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bad leavitt-- VERY, VERY BAD LEAVITT

He helps our DL while Stirrups and Jenkins get up to speed.  If James Jackson works out for next season great otherwise he only holds up the scholarship for 1 season.

Scout.Com is reporting the Dexter has pulled his verbal commitment from USF and that he says that USF and Ole Miss are now in a dead heat.  This is another one of those examples of campus visits changing a kids mind.

I'll go with Dexter McCluster

2005 Collegefootballnews.com All-Big East Team

Offense

QB - Pat White, Fr. West Virginia

RB - Michael Bush, Jr. Louisville

RB - Andre Hall, Sr. South Florida

WR - Greg Lee, Jr. Pitt

WR - Joshua Tinsch, Sr. Louisville

TE - Clark Harris, Jr. Rutgers

OL - John Glass, Sr. Rutgers

OL - Garin Justice, Sr. West Virginia

OL - Travis Leffew, Sr. Louisville

OL - Dan Mozes, Jr. West Virginia

OL - Jason Spitz, Sr. Louisville

PK - Art Carmody, Soph. Louisville

KR - Jackie Chambers, Soph. South Florida

Defense

DL - Elvis Dumervil, Sr. Louisville

DL - Ryan LaCasse, Sr. Syracuse

DL - Ryan Neill, Sr. Rutgers

DL - Montavious Stanley, Sr. Louisville

LB - H.B. Blades, Jr. Pitt

LB - James Hargrave, Sr. Connecticut

LB - Ben Moffitt, Soph. South Florida

DB - Bernard Lay, Sr. Pitt

DB - Mike Lorello, Sr. West Virginia

DB - Mike Mickens, Fr. Cincinnati

DB - Anthony Smith, Sr. Syracuse

P - Brendan Carney, Jr. Syracuse

PR - Willie Foster, Jr. Rutgers

Top 30 players regardless of position

Based on the season the player had

1. RB Michael Bush, Jr. Louisville

2. DE Elvis Dumervil, Sr. Louisville

3. QB Pat White, Fr. West Virginia

4. QB Brian Brohm, Soph. Louisville

5. RB Andre Hall, Sr. South Florida

6. RB Steve Slaton, Fr. West Virginia

7. OT Travis Leffew, Sr. Louisville

8. WR Greg Lee, Jr. Pitt

9. DE Ryan Neill, Sr. Rutgers

10. DE Ryan LaCasse, Sr. Syracuse

11. WR Joshua Tinch. Sr. Louisville

12. LB H.B. Blades, Jr. Pitt

13. CB Bernard Lay, Sr. Pitt

14. S Mike Lorello, Sr. West Virginia

15. S Anthony Smith, Sr. Syracuse

16. C Dan Mozes, Jr. West Virginia

17. LB James Hargrave, Sr. Connecticut

18. LB Ben Moffett, Soph. South Florida

19. DT Montavious Stanley, Sr. Louisville

20. CB Mike Mickens, Fr. Cincinnati

21. S Courtney Greene, Fr. Rutgers

22. CB Darrelle Revis, Soph. Pitt

23. NT Ernest Huner, Sr. West Virginia

24. OT Garin Justice, Sr. West Virginia

25. RB Brian Leonard, Jr. Rutgers

26. TE Clark Harris, Jr. Rutgers

27. S Jahmile Addae, Sr. West Virginia

28. WR Mario Urrutia, Fr. Louisville

29. RB Ray Rice, Fr. Rutgers

30. OG John Glass, Sr. Rutgers

Top Quarterbacks

1. Pat White, WVU

2. Brian Brohm, Louis.

3. Tyler Palko, Pitt

4. Ryan Hart, Rut.

5. Pat Julmiste, USF

Top Running Backs

1. Michael Bush, Louis.

2. Andre Hall, USF

3. Steve Slaton, WVU

4. Brian Leonard, Rut.

5. Ray Rice, Rutgers

Top Receivers

1. Greg Lee, Pitt

2. Joshua Tinsch, Louis.

3. Mario Urrutia, Louis.

4. C. Harris, Rut. (TE)

5. Tres Moses, Rut.

Top Offensive Linemen

1. Travis Leffew, Louis.

2. Dan Mozes, WVU

3. Garin Justice, WVU

4. John Glass, Rutgers

5. Jason Spitz, Louis.

Top Defensive Linemen

1. Elvis Dumervil, Louis.

2. Ran Neill, Rutgers

3. Ryan LaCasse, Syr.

4. M. Stanley, Louis.

5. Ernest Hunter, WVU

Top Linebackers

1. H.B. Blades, Pitt

2. James Hargrave, UConn

3. Ben Moffett, USF

4. Kevin McLee, WVU

5. Stephen Nicholas, USF

Top Defensive Backs

1. Bernard Lay, Pitt

2. Mike Lorello, WVU

3. Anthony Smith, SU

4. Mike Mickens, Cin.

5. Courtney Greene, Rut.

Top Kickers

1. P Bren. Carney, Jr. SU

2. PK Art Carmody, Rut.

3. P Adam Graessle, Pitt

4. PK Josh Cummings, UL

5. PK Jeremy Ito, Rutgers  

He was our first verbal.  Including the state playoffs,  he rushed for 2,400 yards and 35 touchdowns.  He also plays cornerback and is an outstanding kick returner.  I will feel more comfortable about him after he signs the letter of intent because he is that good.  

