Thread: Leagues top incomming Frosh

Don't get me wrong, I think LB is loaded with thalent, and eventually I expect we have the horses to be extremely good. But, looking with my head instead of my heart, this is what I see. SB and LB both had great freshman classes last season, and they both rode a senior star, Devine for SB and Morris for LB. These freshman classes matured greatly as the season progressed, but because Morris went down LBs guys ended up having to carry the...

Z, good reasonable post and one I can agree with a lot of. having said that, I won't jinx it and will declare LB the prohibitive favorite, as the coaches and media have dubbed them. LB has always attracted athletic talent, but their lack of coaching did them under most of the time. With Monson, they don't have that hurdle anymore.

Z-Spark, that was a well-thought out post and I appreciated it. If nothing else, we're more inside your head for how you perceive this LB team. But, I still think there's no denying that LBSU is the class of the league this upcoming season. If O. Johnson has a smooth transition at UCSB, then maybe we can accept that the Nachos will be indeed the top of the pops. But, on paper, everyone knows Long Beach State is the best team in this...

ZSparky wrote: GauchoFreg wrote: It was mentioned by some UCSB fans that Chris Brew's stock went down because he verballed to a mid-major (UCSB) early. The logic being "if this guy verbaled to Santa Barbara, he can't be of high major caliber. The unusual circumstances in this case being that CB verballed early. Have fans of other BW schools seen something similar happen with any of your recruits? Or is that theory BS? While...

The only thing on paper that counts is money. We want the BWC title and the NCAA berth. Forget the prognostifications. Let the games begin.

I thought Chris Brew was more highly regarded than that. Weren't some Gaucho fans saying he was a top 100 or so prospect?

Good info, thanks for putting that together.

Ryan Sypkens is going to shock a lot of people this year, the kid can flat out play.

I thought Brew was at least a 3 star in the ranking-something just doesn't seem right?

At the time Chris Brew committed to play at UCSB (Junior year) he was rated the #87 prospect in the country by Rivals and Top 100 in other publications. He also had offers from Washington and USC according to Santa Barbara News-Press before committing to play for the Gauchos.