sr. | 83 |
| 60 | Bryan Davis | C | 6'2" | 285 | Fr. | 78 |
| 79 | Keith Bourne | LT | 6'4" | 280 | Fr. | 77 |
| 69 | Mark Spinney | LG | 6'4" | 292 | Jr. | 76 |
| 71 | Nick Halloran | RG | 6'6" | 277 | So. | 72 |
| 72 | Mike Goodman Jr. | RT | 6'6" | 302 | So. | 71 |
| 50 | Robert Vardaro (?) | RT | 6'5" | 307 | Fr. | 66 |
| 68 | Seth Betancourt (?) | LT | 6'6" | 285 | Fr. | 65 |
| 59 | Andy Gallik (?) | RG | 6'3" | 290 | Fr. | 63 |
Overall, how well would you say EA did at capturing the player ratings for the 2010 Eagles offense?
Jeff: Considering what it is and the fact that they can't use names and do everything exact, I would say they did pretty darn good. Are there plenty of missing players and things that don't make perfect sense? Sure. But overall it is very good and the key players are there with good ratings ... even though I was hoping for Montel Harris getting a 90+.
Unfortunately, we're not Florida or Alabama and EA was probably not as concerned with 100% accurately representing the Eagles compared to some other teams. Hopefully our team outperforms their rankings on the field. We'll find out in only a few months now.
Thoughts? Any updates? I took the EA Sports Team Builder template for BC and tried to marry it up to the roster and the spring depth chart, but if I missed anyone, let us know in the comments section.