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Georgetown Football: 2008 Recruit Profiles

If any position will drive Georgetown's return to championship football, it will be the offensive line, and the addition of center Chris Bisanzo could be a big step in that direction.

Bisanzo was a two-way star on one of Greenwich's all-time great teams, which captured back to back Class LL state titles in 2006 and 2007. Despite returning just eight starters, the 2007 Cardinals matched its 12-1 record of 2006 with the FCIAC conference title. Called a "bulldozer" by the Connecticut Post, Bisanzo and the Greenwich offensive line gave up only 70 points in nine league games, and finished the regular season ranked #2 in the state, where they defended their state title with a 28-14 win over Shelton in the LL final.

Bisanzo was a first team all state selection and was ranked as high as #105 among linemen by Rivals.com last fall. He had offers from Connecticut, Syracuse, and Temple, and took official visits to Boston College and Connecticut before visiting Georgetown. "I was looking to make a decision both academically and football-wise, and [UConn] just wasn't the right balance, " Bisanzo told the Greenwich Time. Georgetown provided that balance, according to the paper, where Bisanzo committed after his January visit.

Bisanzo expects to his the ground running when he reports in August. "If I were to give a pep-talk to the sophomores and freshman looking to fill my shoes one day, I would tell them: Don't be a follower. Be anything but a follower," Bisanzo told the FCIAC Football Blog.

"Football is the same thing as school--it's repeating actions that will ultimately turn into a test. Depending on how you do when you practice those actions, is how you are going to perform come test time," Bisanzo said. "In football, the preparations are the practices and the tests are the games. In school, the preparation is the class time, class work, and homework, and the test being the test/exam. The similarities are unbelievable - and I think it is one of those things that not too many people notice. Ultimately – working hard during the season, during the off-season, as well as in the class room is what it comes down to. Leaders can be made, they do not necessarily have to be born."