College football recruiting

Probably no other topic I post about generates more e-mails to me or more comments about blog posts.

I just read the book "Signing Day" by Clark & Schoffield. Pretty good read about the pressures on high school football players in the modern age.

It covers the years 2003-2004. Matt Dougherty published an excellent look back at the promenent 2004 I-AA/FCS recruits back in Febuary. It shows how much recruiting is an inexact science. Back in 20o4, Tony Moss was covering FCS/I-AA recruiting. Of his "TopTen" recruits to sign with a I-AA team, only only one ended up making All-League. His list of 26 potential All-Stars fared even worse.

Bob Albright of the Eagle-Tribune here in New England covers college recruiting from the coach's perspective.

Recruiting 2008---OT Travis Poston

UMass is recruiting Travis Poston a 6-7 315 pd OT from Horsham, PA.

His Rivals page is here . His Scout.com page is here . He is First-team Pittsburgh All-Combine.

He has an offer from Temple. Drawing interest from Big East and ACC schools. B.C., UConn, Maryland and others.

At least four CAA schools (UMass, Villanova, Delaware and Richmond) are recruiting him.

Travis, take a long look at UMass!

Recruiting 2008 ----- DL Eric Kuraczea

UMass is recruiting Eric Kuraczea a 6-3 300 pd DL from Arsonia CT.

He was First Team All-CT. Had 70 tackles and 14.5 sacks as a junior.

His Scout.com page is here .

Also being recruited by Delaware in FCS/I-AA. Has an offer from UConn. Interest from Maryland, BC, Penn St., Temple and Notre Dame.

UMass is a great place for a DL to prosper.