the just released schedules were a flat-out statement that the B10 doesn't believe SOS will matter in playoff selection
Diaries
TomVH: Big House BBQ Visitors
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This will be the home of the BBQ visitor list. The event takes place on July 31st and looks like it's invite only. I'm still working on confirming visitors so I should have more names added as I get them. Be sure to continue to check back frequently.
Here's who I've confirmed so far:
Yes
LB Royce Jenkins-Stone - Commit
DB Terry Richardson - Commit
LB James Ross - Commit
DE Matt Godin - Commit
DB Allen Gant - Commit
TE Devin Funchess - Commit
DE/LB Mario Ojemudia - Commit
DE Tom Strobel - Commit
OL Kyle Kalis - Commit, said he will for sure be there. He's going up with his head coach Finotti, because his coach wants to sit down with Mattison to talk defense.
OL Ben Braden - Commit
2013 QB Shane Morris - Commit
DT Danny O'Brien (6'2", 293 lbs, 4 Star)
WR Jehu Chesson (6'3", 182 lbs, 3 Star)
2013 OL Steven Elmer
2013 RB Wyatt Shallman
2013 LB Jonny Reschke
RB Bri'onte Dunn (6'2", 215 lbs, 4 Star) - His father told me yesterday that Bri'onte will likely be going up with his cousin Dymonte Thomas. Bri'onte's Dad might not make it up though.
DE Chris Wormley - Said via text he is coming to the event.
DT Ondre Pipkins (6'3", 325 lbs, 4 Star)
DB Anthony Standifer - commit
2013 WR Laquon Treadwell
2013 DB Dymonte Thomas
TE AJ Williams - Commit
2013 RB Ty Isaac
Not Coming
OL Jordan Diamond (6'6", 290 lbs, 4 Star)
DB Jeremy Clark - Commit, said he's going to try to make it up.
OL Caleb Stacey - Commit
WR Monty Madaris (6'2", 190 lbs, 3 Star)
LB Kaleb Ringer - Commit
LB Joe Bolden - Commit
Unauthorized Perspicacity is Minding the Gap
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Lend a Hand Because You Can: Greg Dooley is walking to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. Join his team and get your name added to "The MVictors Jug".
You need a new Michigan t-shirt, right? Right? Well, even if you don’t, head over to Moe’s Sport Shop and pick up one or both of these beauties.
Their purchase helps support the Bo Schembechler Heart of a Champion Research Fund.
Preview Time: Maize n Brew continues its look at Michigan’s defense with a breakdown of the secondary. Bottom line: Restrained optimism, which seems fair. Meanwhile Magnus has another in his ongoing “Getting to Know [Incoming Freshman]” and “2011 Countdown” series with a Chris Rock (YTCR) profile and previews of several players expected to see spot backup and special teams duty including Brandon Moore, Kelvin Grady, J.B . Fitzgerald, and Richard Ash.
Honorifics: With Desmond Howard’s induction to the College Football Hall of Fame, there has been much talk about how best to honor Michigan’s growing number of special players who arguably deserve official recognition of some sort.
Building on Brian’s Ring of Honor idea, Ace Anbender of The Wolverine Blog makes the case for a 12-man Michigan Ring of Honor comprised of Willie Heston, Benny Friedman, Bennie Oosterbaan, Tom Harmon, Francis Wistert, Albert Wistert, Alvin Wistert, Bob Chappuis, Dan Dierdorf, Anthony Carter, Desmond Howard, and Charles Woodson.
The Hoover Street Rag’s Craig Barker gets in on the act with his take: Retire #21 and #2 but give Howard and Woodson the option of allowing these numbers to continue to be used; go with the Ring of Honor and place it in the future south concourse; commission statues of Michigan's legendary coaches (Yost, Crisler, Oosterbaan, Schembechler, and Carr).
Pyramidically Speaking, These Coaches are Screwed:Sunday was a bad day to be one of a number of current or former football coaches who invested in GLC Enterprises at the behest of ex-UGA head coach Jim Donnan. Using his connections in the coaching fraternity, Donnan attracted investments from several high-profile figures including Barry Switzer, Frank Beamer, Dennis Franchione, and Tommy Tuberville. The problem according to the documents filed in federal court: GLC was operating a Ponzi scheme, bringing millions of dollars of investments in so that fraudulent returns could be paid to the investors.
