January 22nd, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
but no big surprise since he wasn't giving UM an official visit. Big, strong and doesn't seem to shy away from contact, appears to be well equipped for a Harbaugh offense. But I think there are other good RBs out there and our stable isn't empty...so...
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
I wonder if that will still happen.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
http://247sports.com/Player/John-Kelly-23718
I'm not sure why 247 has Michigan at a 24% chance, when Kelly's 2 recruiters are not on Michigan's staff (Jackson & Manning).
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
Could this have anything to do with the fact that he knows that Mike Weber is coming?
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
Not according to Sam Webb's recruiting roundup today. Said Kelly decided he wants a shot at RB and if Weber comes on board he knows that he's unlikely to get that shot. I think "wanting to play together" was contingent upon Kelly playing DB.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
I wouldn't be too worried about him not taking an official visit, Kelly is from Oak Park. Probably not much of a reason to waste a free trip to any school in the country to get two counties south.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
if this is a signal that it isn't likely that Weber will flip from OSU to Michigan
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
that there was speculationt that the two wanted to play together. So I internalized this development as meaning that since they aren't going to play together he is going elsewhere.
But I am listening to Sam Webb's podcast and he is saying that Kelly wants to play running back. So that becomes an issue.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
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January 22nd, 2015 at 6:23 PM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^
This!
I think we've got some solid depth - and hopefully Drake comes back strong - but Issac has me more excited than anyone, and it would be nice to have him take over!
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
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January 22nd, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
It's weird that a random school like Tennesee has been stealing kids from Michigan in recent years. There was DeAnthony Arnette and that highly-recruited O-lineman from northern Michigan who said Ann Arbor was too liberal for him (I don't remember his name).
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
It's not that wierd when you remember Butch Jones has ties to the state.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
But it is weird when you consider that Butch Jones wasn't the coach at Tennesse when Arnett and Danny O'Brien (the lineman whose name I couldn't remember) were recruited there.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
because...SEC.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
Charlie Baggett was their WR coach at the time. MSU alum. He later spent 14 years at MSU between two different periods, with a bunch of NFL experience (including OC experience at the NFL level) mixed in.
He had very strong ties to the area, particularly Saginaw/Flint area (Arnett, O'Brien) and was their primary recruiter.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
I thought it was Charlie Babbit.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
definitely...definitely Charlie Babbit.
January 22nd, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
#billboed
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
It is not weird at all when you consider Michigan is 1 of the few states you get access to Big 10 speed. Butch has just been ahead of the curve - the rest of the nation saw it this month.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Danny O'Brien loved to hunt and apparently there is good hunting near the Tennessee campus.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
Butch Jones was HC at Central Michigan for a few years, so he clearly has developed some relationships to recruit the state. No reason to abandon them just because he went to a new team.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
Also from Saugatuck and played at Ferris State.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
BREAKING #Vols OC Mike Bajakian is leaving #UT to pursue other coaching opportunities, multiple sources told @FOXSports.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
So CMU coach leaves to be OC at an SEC school and then SEC OC leaves to be HC at CMU? Gotta love it.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
Nevermind. The Vols OC is headed to Tampa
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
Danny O'Brien?
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
Yes! And he's a DT, not an OL like I said in my post.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
That's weird, I remember him as an OL too. Maybe we wanted him at OL. It even says D Tackle on his old rivals page, though . . .
January 22nd, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
You could be thinking of Jake Fischer or Anthony Zettle who were both in-state OLs we recruited who ended up going out of state (to Oregon and Penn State, respectively)
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
Don't forget OL Darris Sawtelle (SP?) from the mid-2000's. Granted, he was a Tenn legacy (I forget if it was his father or grandfather that played there). Tenn used to get some solid Ohio kids from time to time too....strangely, it seems like none of these of these Mich/Ohio kids has ever worked out at Tenn.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
Danny O'Bien was the anti-liberal. Remember Butch Jones is from Michigan and coached at Central so he has good connections here.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:54 AM ^
And you know this from where?
January 22nd, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
Upon further inspection of Gentry's 247 page, there have been MANY Crystal Ball predictions that have been made in the past few hours Michigan's favor, including our very own Ace.
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
Rivals and this.
January 22nd, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
Thank you. I didn't have the time to look for it.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
Mike Farrell, National Recruiting Analyst for Rivals:
"I can't imagine him taking a visit to Ann Arbor, meeting with a fired up Jim Harbaugh this late in the game and not flipping. Harbaugh wants him and I have to assume he gets him after this weekend if all goes well."
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
Mike usually isn't that confident on stuff like that.