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Subject: Cornell Class of 2025 QB recruit Author: Ed S. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:55:28 08/15/24 Thu Ryan Downs 6'4" 215 Booker HS Sarasota, Fl - Offered from Brown, Indiana, Kansas, Marshall and Penn. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Impressive! Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:50:32 08/16/24 Fri Nice get for the new regime!

[> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: scoop85 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:56:14 08/16/24 Fri On paper the Cornell staff seems to have significantly outrecruited the prior regime. Several of the recruits had one or more FBS offers, primarily from the service academies. And just as important, most of the recruits chose Cornell over one or more other Ivy offers: Brown -- 7 recruits held offers Penn -- 8 Columbia -- 3 Dartmouth -- 6 Yale -- 3 Harvard -- 1 Princeton -- 1

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: Warrior II [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:51:08 08/16/24 Fri Not all offers carry the same weight.

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: Scoop85 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:48:57 08/16/24 Fri I’m not sure I get your point. Perhaps you can elaborate.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: Warrior III [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:01:36 08/17/24 Sat All of the Ivies make far more offers than they have room for. Therefore, the offers are conditional. When it comes time for the Ivies to zero in on those at the top of their wish lists,most of those players who were offered are not pursued.

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: scoop85 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:29:12 08/17/24 Sat Sure, I get that all schools make offers for many more players than they can ultimately take. But unless a person has inside information, it would be speculation to say how any of these guys were prioritized by the various programs they received offers from.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: Warrior II [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:10:48 08/17/24 Sat True. But there are ways to interpret. Hypothetically only, If Cornell receives a commitment in the last week from a QB,who reports he was offered by Penn and Brown early in the recruiting process but Penn and Brown received commitments 7 weeks ago from one or more QB’s, chances are they passed on the Cornell kid. He might be a better QB than the ones committed to Penn and Brown and his visits to Penn and Brown , if any ,might not have gone well but still the point is that for whatever reason Penn and Brown in this example moved on. You could ask the recruit to find out if this hypothetical is close to reality. A clear determinant would be whether the recruit and his family was offered an official visit to the other schools . If not, chances are he was not high on the list at his position.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: Scoop85 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:03:11 08/17/24 Sat While your explanation makes sense, in some cases we can assume a recruit who might be higher in the pecking order at a particular school than a recruit who has already committed that program simply prefers a different destination.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: scoop85 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:35:11 08/17/24 Sat Asia, thanks for that back story. Swanstrom certainly would’ve been involved with Downes’ Penn recruitment, so he apparently still thought enough of his potential to make the Cornell offer. And if he doesn’t pan out, well, fans of Cornell football are used to disappointment!

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Impressive! Author: Asiasunset [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:10:53 08/17/24 Sat This recruit has an unusual recruiting story. Brown offered him when he was in 7th grade. Kansas and Indiana followed shortly thereafter. Penn offered him in the summer before his junior year. He later suffered a compound fracture of the tibia that fall. It appears Cornell has taken a flyer on him, but perhaps this works out great for them. Cornell fans could be in for a pleasant surprise or a bit of a disappointment. At any rate, I wish him well and I hope things go well for him and Cornell.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Reminds me a bit of... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:51:58 08/19/24 Mon ...former Dartmouth QB Connor Kempe. He had all types of interest from major programs in high school. Then suffered bad injuries from a near-fatal kite-surfing accident. Best I could tell, Dartmouth was his only offer after that. He had a decent career. Might have even gotten All-Ivy recognition in a normal season except that the league was full of good QBs his year.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Reminds me a bit of... Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:36:00 08/19/24 Mon Coach Swanstrom seems to be off to a good start with recruiting. Heard on the East Hill that Coach Swanstrom likes this 2024 freshman running back Ricardo Lagares. They gave him #33 which is a good sign. Go Big Red! https://www.maxpreps.com/ny/churchville/churchville-chili-saints/athletes/ricardo-lagares-jr/media/videos/?careerid=vo76audjiud22&videoid=c14a8d95-c30f-4bdb-8e7b-6d3cea5df13e