More troubling are the basketball coaches who invested with David Salinas, an investment adviser who was the founder of a prominent Houston-area summer basketball program. The subject of an SEC investigation, Salinas was found dead Sunday, the victim of an apparent suicide.
"A lot of coaches got (expletive)," said one college coach who spoke to CBSSports.com on the condition of anonymity. "It's bad."
Former Arizona coach Lute Olson, Baylor coach Scott Drew, Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie and former Utah coach and current Gonzaga assistant Ray Giacoletti are among those CBSSports.com has confirmed invested with Salinas. A document obtained late Sunday by CBSSports.com has testimonals from other coaches who invested with Salinas -- specifically Nebraska coach Doc Sadler, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi coach Willis Wilson, former Houston and Nevada coach Pat Foster, former Duquesne coach and current United States Merchant Marine Academy coach Danny Nee and Augustana College coach Grey Giovanine.
"But the list is much longer," a source said. "Lots of coaches had money with him, but they're going to try to deny it and just hope it doesn't come out." The reason some might be concerned about their financial connection to Salinas is because it's unclear how the NCAA would view college coaches investing money with the founder of a summer basketball program that supplied recruits to several universities over the years.
Yeah, that could be a problem.
Devin Gardner Can Recruit: Women's basketball, that is. Inkster alumnus Gardner's efforts may have been the deciding factor for Inkster 2012 prospect Kelsey Mitchell according to her dad, Ollie Mitchell.
Mitchell, who will be one of the top returning girls basketball players in the state this winter, chose to commit to Michigan after a conversation with her friend Gardner, who played his prep football at Inkster. "She talked with Devin and after he explained to her what Michigan was about, it made her choice a lot easier. We just felt like this was the best choice for her and the family. Michigan is Michigan. She's going to get a great education."
Stu-palooza: MGoBlue.com catches up with our favorite backup/starting 1, backup/starting 2, while Stu gets a 3 part treatement at isportsweb.com. See part 1, part 2and part 3. "The House that Stu and Zach built"? Hyperbole much? Still, there's a nice anecdote about what Coach K said to Stu after the tournament loss, some insight into Stu's seeming difficulty in consistently hitting his spot up threes (see the blockquote) and Stu's takes on many of his teammates and LaVall Jordan:
“It was funny, Coach K, I saw him in the hallway and he stopped me after the Duke game in the tournament and he said, you guys are probably the closest team I’ve seen,” Douglass explained. “He could just tell that from playing against us. As far as college teams go, I think we’re as close as it gets.”
“It’s always perplexed me, it’s tough because with Darius coming off the ball screen a lot of my job was to be in the corner and be ready to shoot. It’s tough for me to kind of sit there and create a shot, create energy out of just sitting there. I was a Reggie Miller fan; he was my favorite player growing up. So I worked on all the time throwing the ball out and faking a cut like somebody was guarding me. Even when I was in second and third grade I’ve always been shooting off the move, that’s all I did in high school, coming off screens. It’s more of a mental thing; thinking about it is the worst thing.”
Get Your Vote On: Vote for your favorite Michigan athletics photos of the year in MGoBlue.com's Year In Photos tournament. There are Blue, Maize, Heroes (available July 20) and Victors (available July 21) brackets to attend to, so get busy.
The MGoBlue.com Summer Sessions series featuring interviews of Michigan's various coaches is well worth your time. Give these a view:
• Head Men's Golf Coach Chris Whitten (July 18)
• Head Women's Golf Coach Cheryl Stacy (July 18)
• Head Rowing Coach Mark Rothstein (July 15)
• Head Women's Swimming Coach Jim Richardson (July 14)
• Head Volleyball Coach Mark Rosen (July 13)
• Head Men's Soccer Coach Steve Burns (July 12)
• Head Women's Cross Country Coach Mike McGuire (July 11)
• Head Men's Cross Country Coach Alex Gibby (July 11)
• Head Women's Soccer Coach Greg Ryan (July 8)
• Head Men's Tennis Coach Bruce Berque (July 7)
• Head Men's Track & Field Coach Fred LaPlante (July 6)
• Head Water Polo Coach Matt Anderson (July 5)
• Head Men's Swimming & Diving Coach Mike Bottom (July 1)
Inception - OSU
The beginning of my new screenplay [Ed-M: ...that's not a screenplay]. I hope you enjoy!
