Michigan about to flip Greg Little?
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:44 AM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 11:21 AM ^
I like to say "you have a big head", "your head, it's too big for your body".
Though one time I did get stabbed in the forehead with a fork.
#badbreakerupper
January 3rd, 2016 at 7:20 AM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 2:07 AM ^
Can someone tell me what the "academic exemption" mentioned in the article is? I'm guessing it allows teams to take a certain amount of non-acedemically eligible recruits per cycle. Who gives the exemption - UM, the B1G, NCAA?
January 3rd, 2016 at 2:08 AM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 2:17 AM ^
THIS ESPN article makes it sound like it's up to the school. If true, I wonder what the football program's cap on exemptions is.
January 3rd, 2016 at 2:18 AM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 2:07 AM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
ummm everyone is bringing up his BS info. Some people are bringing up his correct info too.
January 3rd, 2016 at 3:32 AM ^
What the hell would "sources in the AD" know about Greg Little?
January 3rd, 2016 at 11:23 AM ^
People are not smart animals.
January 3rd, 2016 at 2:07 AM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 2:11 AM ^
Academic Exemption? As in the University allows the team to admit a certain amount of players that are below their usual standards for athletes?
January 3rd, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^
I remember RR battling the school on this as many of the kids he wanted to bring in were below the M line.
January 3rd, 2016 at 2:11 AM ^
I trust 3G to ferret out the dirt in the athletic department and coaching searches. I know Brian and Seth says he only has one source but that one source seems to be a good Deepthroat.
When it comes to recruiting stuff, he is just posting for hits and extrapolating stuff hitting other places.
Until we hear Greg Little is coming to visit AA it's all just a fun fantasy. Also we need to flip Greg Little's mom apparently too.
I would like to hear more about this academic exception thing - maybe someone can mail Brian about it.
January 3rd, 2016 at 9:36 AM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 2:14 AM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 7:16 AM ^
I mean what did he have to lose?
I'm not saying he DOESN'T have sources...but one accurate prediction doesn't me he DOES either. You earn that with a proven track record.
I said Gary to Michigan a month ago...if it comes true, it doesn't make me an insider. I'm still just a fool with a keyboard.
January 3rd, 2016 at 7:23 AM ^
On another note, I know this kind of stuff is impossible. But I do wish there was some way as a fanbase we could keep this stuff quiet. This feels very similar to what happened to Mike Weber last year. Now I was closer to that situation and I have never met Greg Little or any of his family in my life.
But when a kid is waivering a little bit, the best thing IMO for us to do is shut up. Don't create more noise for him. The more fans start talking about it, the more pressure is on the kid. The more the school he's committed to starts noticing and recruiting him harder and negative recruiting you. The more the fan base he's committed to starts putting the attention back on him.
Before you know it, it's all too much for the kid or he feels guilty for waivering or he's just tired and says "fuck it, I'll stay where I am."
Again, we're going to talk about it, I'm not blaming anyone. But this is one where I wish we could all just play dumb and let him flip to the good guys. I shouldn't compare it to Weber because I have no idea what is going on...but I do know it happens more than you think and that is what happened with Weber. He just got tired of all the pressure and wanted people to go away. So the easiest thing (in his mind) was to just committ to OSU again and shut everything down. His heart was in Ann Arbor and still is in a lot of ways.
As for Little. I don't want Ole Miss to ratchet the recruiting up versus Michigan even higher...I'd rather go the Mork route and lay in the weeds on this one. When their fans or his local community gets wind of it...it's all people are going to talk about. And no one wants to feel like a traitor.
Maybe more than anything, I just don't wanna get our hopes up over something that right now feels like a looongshot. Or especially when we don't even have "smoke." There's one Brian guess and this Henson fella who rarely predicts anything correct when it comes to recruiting. I'd rather wait for some real material to go from.
Carry out, though, I know what I'm saying is unreasonable.
January 3rd, 2016 at 8:30 AM ^
you mean offering Little more money and a nicer car?
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
You make some excellent points about letting the on the bubble recruits take their time to flip, but in this day and age of social media/internet/recruiting sites it is hard as you point out for a fan base to just stay quiet till nsd. There are also cases where fans "showing love" can help, but I get your point. Let's hope they make the right decision for them - which should be for the good guys.
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 3:09 PM ^
if he looks around is hard to imagine. He has no leverage. Little could go to a number of better programs and they both know it. I'd like to hear the conversation between Little and Gary in that case.
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^
didn't he flip to osu on signing day? so, in effect, everyone goes away anyway at that time.
January 3rd, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
It isn't Little.
January 3rd, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^
January 3rd, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
I'm not at liberty to confirm nor deny.
/getskilledanyway
January 3rd, 2016 at 4:49 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 2:15 AM ^
and the creek don't rise.
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January 3rd, 2016 at 3:34 AM ^
Ole Miss has a lot more football tradition than Illinois.
They are more like State.
January 3rd, 2016 at 5:06 AM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 2:19 AM ^
Ole Miss was a bizarre pick after he decommitted from A&M. I can ask some of my Allen H.S. friends if they know anything about his Ole Miss commitment. Little has been all over the place with his recruitment so I wouldn't be surprised if Harbaugh can get this kid to flip.
January 3rd, 2016 at 7:25 AM ^
Does Little or his family not like money or fancy things?
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
I saw a TV special on the top 10 tailgating/game day experiences and Ole Miss was #1. The Grove looks spectacular if you like hot girls in pretty dresses (or douchey Southern preppy guys.)
Of course I don't know why recruits would be cool with the plantation owner rebel mascot, or confederate flags.
January 3rd, 2016 at 7:43 PM ^
I don't understand that either.