[BostonCard]

These days even a LoI means little. Easy enough to show up on campus on the spring, find out your coach, and transfer in time to be the starting QB somewhere else by fall.

Even if he shows up on campus in the fall, the key is whether he is still on the team in 2028 and 2029, when d linemen have grown into their maximal impact.

Sadly, recruiting freshmen barely matters any more.

BC

Well, BC's earlier post in re Schwertzel - who recommited to UCLA - sure came back to bite us in the a**. Would've helped on the DL but oh well....

I was just posting a truism, not trying to manifest anything.  I wish we were still in the days where commitments reliably translated to signings and the vast majority of players stayed in the school four or five years.  Back then I used to follow recruiting and welcomed things like Matt Squeri's 9D analysis.  Now, I don't know if he does them for the other site, but he doesn't seem to post them here, and even if he did, given their density, I'm not sure I would read them.

Anyways, I wish I hadn't been vindicated, but given Sam's gentle teasing about how frequently I posted about commitments being meaningless, I'm probably entitled to pull out the receipts.

BC

[BostonCard]

These days even a LoI means little. Easy enough to show up on campus on the spring, find out your coach, and transfer in time to be the starting QB somewhere else by fall.

Even if he shows up on campus in the fall, the key is whether he is still on the team in 2028 and 2029, when d linemen have grown into their maximal impact.

Sadly, recruiting freshmen barely matters any more.

BC

Well, BC's earlier post in re Schwertzel - who recommited to UCLA - sure came back to bite us in the a**. Would've helped on the DL but oh well....

I was just posting a truism, not trying to manifest anything.  I wish we were still in the days where commitments reliably translated to signings and the vast majority of players stayed in the school four or five years.  Back then I used to follow recruiting and welcomed things like Matt Squeri's 9D analysis.  Now, I don't know if he does them for the other site, but he doesn't seem to post them here, and even if he did, given their density, I'm not sure I would read them.

Anyways, I wish I hadn't been vindicated, but given Sam's gentle teasing about how frequently I posted about commitments being meaningless, I'm probably entitled to pull out the receipts.

BC