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Three men appear exasperated, angry and desperate inside of a meeting room in the Ohio State athletic department building. Two older men and one young, athletic man. One of the two men stands inches from the young athlete’s face, screaming a desperate plea for information, while the other looks out from between two old, wooden window blind slats in dismay. Outside the building, a ravenous mob of reporters, having smelled blood in the water for too long, is advancing on the creaking, groaning, old structure, shouting horrible curses and demands for interviews and information. Inside, the men grow louder. Their voices slam against the walls of the cramped room and die, echoing off of the scuffed linoleum tile and dented drywall.
“Terrelle, you’ve got to tell us what you’ve been up to with these cars! Where is the missing football equipment? They’re coming for us. There is no way to get out of this thing if you don’t help us. They’ll take us all down! We’ll be ruined.” Doug Archie’s voice was strong, but the quarterback is non-compliant, and the requests for information go ignored.
“I can’t, man. I can’t! Everybody does stuff! Gets free tats, steals gear from you, steals gear from me. I can’t say nothin’!” The pack of reporters continues to advance on the building. It becomes obvious they could not be turned away by attempting to dismiss FOIAs on bogus claims. The fear in Gene Smith’s eyes as glances back into the room at Archie is evident.
“They’re on us, Doug. We gotta get out of here, now.”
“Terrelle, you idiot! Don’t you get it! Your future will be destroyed! We can’t protect you if you don’t help us now”, froths Archie. “Dammit, talk”, he curses, throwing a Hayse-esque punch that sends Pryor tumbling out of his chair onto the linoleum, a sheen of fear sweat flying in all directions from his ebony brow. The muscular young man lays there for a moment, and suddenly, a small chuckle gurgles from deep in his throat and a tiny slit of a grin crosses his lips; a spark of revelation flashing in his eyes.
“You know, I’ve always hated being an ‘amateur’ athlete. Hard work. Long hours. No pay. No right to profit from my image. But also… no real responsibility for these things. Right now, you’re definitely telling me I have responsibility that will hurt me in the future.” Archie and Smith glanced knowingly at each other as they realize the jig is up.
“You spend years fostering an environment of see-no-evil, and then suddenly you issue empty threats to attempt to appear in control of the program. A Compliance Plan within a Compliance Plan. Very good. But there are better ways to keep control of your program!”
In another world, OSU compliance has bigger problems, and Archie and Smith both suddenly find themselves awakened and falling backwards into a tub of water. They emerge soaked and angry over their failure. Things are getting worse. More information and former players are coming out of the woodwork. The NCAA investigation is getting more and more severe. The notice of allegations response is due soon, and they’re no closer to any of their goals. A homely and overweight department intern hands them each a towel. It is obvious that she has not washed the OSU jersey she considers "office wear" in weeks. The two are visibly nauseated by the smell of stale nacho cheese. She cuts short their torture by issuing them a depart order, right out.
They depart on her barking order, "President Gee wants to see you both, now."
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They arrive to the meeting to find Gee waiting, seemingly calm and collected, but with some sort of a problem obviously furrowing his brow.
“I’ve requested you here because I understand that you are the best at infiltration and collection, correct?”, begins Gee, not lifting his eyes from the documents he is scanning to acknowledge the men. His bow tie bobs at his throat as he speaks.
“It’s true. We are. We don’t need a regular compliance department. Forget forms and investigations and what-have-you. If we need information, we will get it right from the minds of those who have it”, responds Archie, with Smith silently nodding in agreement.
“Tell me”, utters Gee in a lower tone, shifting his eyes slightly to peer at the two over the top of his sheet, “is the reverse also possible? Instead of taking an idea from the mind of a target, is it possible to implant an idea?”
“You’re talking about Inception. Implanting an idea into another person’s mind and getting them to believe it is their own”, says Archie, somewhere between breathlessly excited at the prospect and struck silent at the audacity.
“Yes, exactly”, responds Gee, his posture stone solid, his eyes focused so as to burn out a response.
