Virginia Tech 2014 Recruiting Target List

[VTscores]

There are no locks till that fax machine in Bburg receives a LOI.


Also, a fax machine? I can't believe teams use these. It's 2013!!!!

So do banks for major transactions, by the way.

Signatures still mean something in courts.

 

[HoHumHokie]

EvanG talking VT recruiting....

Kyle's Podcast

 

[ImAHokie]

Walker's stuff has less to do with his leaders than his top 5. He wants to take visits and wants to make sure he visits the right places. Be very shocked to see VT or PSU get thrown out of that top 5.

 

[sparko]

elijah hood is back on the board. i'd imagine that UNC, USC-e, and VT would be the big players in this one.

 

[ckhokie]

elijah hood is back on the board. i'd imagine that UNC, USC-e, and VT would be the big players in this one.

Looks like UNC is pretty clearly the school to beat here.

Elijah Hood's Crystal Ball Predictions

 

[jeffro151]

Looks like UNC is pretty clearly the school to beat here.

Elijah Hood's Crystal Ball Predictions

Yep, will be a UNC commit any day now.

 

[HoHumHokie]

Free article summarizing In-State recruiting....

ACC Recruiting Roundup: Virginia fighting to keep talent home

 

[hokiegrad]

Free article summarizing In-State recruiting....

ACC Recruiting Roundup: Virginia fighting to keep talent home

I don't buy the first two paragraphs. He's not the only one saying it, but UVA has always pulled a few top in-state recruits. That didn't start when London took over.

The article seems to bounce all over the place with little rhyme or reason, talking about a guy, then coming back and talking about him again in a very similar vein later... Put that info together in one place! But it's always interesting to see who they think guys are favoring if you have the patience to parse it.

 

[VTscores]

I don't buy the first two paragraphs. He's not the only one saying it, but UVA has always pulled a few top in-state recruits. That didn't start when London took over.

True.

I also take exception to the implication that they are somehow in the same league of competitiveness as VT.

Apples and Oranges.

 

[Whatsupppppppp]

I don't buy the first two paragraphs. He's not the only one saying it, but UVA has always pulled a few top in-state recruits. That didn't start when London took over.

The article seems to bounce all over the place with little rhyme or reason, talking about a guy, then coming back and talking about him again in a very similar vein later... Put that info together in one place! But it's always interesting to see who they think guys are favoring if you have the patience to parse it.

There's pressure on those 247 writers to publish. This one wasn't very well sourced or researched, but it put a check mark in a box for the author.

 

[Sleepy T]

Aniebonam announced for the Terps yesterday. No huge surprise there.

I am kind of disappointed that we are no longer pursuing Lamont Simmons with some schollies looking like they may open up. Maybe the staff feels good about what we have and have coming in? As we have seen before, you can't ever have enough DBs. We have also seen that those Fla guys can get a little cold feet when they are taken out of the sunshine state...

 

[JP to VT]

Looks like one of Ricky Walker's official visits will be to Nebraska.

 

[JP to VT]

Other officials

Ryan Izzo: Florida State, Wisconsin

Brandon Lee: VT, Northwestern, Cal

 

[jeffro151]

Hood to UNC.

 

[hokiegrad]

Hood to UNC.

No surprise there.

Long way to go yet, but here's a glimpse at how many VT offers have committed to another school:

UNC: 8 (6O, 2D)
Tenn: 7 (4O, 3D)
USCe: 5 (1O, 4D)
UVA: 4 (2O, 2D)
...

UNC is definitely steep competition, but they only came into Virginia to pull 3 of those guys, and I don't believe we really pushed that hard for two of them (Henderson and Clarke). The other 5 were from North Carolina. Tennessee only came to Virginia/DC to pull 2 of their 7. Good to see UVA further down the list here.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

We are moving north a bit as well. I think Pitt and Penn State need to be added to the enemy list soon as well, maybe Ohio State.

 

[HoHumHokie]

Noticed JC predicted Shai McKenzie to Pitt a couple days ago.

 

[Castanza]

I wonder when Tech is getting this unexpected commit? I thought it was before the High School Season started Reavis said

 

[JP to VT]

Rutgers lost to Fresno State....I'm kinda hoping they have a shitty season so Izzo and Brown realize VT is the better program. UVA losing to BYU would be nice too

 

[Sleepy T]

I am with you 100%..especially with UVA. Hope they lose every damn game and their dream team of a recruiting class crumbles and runs for greener pastures (even if it isn't necessarily VT).

With those Jersey guys it will obviously come down to what is more important...

A) Being close to home
OR
B) Winning more games with another program (VT, Wisky, seem to be the others in the mix)..

If Rutgers gets the right people on board, I think they could be good in the B1G. IT will take some time though.