Sounds like I'm not the only one less than convinced that Shinskie will be the solution as ATLEagle, Eagle Access and Couplebeers all seem less optimistic following that new hope high. My optimist side has me saying that Shinskie probably has the best skill set and only needs to catch up with reading coverage, something Tuggle struggled with anyways. My realist side tells me that a guy that hasn't seen a cover 2 in 6 years is not going to be able to pick it up over the summer. So heres my way too early, way too uneducated projection. Justin Tuggle will be our starter but Shinskie will have a couple of snaps per game where he could really fire off some bombs just like Vandy and GT did against us last year.
In other news couplebeers posted that Boisture is currently taking summer classes so taht he can graduate in the winter and enroll @ BC in January. I don't know where he got his info, he's as bad at posting links as I am but this could be a sign for Boisture as starting QB in the fall of 2010. Then again we could have a Haden/Harris situation where Haden was anointed as the savior of BC's running game and then Harris ran truck all over the ACC last year. But thats other news.
HD over @ ESPN just did a little exercise called fantasy scheduling and she picked one game that she would love to see. I decided I would take this and carry it out over our entire schedule. Feel free to fire back your own feelings the rules are any ACC team has to be a team from the same division (no nonconfrence or non-division opponents) so here we go (I'll release one every few days
Week 1:
Who we play: Northeastern
Who we should play: Holy Cross
Back before the Holy War with Notre Dame there was the Holy War with Holy Cross. This was literally THE game of the year back in the day. The old Alumni field was too small to hold the crowds for this game so a number of games had to be held at Braves field or the barely 5 year old Fenway park back in 1916. Holy Cross was also the only team to beat the 1940 BC "Team of Destiny" which went undefeated into their last game against a relatively weak Holy Cross team. Unfortunately the rivalry was retired in 1986 after Holy Cross went the 1AA route (now FCS) and BC won the last 17 of 20 games. We play an FCS school every year, why not make it one people can really get into. I live near Holy Cross and have a number of friends there and I know a number of the guys on the football team everyone at Holy Cross still sees BC as a rival and recounts the days when they used to paint the Eagle on Linden Lane purple. Sure we'll have to shell out some bucks to play them but really wouldn't you rather it went back into the Jesuit pot and not to Northeastern?
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
DD Departs and we pick up another recruit
I don't have reliable internet at my apartment right now so I post on a varied basis making me a day late with this story but Dominique Davis is transferring after being suspended by the team. I was never high on DD but I talked football with a lot of other guys on-campus and some of them really liked the way DD looked during the spring. Judging from the spring game alone DD was the clear QB front runner but my take at this point is good riddance to this guy.
When BJ was suspended in 07 for academic reason I can tell you that I rolled my eyes at the stupidity of players who fail their classes. Almost all the starting player take summer classes so that they only have to take 4 classes during the regular semesters and they also have a famous habit of enrolling in the easier classes. I was able to maintain a very good GPA while taking 5 classes working 15 hours a week and practicing twice a day 6 days a week. Still I respected Raji for taking a redshirt year, working hard and getting back out on the field last year, becoming a force for us and Green Bay next year. If Davis can't do that, and gets upset because they student part in Student Athlete came first then I suggest he transfer to FSU, or perhaps go to the arena league. I've said this before, I like good character guys.
Now as far as our hopes of winning next year are concerned I have to say I don't think they really got that much worse. The reality is that we know Herzlich will not be back so we aren't going to be making the ACCCG, I don't think McLaughlin will be back on the field and if he is I don't feel like he will be as good as he could be so that takes us down to 8 wins and with DD leaving those games we were waffling before we'll probably lose so at this point our goal should be a bowl game. Unless Mascovetra turns out to be a beast we weren't expecting I think you'll probably see Tuggle win the battle but Boek will probably get some playing time and Tranquill might have to break out the option play even if it doesn't fit his style. Still if Josh Haden and Montel Harris keep up their numbers we should do alright if not phenomonal and hopefully Boisture will be as good as he seems.
BC also picked up BB&N WR Jim Mcaffrey a weekend after offering him a position with BC. Mcaffrey is hardly a covetted prospected but he has great 4.4 speed and as I've mentioned before I love any player that really wants to be here (and dislike people who leave because they can't get to class on time). Mcaffrey is a tough BC style player and despite being a 2* prospect right now I think he could contribute in a number of ways. Firstly you never know whats going to happen with these guys, sure Mcaffrey is a 2* guy now but he has raw athleticism with 4.42 40 and he might have a breakout season. Even if he doesn't that toughness and willingness to be here will make Mcaffrey a staple on the scout team which can do wonders for a Defense (try catching a guy with 4.4 speed on Saturday if you were chasing a guy with 4.8 speed during the week. The fact that coveted TE prospect Blake Barker has said he wanted to go to school with Mcaffrey is only icing on the cake (especially considering how Pantale played during the spring game).
When BJ was suspended in 07 for academic reason I can tell you that I rolled my eyes at the stupidity of players who fail their classes. Almost all the starting player take summer classes so that they only have to take 4 classes during the regular semesters and they also have a famous habit of enrolling in the easier classes. I was able to maintain a very good GPA while taking 5 classes working 15 hours a week and practicing twice a day 6 days a week. Still I respected Raji for taking a redshirt year, working hard and getting back out on the field last year, becoming a force for us and Green Bay next year. If Davis can't do that, and gets upset because they student part in Student Athlete came first then I suggest he transfer to FSU, or perhaps go to the arena league. I've said this before, I like good character guys.
Now as far as our hopes of winning next year are concerned I have to say I don't think they really got that much worse. The reality is that we know Herzlich will not be back so we aren't going to be making the ACCCG, I don't think McLaughlin will be back on the field and if he is I don't feel like he will be as good as he could be so that takes us down to 8 wins and with DD leaving those games we were waffling before we'll probably lose so at this point our goal should be a bowl game. Unless Mascovetra turns out to be a beast we weren't expecting I think you'll probably see Tuggle win the battle but Boek will probably get some playing time and Tranquill might have to break out the option play even if it doesn't fit his style. Still if Josh Haden and Montel Harris keep up their numbers we should do alright if not phenomonal and hopefully Boisture will be as good as he seems.
BC also picked up BB&N WR Jim Mcaffrey a weekend after offering him a position with BC. Mcaffrey is hardly a covetted prospected but he has great 4.4 speed and as I've mentioned before I love any player that really wants to be here (and dislike people who leave because they can't get to class on time). Mcaffrey is a tough BC style player and despite being a 2* prospect right now I think he could contribute in a number of ways. Firstly you never know whats going to happen with these guys, sure Mcaffrey is a 2* guy now but he has raw athleticism with 4.42 40 and he might have a breakout season. Even if he doesn't that toughness and willingness to be here will make Mcaffrey a staple on the scout team which can do wonders for a Defense (try catching a guy with 4.4 speed on Saturday if you were chasing a guy with 4.8 speed during the week. The fact that coveted TE prospect Blake Barker has said he wanted to go to school with Mcaffrey is only icing on the cake (especially considering how Pantale played during the spring game).
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