“It would require a very special target and a very special idea… but it might be possible.”
“You see”, begins Gee again, standing up and approaching the two men, "the severity of the allegations has forced the university to sever ties with Coach Tressel." Smith, who had been turned slightly to lean on a nearby pillar, stands upright and walks nearer to form a close circle of three.
“It wasn’t our planned course of action, but it was the time to act. In order that Tressel might maintain his godly image among fans, we first allowed him to call it a resignation,” says Gee, holding out a small stack of printed sheets, stapled in the upper corner. He begins to flip through the sheets, one at a time as he brings up each talking point. “Later, the fan base became very angered with the fact that the university would allow Tressel to take the fall, and so we began a transition towards calling Tressel’s dismissal a “retirement”, and eliminating the fines that had previously been imposed”, continues Gee, still flipping sheets. “Now, however, we have released the University’s response to the Notice of Allegations. As you can see, our strategy relies on making Tressel the sole and privately responsible culprit for any and all transgressions. So-“
Suddenly, Smith cuts him off in a fit of realization at the entirety of the plan. “And so, you need to implant the idea in the mind of the NCAA that Tressel was, in fact, fired for incompetence and willful rule breaking, when you’ve spent the last few months giving him gentle shoulder massages as he leaves the university, declaring your full support for him over and over again.”
Gee smiles a devilish grin at Smith and begins to nod. “Precisely… is it possible?”
“Ordinarily, I’d say no way,” starts Archie slowly, his brow deeply furrowed in calculations. “But with the NCAA… maybe.” Archie rises from his chair and begins to pace. His footsteps clatter and echo heavily in the cavernous tile and glass office, but he seems unaware, rubbing thoughtfully at his chin.
“I’m not sure, but I think Auburn did it, implanting the idea that Cecil Newton was behind the entire Cam fiasco… but they had some evidence to work with. You’re talking about a complete fabrication… It’s gonna be tough… and I’m gonna need a hell of an architect.”
And the three began to plot the specifics of the caper late into the night.
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What do you think? Have I got the next summer blockbuster?
Who would be in a Michigan Football Ring of Honor?
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Brian got me thinking about who deserves to be in a Michigan ring of honor, so I did the only thing I know: Dump a bunch of data into a spreadsheet and rank them arbitrarily. I gave a point for being the College Hall of Fame, Michigan's Hall of Honor, Michigan retiring their number, points equal to the number of years being an All American, being in the top four in the Heisman (another 2 for winning it), and up to a point for winning other post-season awards. One could include other considerations, such as championships, captaincy, or being President of the United States.
The table below presents the data, sorted first by points and then year.
Some comments:
I would think anyone Chappuis and above deserves to be in.
I included only some 2-point guys of interest in the table below, most of whom aren't in Michigan's Hall of Honor or the Hall of Fame.
Coaches aren't included, except Kipke who is there because of his playing, though I don't know how much of his playing versus coaching got him in the Hall of Fame.
Why is Benbrook not in Michigan's Hall of Honor?
Obviously newer guys benefit from the various awards now available. The Heisman was first awarded in 1935. I would think Heston could have won it.
In 1939 Harmon finished 2nd in the Heisman voting to Nile Kinnick before winning it in 1940.
The All of American data are a bit surprising. Gerald Ford isn't listed. I had thought Carter was a three-year All American. There may be other surprises. I used a list from the NCAA (data source below), which made it easy, but the list may be flawed.
