What makes USC the perennial team to beat, why is Florida always playing in the national championship and why are both stadiums always full? (the fact that they are always in the Championship hunt may have something to do with it but I digress) my theory is that it is due in large part to local talent. I know we've always scored well with bringing in the big guys from our area (SI runs the same story every year) but if you look at it I still think we need to do a better job. This year there are only 4 ESPN watchlisters in New England but theres no reason that we shouldn't be getting the majority of the great New England players. We have one in Pierre-Louis but we already lost out on his teammate Silas Redd and it doesn't look good for cross-town rival Fortt so we have to go after Blake Barker and not miss out on any big time recruits in our own backyard (Andre Lawrence anyone?) At the same time we still need to fill our needs and I love the job Spaz is doing this year bringing in some real blue-chippers for the first time in years (I know the numbers are worthless but I would love to see one BC prospect crack 80 on ESPN's evaluations). Even with those guys coming in we're still going to have some leftover scholarships, so give them to the local stars.
Heres my theory, football may not be huge in the area but each team usually has it's great players every few years. So give those quarterbacks or halfbacks a chance. I'm not a fan of hoarding scholarships for the next year so bring them on, to be honest even the worst have a chance of cracking the depth chart. Take this for instance: if Billy Flutie hadn't gotten bored and Ross Applegate (not a local I know but the basic concept is applicable) hadn't transferred due to Logan's scheme then we could have had a real QB battle this year. No matter who you are three years under the tutelage of any College QB coach (or in this case multiple QB coaches) and your gonna improve your game. All those people that loved Billy @ Natick would be making the trip for the Northeastern Game to see Billy scramble around in the pocket like he did in Natick. I'm not saying he'll be Matt Ryan but sometimes the local heroes can contribute on the field, and in the ticket office.
Still it wouldn't hurt to have USC's recruiting grounds, there are nearly 50 4* or better recruits in their vicinity and they could get whoever they wanted. Meanwhile New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine have 3 prospects Combined (actually NH has all 3, VT and ME have 0 legit prospects at the moment and RI has 4). So while USC and UCLA fight over the Matt Barkeleys of the HS world BC and UConn can slug it out to see who gets Griffin Murphy and Tom Uszakiewicz
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