Quote Originally Posted by carney2 View Post
HOLY CROSS = 74

The word on the street has been that Holy Cross did very well with this recruiting class. Sometimes “the word” is right. This is a very good group. Five 2 stars is the most for one class since the Patsy Ratings began. The Committee tried to find some flaws and could only nit pick that there is only one rated skill position player.

QUALITY = 33: Details, and a comparison with prior years:
2010: 12 rated players, 5 of them 2 stars with one confirmed (received 2 stars from both rating services).
2009: 7 rated recruits; no 2 stars
2008: 10 rated recruits; two 2 stars
2007: 2 rated recruits; no 2 stars

CLASS SIZE = 7: 31 recruits. Expectations were for a group even larger than this.

DISTRIBUTION = 8: No TE. (Is the tight end headed for extinction?)

SPEED = 12: The usual disclaimer: there is limited information for this category, and even that information is questionable.

TRIGGER = 0: 1 recruit; no rating from either recruiting service. See Needs below for further discussion.

JUMBO = 6: 5 OL, 3 @ 270+; 8 DL, 3 @ 250+

NEEDS = 8

DB = 4 (of 5): 5 recruits, 1 rated, a 2 star. Adequate numbers, but The Committee needed to see better indications of quality before awarding maximum points.
DL = 4 (of 4): Coach Gilmore hit a home run with this group. Eight recruits, 4 rated, two 2 stars, and 3 are 250+. Maybe a little undersized as a group, but a lot of talent here.
QB = 0 (of 3): 1 recruit; not rated. A spirited debate at Committee headquarters about whether or not 1 Patsy Point was merited. On the plus side, the kid put up some gaudy numbers and was 1st team all-state. As for the negatives, the state was Vermont which is not noted for its high school football, and the recruiting service void indicates that he was not a hot item. Lafayette has a similar recruit, but from Florida, and they got no points. The best thing that can be said about the Holy Cross recruit is the same that can be said about the Lafayette recruit: “He’s certainly big enough” (6’5”, 220 for the future ‘sader). Here’s hoping these two fight it out for offensive player of the year in 2013, but no points were awarded.

THE COMMITTEE’S ADJUSTMENTS = 0

THE RATINGS RACE With 3 To Go:

81 Lehigh
74 Holy Cross
60 Lafayette
28 Fordham*
*Fordham has gone full scholarship. Patsy Rating methodology may not be
appropriate for scholarship football.
Let the record show...I called this outcome last week. Here's the proof

http://lafayettesports.myfreeforum.org/about1089.html

My prediction was based on analysis rooted squarely in what I call the Carney Effect. Simply put, Lafayette can never finish higher than 3rd in the Patsy Ratings. Any finish higher than third would call into question every pesimistic belief Carney holds dear...and his head may explode. If the math supports a higher finish than third place for the Leopards Carney reserves the right to inject some bogey real or imagined in order to scuttle the Lafayette rankings. This year Lafayette's inability to recruit an incoming Freshman QB despite the fact that Lafayette already has three viable starters none of whom are Seniors factored significantly in Lafayette's overall ranking. Carney is the Keeper of the Patsy Keys and the QB "problem" weighed heavily on the Key Master. The rest of the Carney Effect states that, while Lehigh does not have to finish first in the rankings, it can never be ranked below Lafayette.

In fact I will now accurately predict the Patsy Rating for 2011 and save Carney a whole heap of work. Here goes...

1. Lehigh (The team Carney loves to hate and hates to subconsciously love)
2. Colgate
3. Holy Cross
4. Lafayette (This ranking is predicated on the belief that we will go out and recruit a third string long snapper. If we don't this ranking slips to just behind Georgetown)
5. Bucknell
6. Georgetown