Wednesday: "Potential Day"

Wednesday afternoon the College Football world celebrates "Potential Day".  That is the day experts around the country analyze the potential greatness of college football teams based on the 18 year old kids they convinced to attend their school.   National signing day is Wednesday and according to at least one group of experts UC got the 59th best recruiting class in the country, and the 4th best in the Big East Conference.  This is according to Rivals.com.  On their web site they look at the 5,4,and 3 star recruits each team has signed.  Their numbers show that the Bearcats are bringing in no five star players, two four stars and eight three stars.  Last year Brian Kelly commented that a kids "star value" increased when he was looked at by a Big Ten school as opposed to when others were looking at him.  This would lead us to believe that this rating system of high school football players ranks up there with judging figure skating.  The question is not what a kid ranks when he signs as much as what he ranks when he leaves.  What were the rankings of the 6 Bearcats heading for the NFL combine?  Four years ago West Virginia QB Pat White was a 2 star player and the 52nd best QB in his class.  Bearcat Sports Page.com will have complete coverage of national signing day Wednesday afternoon.

ESPNU has scheduled at least 6 hours of coverage Wednesday for National Signing Day.

Here is a look at the Big East Conference rankings according to Rivals.com:

20. West Virginia

28. South Florida

38. Rutgers

43. Pittsburgh

59. UC

73. UCONN

74. Louisville

111. Syracuse