OT: Elijah Hood to Notre Dame
The 4/5* running back out of North Carolina has (unfortunately) committed to The Irish. We were the favorite for roughly a day (right after he visited back in February) and he was considered by many (e.g. 7 out of 8 on 247's crystal ball) to be a North Carolina lean.
Officially committing to The University of Notre Dame! #GoIrish #ND #BlueAndGold
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) April 28, 2013
Ehh, we've been out of the running for a while and we'll only see him his freshman year.
Obviously I'd rather have him here but with the way that our backfield looks for the future, this won't hurt too bad.
Purdue is now off the ND schedule starting in 2016. MSU can't be far behind.
April 28th, 2013 at 10:32 PM ^
A customer of mine, and BIG Domer, has stated that ND's deep dislike for UM dates back to when we kept them out of the Big Ten and wouldn't play them
(post war?). Supposedly, State helped them out when they needed games, for which they remain appreciative.
Or maybe ND sees MSU as a way to build a legit schedule with less risk of a loss than playing UM going forward. Time will tell.
April 28th, 2013 at 11:34 PM ^
money hungry ND athletic director- still considering the 1940's in scheduling football games.
I'm going with the later....
"Evidently they loved they loved the place and after meeting everyone they had no concerns about the people who looking out for Elijah for the next 4 years."
I think saying no concerns is a little daft. They certainly didn't have enough concerns to prevent his verbal commitment.
Someone should have pointed out to Hood's parents that as it applies to Brian Kelly, in the expression in loco parentis, the word loco means crazy.
Good luck to him. ND got a solid running back.
Go Blue.
April 29th, 2013 at 10:00 AM ^
For those who've had any level of interest in Dave Chappelle and his story, I suggest you give it a look.
It seems like ND gets all the players with the last name of "Wood." Cierre Wood, Lo Wood, etc. I am concerned that now they are also moving in on the Hoods. Somebody needs to draw a line in the sand.
Ambrose Wooden
No Good.
Would hurt more if Derrick Green didn't commit last year, and we weren't the fav of 2015 top RB Damien Harris.
Now a solid 'meh' for us, good pickup for the Domers.
April 28th, 2013 at 10:32 PM ^
Great pick up for ND and congrats to the young man. Hopefully he'll blossom there and not transfer like so many have so far!
That is hard to read.
April 28th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^
April 29th, 2013 at 10:14 AM ^
He's now a Domer and Domer recruiting is not on topic. Especially when Michigan didn't "lose" this prospect. Just because he had an offer and came on a visit doesn't make him relevant at this point in time. Jabill Peppers and Da'Shawn Hand are relevant in Michigan recruiting, Hood is just another top prospect at this point.
My concern is why do we always need a thread for these players Michigan didn't have a shot at? Whether they go to ND, Ohio, MSU, whatever...unless Michigan is truly in the race, I don't think its even noteworthy. Earlier this year it was like we had a thread for every Ohio commit, it was ridiculous.
But THIS is why OT is okay, because I believe if you put OT in front of it, you can post whatever you want. I'm not the thread police, and while I don't like these threads...I had no right to say "don't post" them.
If you put OT, it's then on me if I want to click because you've already told me it has nothing to do with Michigan. If you make a thread "OT - I had a great poop today"...I'm not going to downvote, I know it's not Michigan related and if I click...I can't complain that it's not Michigan related. I would also know that it would be an awesome thread.
He may not stick with the commitment, considering his family wants him to stay close. Hopefully he ends up at North Carloina.
Ferns, Mone, Peppers, Hand, Hood
Hopefully he doesn't end up undrafted like Cierre Wood.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone with a 0 before
April 28th, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
It's kind of ironic that the post which brought him back to zero was moderated as flamebait and scored a -1.
I don't think we were ever leading for him. Weren't we only number 2 (to ND), even after his visit to us? As time progressed, it became more obvious it was going to be ND or an east coast school, mainly North Carolina.
Besides, our offer was not a committable offer.
Go Blue!
April 28th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
April 29th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
had to scroll through an awful lot of stuff to get to this sentiment, which I echo, and which I knew had to be in here somewhere.