the just released schedules were a flat-out statement that the B10 doesn't believe SOS will matter in playoff selection
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OT: Florida Asst. Calls Nick Saban "Satan"
Florida Asst. coach Tim Davis refers to Saban as "satan". I will give you all time to find your gif's. Ready go......
Future Non-Conference Opponent Recruiting Watch
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Somebody was going to do this sooner or later, right? UPDATE: Unfortunately I have run out of time to work on this and was not able to prepare a composite chart; maybe when (i.e. if) I get a chance to update it. Now with composite chart! UPDATE #2: Arkansas added
Composite Chart
|
247 Comp. Rank |
Team |
No. of Commits |
5-Star |
4-Star |
3-Star |
Scout Avg. |
Rivals Avg. |
ESPN Avg. |
247 Avg. |
Overall Avg. |
|
5 |
Michigan |
9 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
3.56 |
3.44 |
3.78 |
3.78 |
3.64 |
|
7 |
Notre Dame |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
4.0 |
3.78 |
3.78 |
3.78 |
3.83 |
|
36 |
Utah |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
2.85 |
|
37 |
Arkansas |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2.75 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.31 |
|
50 |
BYU |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
2.60 |
|
60 |
Cincinnati |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2.33 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.33 |
2.42 |
|
68 |
Hawaii |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.25 |
2.19 |
|
77 |
Ball State |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.13 |
|
90 |
Oregon State |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.25 |
|
-- |
UNLV |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.00 |
|
-- |
Appalachian State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
|
-- |
Colorado |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
|
-- |
Miami, OH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
Notre Dame (2014, 2015) – 9 commits, overall star average: 3.83
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Elijah Hood |
RB |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4.25 |
|
Quenton Nelson |
OT |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4.0 |
|
Sam Mustipher |
OG |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4.0 |
|
Jay Hayes |
DT |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4.0 |
|
Justin Brent |
WR |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3.75 |
|
Andrew Trumbetti |
DE |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3.75 |
|
Greer Martini |
OLB |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3.75 |
|
Nic Weishar |
TE |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3.5 |
|
Jimmy Byrne |
OT |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
Utah (2014, 2015) – 5 commits, overall star average: 2.85
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Jackson Barton |
OT |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
|
Allan Havili |
DT |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3.0 |
|
Amone Finau |
RB |
3 |
3 |
NR |
3 |
2.75 |
|
Kenyon Frison |
OT |
NR |
3 |
NR |
3 |
2.5 |
|
Raelon Singleton |
WR |
NR |
3 |
NR |
3 |
2.5 |
Arkansas (2018) – 4 commits, overall star average: 3.31
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Bijhon Jackson |
DT |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3.75 |
|
Rafe Peavey |
QB |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3.75 |
|
Jack Kraus |
TE |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3.0 |
|
Juan Day |
RB |
NR |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2.75 |
Brigham Young (2015) – 5 commits, overall star average: 2.6
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Isaiah Nacua |
DE |
3 |
NR |
4 |
4 |
3.25 |
|
Zac Dawe |
DE |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3.00 |
|
Fred Warner |
OLB |
3 |
3 |
NR |
3 |
2.75 |
|
Trey Dye |
WR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2 |
2.0 |
|
Neil Pauu |
QB |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2.0 |
Cincinnati (2017) – 3 commits, overall star average: 2.42
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Casey Gladney (JC) |
WR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
4 |
2.5 |
|
Franklin Labady |
RB |
3 |
2 |
NR |
3 |
2.5 |
|
Hakeem Allonce (JC) |
DT |
NR |
NR |
NR |
3 |
2.25 |
Hawaii (2016) 4 commits, overall star average: 2.19
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Daniel Lewis |
CB |
3 |
NR |
NR |
3 |
2.5 |
|
Manly Williams |
OLB |
3 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2.25 |
|
Larry Tuileta |
QB |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2.0 |
|
Fitou Fishiiahi |
MLB |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2.0 |
Ball State (2016) 2 commits, overall star average: 2.13
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Darian Green |
WR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
3 |
2.25 |
|
David Morrison |
QB |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2 |
2.0 |
Oregon State (2015) 1 commit, overall star average: 2.25
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Nick Mitchell |
QB |
3 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2.25 |
UNLV (2015) 1 commit, overall star average: 2.0
|
|
Scout |
Rivals |
ESPN |
247 |
Avg. |
|
|
Doug Saeks (JC) |
OG |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
2.0 |
Appalachian State (2014)
No Commits
Colorado (2016)
No Commits
N.T. Miami (2014)
No Commits
Denard working out at QB for Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Jaguars had Denard lining up in the shotgun formation at QB during Wednesday's OTA practice. Looks like his QB days are not over. The last line of the article predicts that if Denard does well, he could be reclassified from RB to QB in the future.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/15/jags-using-denard-robins...
Big Ten Recruiting Rankings 5-15-13
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Michigan gets a commit and content is a little slow today, so recruiting rankings hit the front page. Plenty of movement this week with Big Ten schools picking up commitments in each of the last eight days. Changes since last rankings:
5-1-13: Rutgers picks up Pete Mokwuah.
5-2-13: Illinois picks up Chayce Crouch.
5-3-13: Penn State picks up Daquan Worley. Northwestern picks up Tommy Doles.
5-6-13: Nothwestern picks up Dareian Watkins.
5-8-13: Nebraska picks up Jason Hall.
5-9-13: Northwestern picks up Auston Anderson. Maryland picks up Johnathan Thomas.
5-10-13: Penn State picks up Marcus Allen and Jared Wangler.
5-11-13: Michigan picks up Lawrence Marshall.
5-12-13: Ohio State picks up Lonnie Johnson.
5-13-13: Michigan State picks up Matt Sokol.
5-14-13: Northwestern picks up Justin Jackson.
5-15-13: Michigan State picks up Chris Frey.
Chart? Chart:
| Big Ten+ Recruiting Class Rankings | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 Comp. Rank (Ovr) | School | # Commits | 5* | 4* | 3* | Rivals Avg | Scout Avg | 24/7 Avg | ESPN Avg | Avg Avg^ |
| 1 (5) | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.44 | 3.56 | 3.78 | 3.78 | 3.64 |
| 2 (12) | Ohio State | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3.38 | 3.63 | 3.88 | 3.50 | 3.59 |
| 3 (14) | Penn State | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 3.33 | 2.89 | 3.14 |
| 4 (15) | Northwestern | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.22 | 3.11 | 3.44 | 2.89 | 3.17 |
| 5 (20) | Rutgers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.56 | 2.56 | 2.89 | 2.44 | 2.61 |
| 6 (23) | Michigan State | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.17 | 3.33 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.25 |
| 7 (34) | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.75 | 3.50 | 3.69 |
| 8 (41) | Iowa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 3.67 | 3.33 | 3.33 |
| 9 (44) | Illinois | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.75 |
| 10 (52) | Maryland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.08 |
| 11 (56) | Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.33 | 2.33 | 2.92 |
| 12 (70) | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 |
| 13 (81) | Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.25 |
| 14 (NR) | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
^The average of the average rankings of the four recruiting services (the previous four columns). The figure is calculated based on the raw numbers and then rounded, so the numbers above may not average out exactly.
NOTE: Unranked recruits are counted as two-star players.
On to the full data after the jump.
OT: Last Night's Dinner With Tressel
Last night my company won a "Manny" award for new product development here in Northern Ohio. The Keynote speaker and presenter was Jim Tressel and about a month ago I asked the board what question I should ask him given that I thought I would have the chance to do so. Unfortunately circumstances did not allow for me to speak to him at any length last night (he was mobbed by adoring Buckeye fans and we were not seated together) but we did exchange email addresses and I dropped him the following note this morning:
During your tenure at OSU you definitely created “fortress Ohio” and made recruiting nearly impossible for Michigan. As you well know, if you wanted an Ohio kid you got him. The “zero sum gain” of you keeping all the Ohio kids in Ohio not only strengthen the Buckeyes it weakened Michigan and, while I no longer actively recruit, I’m fascinated that Meyer does NOT seem to be following your lead and is definitely letting us back in. We are not only competitive for the first time since 2000 we are winning recruiting battles head-up and that simply did not happen while you were the Head Coach. Very long preamble to the actual questions. One, why do you think Coach Meyer is foregoing your “Ohio first” recruiting mentality and two; do you think he’ll regret it in the long term?
If he responds I will let everyone know what he says. It was generally a pretty fun evening and during Tressel's keynote someone had to leave the room so Tressel stopped mid-sentence and said "wow......must be a Michigan fan". That line certainly got a lot of laughs.
Finally what's the saying around here? "Pics or it didn't happen." Well I have a pic. Unfortunately. Somewhat embarrassingly I have seemed to have photo bombed myself as you will see from the attached picture of a seemingly very surprised mGrowOld and the former coach of the Buckeyes.
Jags (Denard) in London Oct 27
At some point over Denard's Michigan career I decided I would follow whichever team drafted him. So I checked out the Jags schedule to see if they had any interesting road games, since J-ville is not exciting to me, especially after the Gator Bowl a couple years ago.
However, I noticed they were playing SF in London on Oct 27. There are plenty of reasons to go including: going to London in itself, although expensive is fun, an NFL game experience in another country and supporting Denard being the genesis of the trip ends up being an ancillary benefit.
I'm curious to know if anyone has planned on going or might be interested in taking a group trip.