| Player | Yrs | HoF | MHoH | # | All Am | Heisman | Awards |
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| Tom Harmon | 37-40 | y | y | y | 2 | 2nd, 1st | Maxwell |
| Desmond Howard | 89-92 | y | y | 1 | 1st | Maxwell, Camp, Nagurski, Bednarik | |
| Bennie Oosterbaan | 24-27 | y | y | y | 3 | ||
| Alvin Wistert | 47-49 | y | y | y | 2 | ||
| Ron Kramer | 53-56 | y | y | y | 2 | ||
| Anthony Carter | 79-82 | y | y | 2 | 4th | ||
| Charles Woodson | 95-97 | 1 | 1st | Camp, Thorpe | |||
| Willie Heston | 01-04 | y | y | 2 | |||
| Benny Friedman | 23-26 | y | y | 2 | |||
| Francis Wistert | 30-33 | y | y | y | 1 | ||
| Albert Wistert | 38-42 | y | y | y | 1 | ||
| Bob Chappuis | 42, 46-47 | y | y | 1 | 2nd | ||
| Neil Snow | 1898-02 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Adolph Schulz | 04-05, 07-08 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Albert Benbrook | 08-10 | y | 2 | ||||
| Harry Kipke | 20-23 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Harry Newman | 29-32 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Robert Westfall | 38-41 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Jim Mandich | 66-69 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Tom Curtis | 67-69 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Dan Dierdorf | 67-70 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Reggie McKenzie | 68-71 | y | y | 1 | |||
| Dave Brown | 72-74 | y | 2 | ||||
| Chris Perry | 00-03 | 1 | 4th | Walker | |||
| Rob Lytle | 73-76 | 1 | 3rd | ||||
| Mark Donahue | 74-77 | 2 | |||||
| Rick Leach | 75-78 | y | 3rd | ||||
| Tripp Welbourne | 87-90 | 2 | |||||
| Braylon Edwards | 01-04 | 1 | Biletnikoff | ||||
| David Baas | 01-04 | 1 | Rimington | ||||
| LaMarr Woodley | 03-06 | 1 | Lombardi, Hendricks | ||||
| Jake Long | 04-07 | 2 |
Data Sources: All-American, Heisman and other award data, Michigan Hall of Honor, and College Football Hall of Fame
Current 2012 Class Rankings 1.0
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I will start this by saying I apologize for any formatting issues, as this is my first diary on Mgoblog.
There have been many posts on this site predicting where Michigan's 2012 class will be ranked come February. After seeing Tom's post last week, I decided to try and estimate where our class would end up based more upon where teams currently stand, instead of previous years.
I also decided that since Rivals has a different number of 5 stars each year this would help to stop people from guessing which players will gain an extra star and which ones won't [Ed-M: Not really a problem though, since Rivals has a ranking and we know how many more 5th stars they typically give]. This way everyone is on this year's current star ratings and you can expect that most teams will have players gain or lose the same amount of stars come February.
I went through which teams seem to have the best recruiting classes to date and I ended up with 12 teams. Of course there are some teams with a very small number of recruits to date so later on I may need to add a few teams to the list.
I decided that since this early in the process teams have very different numbers of recruits to also add a percentage of 4 or 5 star players. I then used this as well as the total number of players committed already to come up with an estimate of where I think each class will end up. Although there is no way to go through and decide which players each of these teams will add, I think this will give us a chance to compare each class versus our own, and estimate about how we should fare in comparison with each other team.
I will list where I believe each team will end up after this table. I would like to add, like Tom did, that this is almost impossible to predict since there are no constants in the recruiting world and there is no way to know exactly what these teams final recruiting classes will look like. I also chose not to take my opinion into account by saying, "well Alabama is still in on more kids than other teams on this list so they will most likely end higher than this list shows." For this reason, if people seem to enjoy this perspective on the recruiting classes, I will update this Diary as the year goes on with versions 2.0, etc.
Rivals:
| Team | Total Commits | 5 Stars | 4 Stars | 3 Stars | 2 Stars | Not Ranked | Percentage of 4-5 Stars |
| Michigan | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Alabama | 14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 35.71 |
| Auburn | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Clemson | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Florida | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64.28 |
| Florida St. | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64.28 |
| Georgia | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 36.36 |
| LSU | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 46.66 |
| Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Texas | 18 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.22 |
| Texas A&M | 20 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| USC | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77.77 |
It should be noted that many of the 2 star or unranked players are kickers or punters. This is why I believe an average star ranking is less informative than a percentage of 4/5 star players.
Looking at this list, I created a simple way to estimate where each teams class could end up if they recruited about 2/3 as well as they have so far and every team ended up with about 25 recruits. We all know this will not be the case and especially for a team like USC but their recruiting class to date deserves to be on this list. I also I also gave a small advantage to teams that have a 5 star versus a 4 star such as Florida State over Florida. The reason I chose 2/3 efficiency because looking at the percentages, I still feel that Texas, with 18 commitments and 72.22%, has a better chance of ending with a class superior to Auburns at 81.81% but 7 less commitments.
