There comes that time of year where the rich get richer and the poor seem to dream big with what little they have. That's right its national football college signing day. Its one thing if you are a power house, like USC and Tennessee who have already gotten verbal commitments for a couple middle school kids. But what about those teams we tend to over look, or more importantly the players that are kinda shifted through and forgotten about. See I am a Syracuse fan true and true, and its been a rough couple of years as we have seen the ass of the recruits come to the dome. This year I can feel a little love heading the CUSE's way. Syracuse has posted one of its deepest classes in a while, landing 31 recruits from 9 different states. Which includes five players from Florida. Syracuse hasn't done a good job finding the right players for the system, but as we start Head Coach Doug Marrone's second full year recruiting things are starting to look up. In this class, landing a quarterback. Jonny Miller, who is coming off of 2 straight state titles in Colorado, and fellow quarterback John Kinder from Lawrence high school in NY. Both are mobile quarterbacks, who can make a play with their feet as well as their arms. These two can fit perfectly in a west coast system which Marrone has been teaching.
On the Defensive side of the ball, Syracuse has landed a lock down corner back that they have been missing. Jeremi Wilkes comes to the wintry weather from sunny Florida. Seen from the tape, he doesn't seem to let a play really develop on his side of the field. If a shut down corner is what we were looking for, I have a funny feeling this one might be our answer. Things are looking up for the blue and orange, and coach Marrone has the team, staff, and community on the same page. Lets hope that Darrell Gross can give him a little longer leash so that the rest of the puzzle can fall into place in the coming years.These remain on paper our prize recruits, but work ethic can change all of that. Lets hope the players will buy into Marrone's system too.
I like the picture you use at the top of your blog entry. I also like the way you get into the piece and then announce that you're a Syracuse fan. But you seem a tad too optimisitic (maybe that was your goal)--what do you think Syracuse's record will be next year? When will these recruits start to help?
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