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Not a good one to miss!

Signed as an UDFA with the Patriots. Congrats.

Not gonna lie, with baseball being pretty mediocre and women's lax not starting until Sunday this week's a struggle content wise. Decided to watch some of this kid's film and...wow. Athletic as hell it seems. Assuming he just didn't see the field at WVU because of depth. He's going to have a chance to come in and compete for an edge spot right away in camp. Him and Q-Hutchins could make a dynamic duo

They just announced a "Historical Partnership", where they will play a 12 games "home and home" series from 2027-2038. I'm sure some of these games are part of the original ACC rotation, but interesting that they are playing so many consecutive years.

Guys out...

DL Josh Hardy
DL Shitta Sillah
RB Andre Hines
DB Jason Scott
RB Pat Garwo
RB Cam Barfield
RB Xavier Coleman
QB Emmett Morehead
DB CJ Clinkscales
WR Taji Johnson
WR Jaden Williams

Portal Targets ....

WR Donte Lee Jr
OL Easton Kilty
OL Trent Holler
DL Keith Cooper
DL Travis Bates
OL Lucas Heyer
DB Devon Marshall

Guys in ....

TE Kamari Morales
DB Bryquice Brown
RB Treshaun Ward
DB Micah Robinson

LB/DE E’Lla Boykin

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Hearing most likely Mother’s Day in Newton for a 2nd round game. 2 or 3 seed obviously, Selection Show is at 9 tonight

Took a look and was surprised that we lost 18 kids to the portal, seemed like a lot. However, diving in a bit, that's likely because George Rooks (possibly Ryan Turner, but we are pretty stacked at DB) was really the only one of any consequence or likely to be on the 2-deep next year. And Rooks had a PFF grade of about 50 (60 being average), so he is pretty easily replaceable.

We have 15 incoming transfers, several of whom, in my opinion, project to be difference makers and/or on the 2-deep. Let's take a look, here are my thoughts.

Likely Starters
QB Dylan Lonergan (certainly competition with James here)
WR VJ Wilkins
TE Ty Lockwood

Likely 2-Deep and/or Significant Playing Time
LB Jason Hewlett (potential starter)
EDGE Favor Bate
OL Tommy Matheson (potential starter)

Likely Depth or ST
LB E'lla Boykin
DT Chris Marable
DT Makai Byerson
EDGE Onye Nwosisi
DT Chuck Nnaeto
OL Amir Johnson
LB Vaughn Pemberton
TE Zeke Moore
DL Michael Bumpus

On paper, a very good haul for BOB and staff. Obviously the kids need to show up and play, but this looks like a huge net postive result in the portal.

Insane !!!

Best playoffs in professional sports, hands down.

Down to 8.

LFG !

Rookie minicamp begins on Friday

Is Caleb Steger still a BC commit...

Defense Lineman Makai Byerson to BC

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For anyone in the know, is BU’s recent recruiting success driven by NIL? I would assume so. And I assume they can outspend BC, since they only have 1 sport to support.

Anyone with any insights on NIL deals in Hockey East?

Some final thoughts on the importance of how last weekend played out...

Any tidbits, thoughts, or bets post them here:

Tuimoloa +1200 1st rd pick on Fanduel

Fired up to see where EZ goes

Praying Pats trade down still somehow

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Swept this weekend in home series against Miami (including Fenway game today). Any hopes for an ncaa bid likely vanished.

I was up in Montreal with my family for spring break (and more importantly to catch a couple of Habs playoff games at Centre Bell). We were staying at the same hotel as the Caps so saw players coming and going over the span of a few days. One day we hopped on the elevator and Ryan Leonard was in there with a few of his teammates after coming back from a morning skate. My 6 year old daughter who is a force of nature, and then some, and who has grown up in a 'hockey family' and in rinks all over the northeast immediately said, "Are you hockey players?' They chuckled and said yeah. She then said, "my dad and brother play hockey and are huge Habs fans." They laughed again and one of them said, 'Don't worry we'll take it easy on them tonight.' They were all very friendly and good natured -- even after my wife asked if she could take their photo with my daughter to show our 16 year old son (who had opted to stay back in the room -- a decision he later regretted).

The next day my son and I saw Ryan Leonard in the lobby again and chatted with him for a bit. I was reluctant to say anything to him because it was the day after a really tough loss for his team, but I knew my son really wanted to meet him. I told him I was a BC alum and knew his BC coach back in the day, and that my son and I followed the hockey program closely. My son told him about watching him play a couple of games vs UVM at the Gutt in Burlington, and vs the USNDT last fall, and that his 16U T1 club team had beaten Leonard's Springfield Junior Thunderbirds in the Beast League playoffs a couple of months prior. Ryan was gracious and seemed happy to chat for a few minutes. He seemed like a really impressive and down-to-earth kid. He is going to be a great NHL player -- a next gen Marchand with more speed and size -- and has really come on in the playoffs. Wish the Habs had drafted him when they had the chance.

And on a related note, the atmosphere in Centre Bell for games 3 and 4 was the best I have ever seen and that includes having seen playoff games there, in the old Forum, TD Garden, Boston Garden, United Center and Saddledome. If you are an NHL fan catching a game, especially a playoff game, in Centre Bell should be on your bucket list.