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What's MGoBlog gonna call *That?* [Bryan Fuller]

Check off one more offseason project. Brian wrote a FAQ in 2009 but we've seen a lot of things since then, and I might do things a little differently, meaning it was due for a massive update. If it's a wonky word used in more than one Upon Further Review, you should be able to search it on this page. Sometimes opponents will have weird strategies or formations that I'll call out in that UFR.

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What do the columns stand for?

Class of 2021 recruiting roundups: Seth's May 2020 catchups at offense, defensive line, linebacker, defensive back.

one of the hundreds of readers irate at the lack of hockey recruiting coverage [JD Scott]

A couple of commenters responded to the annual hockey recruiting rundown posts by gesturing at the thicket of acronyms and doing that one gif with the mullet guy, so here's an explainer about the alphabet soup that is junior hockey.

First, a general timeline:

  1. 14 and 15 year-olds on midget teams get noticed at various tournaments and are recruited by colleges. New legislation means they can't commit yet; historically a bunch have gone off the board very early. Now they have to wait. In practice this means that commits will be silent until August two years before their enrollment.
  2. High-end prospects spend their junior and senior years of high school—approximately—in a junior league like the USHL or BCHL before heading to college.
  3. Lower tier prospects will spend up to two more years in junior before landing somewhere.

The following items are not in alphabetical article to prevent redundancy.

[After THE JUMP: now you can tell your AJHL from your NTDP!]