Matt Ryan was Recruited and Offered By Purdue

[ahhculdee]

Wonder why he decided not to come here?

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

Orton and Kirsch probably

 

[Summy1]

I hope the falcons destroy the patriots.

 

[Wolegib]

The game is not over yet. Go Packers!

 

[SDBoiler1]

Wonder why he decided not to come here?

From his wiki:

Ryan says he was "mildly" recruited and began receiving scholarship offers as a sophomore. Some of the schools that offered him an athletic scholarship were Purdue, Georgia Tech, Temple, and Connecticut. After attending his recruiting visit with Boston College his junior year, it was announced he gave them his verbal commitment on August 14, 2002. His choices had come down to Iowa or Boston College. Ryan was looking for a university close to home and had a strong and competitive football program with a major emphasis on academics.

The poster that said Orton got it right, too, because Ryan wasn't going to start over Orton. His family is strongly Catholic and I think BC appealed to them because of that, too.