How did you team do recruiting?

[bababui]

According to Scouts Inc we were 4th best in the nation and stole 2 blue chippers from evil USC. It doesnt get any better.

Football signs on 24 recruits

• Blair Angulo (Contact)
• Published: Thursday, February 5, 2009

An elated UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel announced his first recruiting class during a press conference on Wednesday.


At the end of the night, 22 high school seniors and two junior college transfers had signed National Letters of Intent to become Bruins. The class ranks No. 4 overall in Scout.com’s rankings.


“The UCLA football program had a great day,” Neuheisel said. “It’s just flat exciting to be building the future of this program, one that we’re all very, very anxious to cultivate.”


Following a disappointing 4-8 season in which the Bruins failed to make a bowl game appearance, Neuheisel and his coaching staff stressed the importance of reloading at key positions.


After months of tireless recruiting, the Bruins did just that on Wednesday.


“There were some goals going in,” Neuheisel said. “We looked at our program and saw some needs – one of the goals was certainly the offensive line. We were short on numbers and short in particular areas of physical ability.”


Coming off a season in which Bruin quarterbacks were sacked 35 times and ball carriers averaged just 2.6 yards per carry, UCLA addressed its biggest need, signing six offensive linemen.


Perhaps most notably were the signings of two elite, highly touted linemen – Stanley Hasiak and Xavier Su’a-Filo. Neuheisel said that both players, like the other incoming linemen, have the opportunity to compete for playing time.


Hasiak, who switched his verbal commitment from UCLA to California and back to the Bruins, is rated amongst the top offensive guards by various recruiting services.


“We got Stanley to reignite that initial love affair that he had with this campus and this program,” Neuheisel said. “This is a big guy who benches 435 pounds right now. He likes football. He likes the physical nature of the game, putting his nose on people. ... He’s got the strength to play right away.”


Like Hasiak, Su’a-Filo’s recruitment was unpredictable. In the end though, Su’a-Filo chose UCLA over programs such as USC, LSU, BYU and Utah during a press conference at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah that was broadcasted live on ESPNU.


“He’s an unbelievable talent in terms of what his gifts are physically,” Neuheisel said of Su’a-Filo.


“We had to wait to see him to put the hat on.”


Neuheisel also landed a pair of signees that were originally committed to play at USC.


Morrell Presley, the No. 1 tight end in the country according to numerous publications, is enrolled and began taking courses at the start of winter quarter.


“We’re thrilled with Morrell to be here,” Neuheisel said. “We’re excited with what Morrell brings to our football team. He’s a gifted receiver.”


Wide receiver Randall Carroll of Los Angeles Cathedral High School also spurned the Trojans, announcing his decision on Wednesday night.


“We’re trying to land the best and the brightest for UCLA,” Neuheisel said. “A lot of the best and brightest are on (USC’s) list. So I made it clear that we’re going to go after them regardless.”


The Bruins also signed quarterback Richard Brehaut, who committed long ago and played an integral role in recruiting fellow players. Neuheisel said that Brehaut will enroll for spring quarter and is expected to compete for the quarterback spot during spring practice.


“He’s a leader, he’s got the charisma, the size and speed, and the accuracy to be a great one here at UCLA,” Neuheisel said of Brehaut.
Overall, the Bruins locked up 13 defensive players.


“It’s just a fun day for a football coach,” Neuheisel said. “This is a great day for UCLA football.”

[rudel.dietrich]

From looking at the rankings today it looks like every prospect in the country declared their intentions to attand a SEC school.

[Jonzard]

Originally Posted by bababui

According to Scouts Inc we were 4th best in the nation and stole 2 blue chippers from evil USC. It doesnt get any better.

Scouts INC has UCLA at 17, USC at 4.
Tigers Geaux to top of class rankings - Insider - ESPN

[bababui]

Originally Posted by Jonzard

Scouts INC has UCLA at 17, USC at 4.
Tigers Geaux to top of class rankings - Insider - ESPN

You cant trust ESPN. UCLA signed a 5 star WR late in the day and ESPN stopped rating classes early in the afternoon.

[Carplos]

Meanwhile, USC is still coached by Carroll and UCLA has Neuheisel.

(Though, tbh, I hope both schools burn down.)

According to that pic, USC is less than 100 points down and with 8 less players too.

[bababui]

Originally Posted by Carplos

Meanwhile, USC is still coached by Carroll and UCLA has Neuheisel.

(Though, tbh, I hope both schools burn down.)

According to that pic, USC is less than 100 points down and with 8 less players too.

Carrol has choked the last few years. We finally have a real aggressive coach. It should make the SC v UCLA gane much more interesting for the next few years,

[Raderick]

teh suk

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

From looking at the rankings today it looks like every prospect in the country declared their intentions to attand a SEC school.

Other than the very top of course.

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by bababui

According to Scouts Inc we were 4th best in the nation and stole 2 blue chippers from evil USC. It doesnt get any better.

And now the ranking is #6 not #4 anymore, with the updated data on Scout.com, the source this student paper cited.

Scout.com: Football Recruiting


UCLA has 26 recruits averaging 3.31 stars, while USC has 19 recruits averaging 3.94 stars.

I think it's obvious who has the better class. If you only use the average USC is top in the nation.

[Big Willis 16]

Oregon ranked #28 on Scout.com. Nothing to be overly excited about, but it should be a fun season next year.

[rudel.dietrich]

Originally Posted by Skipaway

Other than the very top of course.

Depends on which source. ESPN has LSU #1 and Alabama #2, rivals has Alabama #1 and LSU #2.
CBS has LSU #1
Scout.com has LSU #2 and Alabama #3


I would call that the very top. Or maybe your defintion or very top means something other than numbers 1-3?

Mississippi State by most sources was 10th in their own conference but in the high 20s overall.
Here soon the SEC is going to need it's own collegiate division for football and every other conference moved down to AA.

[bear]

My alma mater will not loose an NCAA division I football game next season.
That is guaranteed.

DePaul has no football program. (And apparently no basketball program either.)

[dsvitak]

The University of Missouri was 38th overall, sixth in the Big 12.

They did have two really excellent signings, DT Sheldon Richardson Scout.com: Sheldon Richardson Profile, who was the fourth highest recruit in the NATION. He got offers from Florida, Miami, and USC.

Their second excellent signing was the 18th highest rated QB, in Blaine Dalton. Scout.com: Blaine Dalton Profile

Blaine is an odd choice, as Mizzou got a QB last year from St. Louis, who was ranked as the fourth best QB in the nation from Rivals.com.

Look for Mizzou to win another 8-9 games this year. I think Gary Pinkel is building a really terrific program now, with an average of ten wins in each of the last three years.

They're not quite ready to beat on Texas or Oklahoma...and maybe they never will be, but they sure have given it a nice run here as of late.

[dsvitak]

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Depends on which source. ESPN has LSU #1 and Alabama #2, rivals has Alabama #1 and LSU #2.
CBS has LSU #1
Scout.com has LSU #2 and Alabama #3


I would call that the very top. Or maybe your defintion or very top means something other than numbers 1-3?

Mississippi State by most sources was 10th in their own conference but in the high 20s overall.
Here soon the SEC is going to need it's own collegiate division for football and every other conference moved down to AA.

Heh heh heh. These teams will beat each other up, and then convince themselves how AWESOME their conference is.

This arrogance will result in them getting their ASS handed to them in bowl games, like Alabama this last year.

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Depends on which source. ESPN has LSU #1 and Alabama #2, rivals has Alabama #1 and LSU #2.
CBS has LSU #1
Scout.com has LSU #2 and Alabama #3


I would call that the very top. Or maybe your defintion or very top means something other than numbers 1-3?

Mississippi State by most sources was 10th in their own conference but in the high 20s overall.
Here soon the SEC is going to need it's own collegiate division for football and every other conference moved down to AA.

You said "every prospect in the country declared their intentions to attand a SEC school". but apparently the top prospect in the country didn't want to attend a SEC school. It's pretty obvious not every prospect in the country goes to SEC.

[Skipaway]

The top prospect of Scout.com and ESPN goes to Pac-10, and the top prospect of Rivals goes to ACC.

[Carplos]

Originally Posted by Skipaway

You said "every prospect in the country declared their intentions to attand a SEC school". but apparently the top prospect in the country didn't want to attend a SEC school. It's pretty obvious not every prospect in the country goes to SEC.

I would imagine he very well knows not every prospect literally goes to the SEC.

It's called exaggeration. You're smart enough to know what he meant.

Also, yay for Bama!

[Skipaway]

I said "other than the very top of course", which is not an exaggeration.

[rudel.dietrich]

Originally Posted by dsvitak

This arrogance will result in them getting their ASS handed to them in bowl games, like Alabama this last year.

Or like Florida in 2009...oh wait
Or LSU in 2008? No that doesn't work either
Ok here we go...2007...umm..hmm
2004? No...
1998? Can't use that either

I fail to see the arrogance in winning 5 of 11 national championships.
And before you go and use the playoff argument, if anything that would probably ensure that the SEC wins more NC. Since probably any given year half of the playoff teams would be SEC teams.

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Since probably any given year half of the playoff teams would be SEC teams.

Number of SEC teams in the final BCS top 8:

2008: 2 ( Big 12 has 3)
2007: 2 ( Big 12 has 3)
2006: 2 ( Big 10 has 3)
2005: 1 ( Pac 10 and Big 10 have 2 each)
2004: 2 ( Pac 10 and Big 12 have 2 each)
2003: 2 ( Big 12 and Big 10 have 2 each)
2002: 1 ( Big 12, Pac 10, and Big 10 have 2 each)
2001: 2 ( Big 12 has 3)
2000: 1 ( ACC, Pac 10, and Big 12 have 2 each)
1999: 2 ( ACC, Big 10, and Big 12 have 2 each)
1998: 2 ( Big 12, Pac 10 have 2 each)

I think Big 12 has the advantage here. No time in BCS history does SEC have more than 2 teams, and no time in BCS history does SEC the team leads the number of teams by itself.