The Syracuse Football Recruiting Map Is Fully Operational

by Sean Keeley on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

You know I'm not the most recruiting-mad Syracuse fan out there but FSU blog Tomahawk Nation had a great idea over at their site that I decided was worth stealing.

I took this list of 2010 football recruits that Syracuse currently has offers out to. I trimmed away a couple of players who have already committed elsewhere (I know they can still change their minds but whatever). I sorted out where they live by town or zip code and...voila!

View Syracuse Football Recruits Map in a larger map

KEY:

BLUE Marker= 2010 Recruit with Syracuse Scholarship Offer
RED Marker= 2010 Recruit Already Committed To Syracuse

Under Greg Robinson, the talent pool and recruiting based dwindled to the point where if the player wasn't in NY, PA or NJ, they were out of reach. Now? Look at Florida, Ohio, Georgia and Maryland. We're all up in that!

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Of course, PA, NJ and NY are still our bread and butter and there's plenty of dots on the map in those states as well. Just looks great from an SU fan perspective to see the reach of the recruiters and know that there is no player too far away for them to consider, even now.

So scroll around, see if there's any recruits in your area. Then cross-reference with that list to see how good he is...plenty of four-star and three-star guys on that list. As Tomahawk Nation puts it, "Have fun obsessively stalking observing these recruits this Fall!"

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woah

Khairi Fortt is a monster, and lives right down the road!

… I think we need a write up on what is allowed per ncaa rules for us to do. ie, can I facebook this kid? Send him an e mail saying “yo go to cuse, youll start” and stuff like that?

by ryanwk628 on Jun 18, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now that I've unleashed you...

I might just have to do that. That kid in Torrance is 5 minutes away from me as well.

by Sean Keeley on Jun 18, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's actually a really good point.

I think there are a lot of stupid rules about alums talking to recruits, believe it or not. It might be good to know what not to do so that Marrone and Co. remain in good standing with the NCAA.

by NOLACuse on Jun 18, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

facebook yes, try to recruit him, no.

Also, remember to do anything you do in person. don’t leave a paper trail. If you go to his game and “congratulate” him after while wearing an Orange polo… that’s much better. Plus, it has that personal touch.

Tomahawk Nation: No-Holds-Barred Nole Analysis

by FSUncensored on Jun 18, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so no checks, all payoffs in cash. Got it!

by ryanwk628 on Jun 18, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

my thoughts exactly.

i’d like to see su actually land 15% of those recruits. blue balloons mean nothing if they dont become red, you can offer scholarships all over town.

by orngfan on Jun 18, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Goes to my old HS

Good kid, it’d be a huge land but I’d put my money on PSU right now

Syracuse '12

by blackknight76 on Jun 20, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks great!

Tomahawk Nation: No-Holds-Barred Nole Analysis

by FSUncensored on Jun 18, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the idea!

Sorry wer in yer stayt, stealin yer recrootz.

by Sean Keeley on Jun 18, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As the only dual Syracuse/FSU fan here (or anywhere, probably) (went to FSU for a year and root for them in football, but Syracuse is my first love in all sports, including football), I approve of this post.

by wildcatlh on Jun 18, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Important: Who did you root for when they played each other a few yeard back?

by Sean Keeley on Jun 18, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Syracuse, taking much ribbing from my younger brother, who was an FSU student at the time.

by wildcatlh on Jun 18, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good. You can stay.

by Sean Keeley on Jun 18, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a bit misleading

the cooment that if a kid wasn’t from ny, nj or pa that they were out of reach. in his last class, we offered as many, about a dozen, fla kids as marrone has and in the md/dc/va corrider it was 2 dozen or more.

by cusequi on Jun 19, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was being slightly facetious

But most of the kids we’ve landed lately have been tri-state area. I think we’re going to see a lot more national recruits now under Marrone. Seems like a priority.

by Sean Keeley on Jun 20, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

GETS"

thats all very nice, but ho w many quality kids did we ever really get from florida? and even with pasqualoni, u did have a history of getting some really decent kids from fla. much less coach mac. if we can get like 4-5 kids from florida, ala rutgers now and louisville in past , thats ist goot! where i lived in lee county, fort myers beach) last year, they freaking s upply the whole country.. more quality kids then all of new england. send kids to minnesota, kansas, northwestern,et al. so i think its all about locking down joi-sey".. new england.. northwestern ohio.. eastern pa.. and lets not forget lawn-guy land". anybody that is foolish enough to say ny dont have talent.. why do WVU, penn state, rutgers, BC.. even nebraska as well as of course UVA and al groh.. spend so much time in ny state? namely long island.. for skill qb , i say try and get all these outstanding qbs in florida, and naturally even newport news/norfalk.. which now is ranked in top 5 of urban areas for talent, u p there with LA/houston/ miami, etc.. the big problem along with all the rest of the ineptitude, with grob, was his constant yearly coach turnover. and now a days, unlike back in coach mac ’s day, u are not just fighting off WVU, nebraska or VT or quote" dual threat qbs.. 1/2 the teams out there, including florida or UT are going to some kind of option attack, via spread or even triple , ala the georgia tech or navy, air force teams..

by eiremist on Jun 20, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs