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Post by cruskater31 on Nov 29, 2023 8:47:23 GMT -5
Perhaps UMass is hoping for some D1 conference apocalypse and can settle into some new D1 northeast conference with the FBS also-rans and strong New England FCS programs. Holy Cross, Fordham, Lafayette could all have beaten UMass this season, let alone Albany and Nova.
BC should be looking at a stronger program than UMass. Heck he was a finalist for an ACC job, albeit in the snowbelt of Lake Ontario. I was surprised not to see BC's name come up in the many lists of Duke candidates. A better ft, imo, but they seem to be looking Southern FBS or in house.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Nov 29, 2023 8:48:11 GMT -5
Sluka could do HC a solid by going to BC, having a great year, and helping Hafley get a contract extension.
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Post by hc1996 on Nov 29, 2023 9:15:43 GMT -5
Sluka could do HC a solid by going to BC, having a great year, and helping Hafley get a contract extension. Haha! Yes. I love Sluka now. He does this and I'll contribute towards a Sluka statue at Fitton.
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Post by purplehaze on Nov 29, 2023 12:49:48 GMT -5
I think it's looking more likely the BC job will open after next season - a much tougher schedule - star rb Pat Garwo is in the portal and now this (from BC Interruption): On Tuesday, two Boston College football recruits decommitted from the program: TE Jaxton Santiago and ATH Christian Zamor. Both players are three-star prospects and Zamor is a Massachusetts native. With those decommitments, the Boston College football 2024 recruiting class is down to just 8 total players and has fallen all the way down to 106th in the country, per the 247 composite rankings. That’s last (17th) in the ACC. It’s clear that BC’s recent shortcomings are having an effect on the recruiting trail.
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Post by spenser on Nov 29, 2023 17:04:30 GMT -5
With "him whom I shall not name," Crossports has its own personal Voldemort. If you dislike his posts, try putting a block on them and certainly do not post them over again when you quote him...please. If you do, they will appear even where others have blocked him and that can be annoying. I followed your sage advice.
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Post by hcpride on Nov 29, 2023 17:35:21 GMT -5
I think it's looking more likely the BC job will open after next season - a much tougher schedule - star rb Pat Garwo is in the portal and now this (from BC Interruption): On Tuesday, two Boston College football recruits decommitted from the program: TE Jaxton Santiago and ATH Christian Zamor. Both players are three-star prospects and Zamor is a Massachusetts native. With those decommitments, the Boston College football 2024 recruiting class is down to just 8 total players and has fallen all the way down to 106th in the country, per the 247 composite rankings. That’s last (17th) in the ACC. It’s clear that BC’s recent shortcomings are having an effect on the recruiting trail. BC's got the same issues as Syracuse regarding geography and recruiting/NLI. (11/28 247 ranking had BC at 61 and Syracuse at 88) Syracuse took a rather dramatic step to turn this around (buying out a mediocre head coach and replacing him with the top FBS recruitor). This could very well get worse for BC before it gets better (slipping to 106 today...).
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Post by efg72 on Nov 29, 2023 17:50:25 GMT -5
Both are failed programs in the current environment
In their league they need $5-10m in NIL money to succeed
At our level for hoops and football we will be fine at the annual $400k individual donation level and another $350k from events-we have the 90 Wide, a brilliant program, to connect employment opportunities . Some might have an opinion we can do it with less or it requires more, I am all in on the 1843 and CAF regardless
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Post by efg72 on Nov 29, 2023 18:18:24 GMT -5
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Post by bikeman on Nov 29, 2023 18:50:23 GMT -5
Hard to believe. A good college QB making a million dollars or more while those protecting him get nothing. I know it’s pretty much always been this way, just under the table. All I want to see is for media types to stop referring to these players as student athletes.
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Post by timholycross on Nov 29, 2023 18:59:09 GMT -5
I think it's looking more likely the BC job will open after next season - a much tougher schedule - star rb Pat Garwo is in the portal and now this (from BC Interruption): On Tuesday, two Boston College football recruits decommitted from the program: TE Jaxton Santiago and ATH Christian Zamor. Both players are three-star prospects and Zamor is a Massachusetts native. With those decommitments, the Boston College football 2024 recruiting class is down to just 8 total players and has fallen all the way down to 106th in the country, per the 247 composite rankings. That’s last (17th) in the ACC. It’s clear that BC’s recent shortcomings are having an effect on the recruiting trail. Gawro was no star. His best year, he played in all 12 games, rushing 132 times for 403 yards and three touchdowns. This year, often injured. The guy who replaced him this year, Robichaux, was better. But you're right, they're in trouble.
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Post by hc1998 on Nov 29, 2023 21:31:29 GMT -5
And here I thought, until very recently, we had no NIL pot set up...yet we had one of the best QB's in all of college football. I'm hoping Sluka gets a bag in the portal, perhaps could help subsidize him as he tries to catch on in the NFL
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 29, 2023 22:56:43 GMT -5
Hard to believe. A good college QB making a million dollars or more while those protecting him get nothing. I know it’s pretty much always been this way, just under the table. All I want to see is for media types to stop referring to these players as student athletes. OK. Wealthy Student Athletes. Young air-heads acting goofy are becoming millionaires on social media today, so I at least appreciate that good student athletes are being compensated for talent and the hard work it takes to actualize that talent on the field or court.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 29, 2023 22:59:57 GMT -5
And here I thought, until very recently, we had no NIL pot set up...yet we had one of the best QB's in all of college football. I'm hoping Sluka gets a bag in the portal, perhaps could help subsidize him as he tries to catch on in the NFL Matt gave us four years of thrills. He deserves whatever he can get in his fifth year.
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Post by ts1970 on Nov 30, 2023 2:24:18 GMT -5
Syracuse has hired Fran Brown as its 31st head coach via a press release sent by the university. Formal intro will be Dec. 4. I truly feel bad for Coach Chesney. He deserved better than to have his name bandied about in the media only to be passed over. He is a wonderful man of high integrity & honor. Welcome to the nasty world of professional college football. There is definitely sadness for Coach Ches with this whole thing. He knows whatever worked out he had the love & support of the entire Holy Cross community. He has done so much to support HC and its student-athletes he deserves our support, too. You have zero idea how this played out. None of us do. I think all mm67 is saying is just that when a person interviews for a job, that person must have some kind of interest in the job to begin with, otherwise why interview at all. However, when the job is offered to someone else, there would naturally be some degree of disappointment to the other person who interviewed but did not get hired. That's human nature. That's all mm67 is saying in my humble opinion. However, I could be wrong. Maybe Coach Chesney didn't really care very much for the SU job and just did the interview for practice and experience and may have even turned the job down if offered. Hell, you're right. We really don't know. None of us do. But, boy, how we love to speculate. Personally, I hope Coach Chesney stays with HC until he retires from coaching.
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Post by ts1970 on Nov 30, 2023 2:52:55 GMT -5
By the way, below is a little recent correspondence I had with an area dentist here in North Jersey, relating to our QB that a few of you might find somewhat interesting and ironic:
From: Jared Sluka <slukadental@gmail.com> Date: November 27, 2023 at 11:15:34 AM EST To: Subject: Re: New Message From Sluka Family Dental - Ask Dr. Sluka
Hi Anthony - I am unaware of any family connection between myself and Matthew! He is a gifted QB and I actually got the chance to see him play in person this year. I went to the BC - Holy Cross game with my father in law who is a BC grad and still goes to most of the football games. I attended that one with him. Dr. Sluka
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:03 PM Sluka Family Dental <info@slukafamilydental.com> wrote: Dr., Are you related to Matthew Sluka the great quarterback at Holy Cross, the Catholic college in Worcester, MA? Matthew is from Long Island. I was in Bloomingdale today and happen to notice your office sign and your name which struck me immediately. Anthony Sarno, Wayne, NJ HC '70
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 30, 2023 8:27:21 GMT -5
Hard to believe there are that many Slukas out there. But I hope we some day find another one who can help HC as Matt did.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Nov 30, 2023 8:54:35 GMT -5
And here I thought, until very recently, we had no NIL pot set up...yet we had one of the best QB's in all of college football. I'm hoping Sluka gets a bag in the portal, perhaps could help subsidize him as he tries to catch on in the NFL Matt gave us four years of thrills. He deserves whatever he can get in his fifth year. Having become much more familiar with NIL open market value, Matt will easily have a six figure commitment at wherever he ends up which just won’t be in the cards for anyone at HC. And at this point, I think it’s okay to confirm that Jeff Monken’s due diligence on Matt was correct. He turned down a very nice NIL package from a Big Ten school after the South Dakota State game last year to return to Holy Cross for his senior year and graduate. At that time there was not even a whiff of NIL making its way to Holy Cross. However, it gave us a year to fully research how we could make this work to at least have some kind of solution.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 30, 2023 9:41:31 GMT -5
Hard to believe there are that many Slukas out there. But I hope we some day to find another one who can help HC as Matt did. I was talking about Matt to an HC friend of mine who owns a bar in my neighborhood. I made the comparison to Mariano Rivera. In the rest of my lifetime of following the Yankees, chances are I won't see another Mo. Same thing with QB at Holy Cross -- we'll have plenty of good ones come through The Hill but highly doubt we'll see another player who takes over a game to the level that he did for a long time. Especially at the QB position.
