National Signing Day

[Clickclack]

With our "stadium" and the way the athletic department treat the football program (no urgency) we look like a D3 program and not D1.

[ATL_DANE]

Anybody interested in why we haven't released the list of recruits yet should email the SID:

Brian DePasquale - Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations

 

bdepasquale@uamail.albany.edu

 

I just emailed him.

 

There's no reason not to follow every D1 program in the country and release the info. It also doesn't hurt to give it a bit of publicity. I understand the stadium is beyond our control but small stuff like this we need to get down.

 

I hate to throw out a tangent on this thread but I'll do it anyway. If we don't get funding for the stadium, is there any chance we can borrow the money? Creative financing or something? Maybe a subprime loan!

[Clickclack]

Anybody interested in why we haven't released the list of recruits yet should email the SID:

Brian DePasquale - Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations

 

bdepasquale@uamail.albany.edu

 

I just emailed him.

 

There's no reason not to follow every D1 program in the country and release the info. It also doesn't hurt to give it a bit of publicity. I understand the stadium is beyond our control but small stuff like this we need to get down.

 

I hate to throw out a tangent on this thread but I'll do it anyway. If we don't get funding for the stadium, is there any chance we can borrow the money? Creative financing or something? Maybe a subprime loan!

 

To piggy back on what ATL_Dane said....any possibility of getting some funding through the Dormitory Authority. If push comes to shove will we raise our own funds or just say....FORGET IT, this probably is a question no-one here can answer, but I'm just throwing it out there. I hope not.

[danefan]

Borrowing the money can be done....but it has to be done by the University as a whole, not just the athletic department.

 

Bond issuance is another possibility.

[UAalum72]

Or one of us could hit Megamillions tonight.

[UAalum72]

NLI list release

 

well, less than a week late. Not a big class, though.

[danefan]

NLI list release

 

well, less than a week late. Not a big class, though.

 

 

Wow. Finally.

 

I expected a small list. This is only those signing national letters of intent - meaning scholarship players. I imagine it will be supplmented by plenty of "preferred walk-ons".

 

Looks like a pretty good list though.

 

ATL_DANE - We're awaiting your analysis on the Georgia recruits.

 

 

2008 University at Albany Football Signings

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School)

Paul Booker RB 6-4 210 Schenectady, N.Y. (Guilderland)

Jake Ciccarello ILB 5-11 215 Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Winter Springs)

Nick Crockett DB 5-10 165 Loganville, Ga. (Grayson)

Rashad Head DB 5-10 180 Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill)

Nick Hutcherson WR 5-9 160 Baltimore, Md. (Mount St. Joseph)

Marc Holloway OLB 6-2 180 Rochester, N.Y. (East)

Michael Longo DL 6-2 260 Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett)

Jordan Migliore OL 6-6 270 Closter, N.J. (Demarest Northern Valley Regional)

Jonathan Morgan OLB 6-2 210 Copiague, N.Y. (Copiague)

Dave Plungas ILB 6-2 220 Concord Township, Ohio (Mentor Lake Catholic)

Andrew Smith QB 6-2 210 Schenectady, N.Y. (Guilderland)

Chris Wilk ILB 6-2 225 Philadelphia, Pa. (Archbishop Ryan)

[danefan]

David Plungas:

[danefan]

Jake Ciccarello ILB 5-11 215 Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Winter Springs)

 

Highlight Video:

http://www.athletevault.com/Videos/JakeCiccarelloAV.html

[danefan]

Jake Ciccarello signing video with comments from his HS coach. Sounds like a classic Fordie outside linebacker.

 

 

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/jake-cic...albany/14546751

[danefan]

Nick Crocket - (of note is his location on both Vigrinia Tech and Georgia Tech's rivals page).

 

http://www.graysonramsfootball.com/bigpic2...Nick_Crockett_4

 

Also includes highlight video and information.

[Clickclack]

Do you guys think that Fordie is pitching to these guys that you have a good chance to play the last year or so in a brand new, state of the art stadium?

[danefan]

I have to run. But there is A LOT on Rashad Head. Do a quick google search and you'll see what I mean.

 

What I could find about football though includes the this scout page:

http://tennessee.scout.com/a.z?s=7&p=8...amp;nid=3153452

 

Which shows an offer from Marshall and interest from Central Florida, Georgia, Marshall, South Carolina, & Tenessee.

[Dane96]

Jake Ciccarello ILB 5-11 215 Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Winter Springs)

 

Highlight Video:

http://www.athletevault.com/Videos/JakeCiccarelloAV.html

 

Would have like to see more tape of him shedding blockers, however WOW...this kid can lay the wood and he has great vision. He looks extremely fast for an ILB. Looks like he will get significant time straight away.

[Dane96]

Nick Crocket - (of note is his location on both Vigrinia Tech and Georgia Tech's rivals page).

 

http://www.graysonramsfootball.com/bigpic2...Nick_Crockett_4

 

Also includes highlight video and information.

 

 

Jesus-- You see the 40 speed and the bench/squat? Not bad for a 160lber. 40 speed is Barksdale land.