1st team - Andre Hall

2nd team - Ric Watson

                John Miller

                Frank Davis

                Terrance Royal

                Stephen Nicholas

                Mike Jenkins

                Johnnie Jones

I think more should have made the first team but I guess this is the best we can expect since it is our first year in the league even though Louisville had 10 1st teamers.

This rivals list from 2003 clearly shows that the highly rated QBs are not sure things.  I like all three verbals that we have now especially Alwan Lee.

Rivals.com Pro-style quarterbacks 2003   Rivals100.com | last sorted on 2/5/2003

Name Pos. Rating Ht/Wt Hometown                                     Schools

1 Kyle Wright QB  6-4/200 Danville (CA) Monte Vista              Miami-FL

2 Chris Leak QB  6-1/205 Charlotte (NC) Independence           Florida

3 Tommy Grady QB  6-6/215 Huntington Beach (CA) Edison   Oklahoma

4 Clayton Richard QB  6-5/225 Lafayette (IN) McCutcheon      Michigan

5 Kevin McCabe QB  6-4/205 Wexford (PA) Pine-Richland      Virginia

6 JaMarcus Russell QB  6-5/225 Mobile (AL) Williamson         LSU

7 Andre Woodson QB  6-5/220 Radcliff (KY) North Hardin        Kentucky

8 Justin Midgett QB  6-4/195 Punta Gorda (FL) Charlotte          Florida

9 Sam Keller QB  6-4/210 San Ramon (CA) San Ramon Valley Arizona State

10 Brady Quinn QB  6-4/215 Dublin (OH) Coffman                    Notre Dame

11 Blake Mitchell QB  6-4/180 LaGrange (GA)                         South Carolina

12 T.C. Ostrander QB  6-3/205 Atherton (CA) Menlo-Atherton    Stanford

13 Michael Affleck QB  6-3/225 Provo (UT) Timpview                 Arizona State

14 Drew Tate QB  6-0/170 Baytown (TX) Lee                            Iowa

15 Richard Kovalcheck QB  6-3/205 San Diego (CA) St. Augustine Arizona

16 Matt Flynn QB  6-2/216 Tyler (TX) Lee                                    LSU

Rivals.com Dual-threat quarterbacks 2003   Rivals100.com | last sorted on 2/5/2003

Name Pos. Rating Ht/Wt Hometown                                  Schools

1 Robert Lane QB  6-3/210 Monroe (LA) Neville                    Ole Miss

2 Dennis Dixon QB  6-4/180 San Leandro (CA) San Leandro Oregon

3 Marcus Stone QB  6-4/230 Harrisburg (PA) Bishop McDevitt NC State

4 Tyler Donovan QB  6-1/185 Hartland (WI) Arrowhead             Wisconsin

5 Syvelle Newton QB  6-2/210 Bennetsville (SC) Marlboro County South Carolina

6 Omarr Conner QB  6-2/190 Macon (MS) Noxubee County        Mississippi State

7 Robert Johnson QB  6-3/195 Waco (TX)                                Arkansas

8 James Battle QB  6-2/195 Denton (TX) Ryan                         Texas Christian

9 Tommy Zbikowski QB  6-1/190 Buffalo Grove (IL)                   Notre Dame

10 Bernard Jackson QB  6-2/190 Corona (CA) Santiago              Colorado

11 Devin Williams QB  6-4/210 Arlington (TX) Sam Houston         Louisiana-Laf.

12 Patrick Carter QB  6-2/185 St. Petersburg (FL) Lakewood         Georgia Tech

An article I read said that Frank Harry would enroll in January and be available for Spring Practice.  That should allow him to be an immediate impact player.

I am sure that if the stadium was an hour away like it is for NC State, we could also sell 30,000

Some of us have to wait until Dec 10th to get tickets through the school since we are not on the priority list.  I am wishful that we can get near 10,000.

Please disregard Smazza's take on prospects.  We could recruit 20 5-star recruits and he would still find a problem with them.

The way tickets are selling(seeing how none are free) is showing how the community is finally embracing UCF football.  I hope to see it sell out for UCF/USF 06.

You can count on me as part of your sell out in 06.  I enjoyed the ass-kicking so much this season that I want to be part of the encore.

Terrific News.

Here is a link to the story on ESPN.com

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2242536

Considering that we will have played 4 teams currently in the top 20,  it is ridiculous that we are still in limbo about a bowl game.  If we would have substituted  FAU and FIU for Miami and Penn State,  we would have been top 20 going to Hartford and probably already have a bowl bid by now.  

Why should he want to coach anywhere anytime soon.  He will get $11 million over the next 2 years if he does not coach