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Early
Recruiting Outlook
by Chris Horne, 8/3/05, 4:00 pm
It’s only one month until the recruiting
season picks up once again, as September 1st is the first day college coaches
can resume calling recruits and recruits can begin official visits. So, for the
next month, recruits all across the country will not only be busy with preseason
practice, but some will be narrowing their lists further and setting official
visits.
Hokies Going Out of State Early This Year
by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com, 7/27/05, 10:30 am
Virginia Tech football recruiting is off to a fast start for the class of 2005.
The Hokies have already picked up seven verbal commitments since July 3. The
interesting thing is that Tech, known for the ability to recruit inside the
borders of Virginia but not outside, has landed six players from out-of-state.
Football
Recruiting - A Different Type of Analysis, Part 3: Evaluating Quality of
Recruits by Number of Offers
by
Phil Martin, 6/15/05, 3:25 pm
In the first two articles we
looked at Tech’s overall recruiting, first in head-to-head competition and
second by location. Tech has an impressive record head-to-head against the
recruiting competition and obviously does very well in-state, but are the Hokies
landing the top recruits on their board and fulfilling their positional needs?
How does Virginia Tech do for the top players as opposed to lesser recruited
players? Now that Tech is in the ACC, are the Hokies recruiting a higher-caliber
player? This article will attempt to address these questions and more.
Football
Recruiting - A Different Type of Analysis, Part 2: Geographic Breakdown of
Recruiting
by
Phil Martin, 6/9/05, 10:25 am
The first article in our series took a comparative look at how Virginia Tech stacked up against its recruiting competition
head-to-head. Now that we have analyzed the competition, the next step is to breakdown recruiting by location. I will
analyze the regional recruiting trends in more detail by breaking down offers from Tech by geographic location.
TechSideline.com's
Pre-Summer Top 30
for 2006
by Chris Horne, 6/8/05
Eight players from the state of Virginia’s 2006 class have received over 10
Division 1-A scholarship offers, with seven of those eight having around 20 or
more. Virginia’s top talent has drawn a significant amount of top out-of-state
interest, with schools from most of the major conferences coming in to extend
offers. Florida, Florida State, Miami, Ohio State and Oklahoma are just a few of
the top out-of-state programs to offer some of Virginia’s best.
Football
Recruiting - A Different Type of Analysis, Part 1: Head-to-Head Recruiting
by
Phil Martin, 6/1/05, 2:05 pm
Football recruiting – the one topic that can lead to endless debate since
no true winners or losers exist when looking at the signings on the first
Wednesday in February. Players that signed elsewhere suddenly become “overrated”
and sleepers are bountiful in every school’s recruiting class. Every fan has
his or her favorite players and each class seemingly will have the answers for
the team’s current weaknesses. Many signees will have an immediate chance for
helping in the eyes of fans, no matter how unrealistic those expectations may
actually be. Rankings of players will be mulled over and the “astrology”
buffs will be counting stars in an attempt to see the recruiting class in the
brightest light possible.
VT's 2005 Top Gun Recruiter
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com, 5/25/05, 3:05 pm
A couple of years ago, we ran an article titled "Naming VT's Top Gun
Recruiter," a piece that reviewed the players signed by various VT
assistant coaches from 1998-2003, then named Jim Cavanaugh as VT's "Top
Gun" recruiter, beating out Bryan Stinespring and Charley Wiles. The award
was an overall award, but I got to thinking, why not hand out the Top Gun award
every year? And why not make it strictly numbers-based?
Hokies,
Hoos Locking Down the RT Top 25
by Chris James, TechSideline.com,
5/18/05, 1:05 pm
When thinking about the hotspots of high school football talent in the United
States, the Commonwealth of Virginia does not initially come to mind. Florida,
Texas and California, with their large populations, are regarded as the most
fertile recruiting grounds in the country. They each have enough players to
support more than one big time program. Each of those states has more than one
big time college football program within its borders, and those programs are
maintained by in state talent.
A Day at the Nike Camp
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com, 4/25/05, 4:05 pm
Two years ago, when the Nike camp made its first-ever stop
in Blacksburg, it created quite a buzz, and the weather was drizzly and a little
chilly. This time around, Nike camps are almost old hat in the fast-moving world
of football recruiting, and the 281 attendees were greeted with a rare sight:
snow in late April and frigid weather that caused the players to spend most of
their time indoors. I spent the day in Blacksburg, and what follows are some
personal observations and descriptions of how the camp was run and some of the
action I observed. Included are pictures and four video clips.
Inside the Numbers: Ranking the 2005 (and 2004!) Recruits
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com, 2/22/05, 4:10 pm
It's time for TechSideline.com's fifth annual "Inside the Numbers: Ranking the Recruits," in which we mash
together recruiting rankings from various recruiting services into one complex ranking system that gives each VT recruit
a composite ranking ... but wait, imagine my horror when I realized we never did this for the 2004 class! So buckle up,
because you're about to get two articles for the price of one.
TechSideline.com Recruiting Report, 2/17/05 (MP3 Audio)
by TechSideline.com, 2/21/05, 2:20 pm
From last Thursday: Mike Harris and Chris Horne talk
about late VT signee Todd Nolen, then take a sneak peek at recruits from the
class of 2006, concentrating on players from central Virginia and the two rising
seniors from Landstown (Va Beach), Percy Harvin and Damon McDaniel. (Time: 23:12 minutes, Size:
5.6 MB)
2005 Recruiting Grades: The Defense
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com, 2/15/05, 11:00 pm
It seems that a number of subscribers had some issues with part 1, which graded the offensive
recruiting. Most readers understandably want to see higher grades. If that's the case, you'll be
pleased with the way I view this defensive recruiting class, which is deep and talented at almost
every part of the defense. As with the offensive grading article, I attempted to project needs,
then evaluate how those needs were met.
2005 Recruiting Grades: The
Offense
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com, 2/14/05, 1:10 am
Interview With
Dave Glenn of the ACC Area Sports Journal, 2/10/05 (MP3 Audio)
by TechSideline.com, 2/10/05
Dave Glenn of the ACC Area Sports Journal (which we at TechSideline.com
heartily recommend for following ACC sports) talks with TSL recruiting analyst Chris Horne about
football recruiting around the ACC. Dave ranks the teams in the ACC and covers ACC recruiting from top to
bottom in this interesting discussion. (Time: 20:51, Size: 5.0 MB).
From Tragedy, Determination (Victor Harris Profile)
by John Harper, 2/9/05
The offensive numbers are eye popping. They are almost
ridiculously high. They are what you notice first about Virginia Tech signee
Victor "Macho" Harris of Highland Springs High School. Harris, the
consensus choice as the No. 1 recruit in Virginia, is a five-star prospect with
good reason. Try 5,320 career yards, a Central Region record. Check out 70
career touchdowns. How about 418 yards in ONE game in 2004? Or 2,346 yards and
27 touchdowns as a senior?
2005 Recruiting Roundup
by Chris Horne, 2/3/05, 2:30 pm
Led by an outstanding in-state haul where they landed four of the state’s
top 7 prospects, Virginia Tech enjoyed what is considered to be one of, if not
the best, classes ever. Tech’s 2005 class is rated #10 by Tom Lemming of
ESPN.com, #15 by Rivals.com and #18 by Scout.com. The Hokies landed one 5-star,
four 4-star, 14 3-star and five 2-star recruits.
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