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Post by hcpride on Nov 30, 2023 9:43:57 GMT -5
And here I thought, until very recently, we had no NIL pot set up...yet we had one of the best QB's in all of college football. I'm hoping Sluka gets a bag in the portal, perhaps could help subsidize him as he tries to catch on in the NFL There are definitely players who will earn more NIL than they do NFL. Folks who don’t follow NIL would find this surprising.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 30, 2023 9:49:55 GMT -5
And here I thought, until very recently, we had no NIL pot set up...yet we had one of the best QB's in all of college football. I'm hoping Sluka gets a bag in the portal, perhaps could help subsidize him as he tries to catch on in the NFL There are definitely players who will earn more NIL than they do NFL. Folks who don’t follow NIL would find this surprising. Not surprising to anyone who follows both major college and pro sports. Think of all the players who are absolute gods, national household names in college who become complete nobodies in the pros. Gerry McNamara is a basketball example. Football there are plenty, but how about a guy like Eric Crouch in the early 2000s who was a Heisman finalist at Nebraska and barely lasted a month in NFL training camp, I think as a DB.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 30, 2023 10:20:31 GMT -5
As I understand it Crouch wanted to play QB and did not want to play DB even if that was the only way he could play in NFL
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Post by hc1998 on Nov 30, 2023 12:25:10 GMT -5
And here I thought, until very recently, we had no NIL pot set up...yet we had one of the best QB's in all of college football. I'm hoping Sluka gets a bag in the portal, perhaps could help subsidize him as he tries to catch on in the NFL There are definitely players who will earn more NIL than they do NFL. Folks who don’t follow NIL would find this surprising. There are players, more specifically in basketball, that have stayed in college for that very reason. Specifically I recall this coming up with Armando Bacot of UNC who was famous for driving a Carolina Blue lamborghini while still playing collegiately
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 30, 2023 19:45:02 GMT -5
As I understand it Crouch wanted to play QB and did not want to play DB even if that was the only way he could play in NFL Found an article referencing his abrupt retirement at age 23. Sounds like he was close to making the team as a WR but quit the game for good before regular season opener because of injury. www.espn.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1430682.html
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Post by Ignutz on Dec 1, 2023 10:03:55 GMT -5
There are definitely players who will earn more NIL than they do NFL. Folks who don’t follow NIL would find this surprising. Not surprising to anyone who follows both major college and pro sports. Think of all the players who are absolute gods, national household names in college who become complete nobodies in the pros. Gerry McNamara is a basketball example. Football there are plenty, but how about a guy like Eric Crouch in the early 2000s who was a Heisman finalist at Nebraska and barely lasted a month in NFL training camp, I think as a DB. Likely dating myself, but as a kid I was a fan of Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award winner Gary Beban. Beban barely had a cup of coffee in the NFL, but had a successful career in commercial real estate with CB-Richard Ellis.
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Post by hcpride on Dec 1, 2023 12:22:07 GMT -5
Not surprising to anyone who follows both major college and pro sports. Think of all the players who are absolute gods, national household names in college who become complete nobodies in the pros. Gerry McNamara is a basketball example. Football there are plenty, but how about a guy like Eric Crouch in the early 2000s who was a Heisman finalist at Nebraska and barely lasted a month in NFL training camp, I think as a DB. Likely dating myself, but as a kid I was a fan of Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award winner Gary Beban. Beban barely had a cup of coffee in the NFL, but had a successful career in commercial real estate with CB-Richard Ellis. Sam Hartman at Notre Dame (not suggesting he is a college superstar) may wind up making much more NIL than NFL. He may or may not be drafted.
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