Here is my list estimating the final recruiting rankings:
1) Texas
2) Auburn
3) Florida State
4) Florida
5) Michigan
6) LSU
7) USC **
8) Alabama
9) Clemson
10) Texas A&M
11) Georgia
12) Notre Dame
** USC will not end this high due to NCAA sanctions but I felt as though i would not include that in making my list since it is only July, and other teams may not have room for a class of 25, and therefore not finish as high either.
I have always preferred Rivals as a recruiting site, mainly because my friend works for them. But due to the fact that they no longer have a Midwest scout I know many of you prefer Scout. For this reason I also made a table with the Scout rankings.
Scout:
| Team | Total Commits | 5 Stars | 4 Stars | 3 Stars | 2 Stars | Not Ranked | %age of 4-5 Stars |
| Michigan | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 |
| Alabama | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Auburn | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.9 |
| Clemson | 13 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 53.8 |
| Florida | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 64.28 |
| Florida St. | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 71.43 |
| Georgia | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27.27 |
| LSU | 15 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33.33 |
| Notre Dame | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Texas | 18 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77.7 |
| Texas A&M | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| USC | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.6 |
I found it very interesting that although many of you think scout is much kinder to our recruits, most teams actually had a higher percentile increase than we do. At approximately +5.2%, we are in the middle of the pack in increased percentile. Only Georgia, LSU and USC have a lower percentage of 4/5 stars on Scout. I also found it very interesting that Texas has four, yes four, 5 stars on Scout and the total number of committed 5 stars increased from 4 on Rivals to 18 on Scout. This made me excited that Kyle Kalis is the highest rated 4 star on Rivals.
No matter what our recruiting class is excellent and no recruiting rankings will change that. I will actually be a little more optimistic than Tom and estimate a final class ranking between 3rd and 9th.
I hope everyone enjoyed this Diary and give me some feedback for things you would like me to change in my updated version!
Big Ten Recruiting Class Rankings 7-17-11
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With more new Michigan commits, we're hitting the front page after a hiatus of a couple weeks. Action since last rankings:
7-10-11 Michigan gains commitment from Kyle Kalis. Notre Dame gains commitment from Romeo Okwara. Penn State gains commitment from Nyeem Wartman. Indiana gains commitment from Wes Rogers. Minnesota gains commitment from Samad Hinds.
7-11-11 Minnesota gains commitments from Brian Nicholson and Jordan Hinojosa.
7-13-11 Ohio State gains commitments from Luke Roberts and Pat Eiflein. Michigan State gains commitment from MacGarrett Kings II.
7-14-11 Illinois gains commitment from Joseph Spencer.
7-15-11 Northwestern gains commitment from Dwight White.
7-17-11 Penn State loses commitment from Jamil Pollard.
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| Rank | School | # Commits | Rivals Avg | Scout Avg | ESPN Avg | 24/7 Avg |
| 1 | Michigan | 19 | 3.53 | 3.63 | 3.47 | 3.58 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 12 | 3.25 | 3.33 | 3.42 | 3.25 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 11 | 3.27 | 3.36 | 3.18 | 3.36 |
| 4 | Penn State | 10 | 3.30 | 2.70 | 3.20 | 2.90 |
| 5 | Michigan State | 11 | 3.09 | 3.09 | 3.00 | 3.18 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 8 | 3.13 | 3.00 | 2.75 | 2.88 |
| 7 | Northwestern | 13 | 2.46 | 2.31 | 2.31 | 1.85 |
| 8 | Indiana | 12 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 2.58 | 2.25 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 15 | 2.33 | 2.15 | 2.58* | 2.00 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 5 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 3.40 | 3.80 |
| 11 | Iowa | 6 | 2.67 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 2.50 |
| 12 | Illinois | 4 | 2.40 | 2.80 | 2.00 | 2.60 |
| 13 | Purdue | 7 | 2.43 | 1.86 | 2.29 | 1.86 |
*ESPN doesn't rate JUCOs, so Isaac Fruechte is not included in Minnesota's average, and Steffon Martin doesn't count against Purdue.
On to the full data, after the jump:
