Hoke in home with Countess tonight.
Looks like the meeting went well.. Blake on twitter...
@BlakeCo1 "Those who stay will be champions"
For what its worth it is also being reported that Hoke visited Darian Cooper. I am expecting nothing else but a committment from him. What is stronger than snake oil?
January 19th, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
I wonder how many times Brady used that line.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:56 PM ^
I can feel the momentum building and a Hello post coming by Monday.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
Hello Hakeem Flowers. Not even part of the weekend visitors.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:12 PM ^
I forgot the 23rd was so close...well that's something to look forward to
January 19th, 2011 at 9:56 PM ^
I cant read the tweet (protected). However, i think it has to be a good sign that the backdrop is the Michigan Block M
January 19th, 2011 at 9:58 PM ^
Yea his background has been the block M for awhile. But hes been tweeting about Joe pa and other Penn state stuff lately till now. PSU visits him thursday he said earlier.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:58 PM ^
I guess I don't need to start drinking after all!
January 19th, 2011 at 10:02 PM ^
Come on Blake, tell Bradley or whoever to not bother to come by tomorrow.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:04 PM ^
PSU has an in home with him tomorrow..fingers crossed, he sees joepa as the crypt keeper
January 19th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
..and that becomes creeper. Which also suits JoePa
January 19th, 2011 at 10:15 PM ^
I thought I read somewhere that Paterno doesn't go to in-home visits anymore? Maybe I'm wrong.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
..but in the interest of consolidation:
Hoke did indeed have an inhome with Cooper today. 3 things I got from the Scout article
1. We're not totally out of it
2. He might visit the 28th
3. The coaches (again) said we're running a 4-3
January 19th, 2011 at 10:12 PM ^
just saw on your twitter that boblichtenfels (dont know if hes an insider of sorts) said something about a current big ten commit who may possibly change his committment...can you offer any insight....anything do with us?
January 19th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
i was more wondering if it was potentially one of our recruits possibly wavering
January 19th, 2011 at 10:18 PM ^
Looking at our list of 4* commits, I really don't think it's one of ours. Brennen's blue, Kellen's blue, Blake (who dropped to a 3* yesterday, only to return to 4* status today)'s blue, Hayes is blue, and Fisher's pretty much already decommitted. The implication was that this player was a 'surprise' of some sort.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:20 PM ^
Maybe Lawrenece Thomas? (MSU commit) Just throwing that out there...
Edit: Someone already threw that "out there"...
January 19th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
I should have mentioned that. He made that much clear.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:15 PM ^
'Fraid not. Lichtenfels is a Scout insider who does spot stuff with ESPN, so he's credible. It's nothing definitively dealing with Michigan, but I thought it was interesting and in the somewhat off-case it has to do with Michigan, I wanted my followers to know first.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
thanks for the response
January 19th, 2011 at 10:26 PM ^
any rumors about Lawrence Thomas now considering Michigan with the Mattison hire? I heard something from a friend but wanted to know if you heard anything credible.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:29 PM ^
That would be huge, but no I don't think it's the case. Or at least, I haven't heard anything. Your friend's probably either misinformed or lying. How close to the situation is he?
January 19th, 2011 at 10:36 PM ^
but I dont think he's anywhere close to the situation for it to be concrete. If it turns out true it'd be pretty awesome to steal states big recruit.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:37 PM ^
Any idea his source? I just did a quick scan of the interwebs and came up with absolutely zippo...but maybe I missed something. But you're right, it would be huuuuge.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:46 AM ^
I think Thomas has a huge Spartans tattoo on his arm.
I'd be shocked if he took a visit.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:23 PM ^
Raymon Taylor going Blue maybe?
January 19th, 2011 at 10:26 PM ^
Taylor's a 3* on Scout
January 19th, 2011 at 11:06 PM ^
If I had to guess I'd think that dude was talking about Raymon Taylor switching from IU to Michigan.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
Some reason I was thinking Fisher switching Blue to diaherra green. Last I checked on scout he's still listed as a soft verbal.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:07 PM ^
Hoke needs to lock this kid up. He would be a huge loss if he doesn't end up in this class. I guess any loss at this point is a huge loss. This class is quite barren at this point. Go Blue Blake.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:09 PM ^
Good, Countess is a good corner and we need him. Good news, so weird.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:48 AM ^
Adding them both would honestly make me say -- Dallas Who?
January 19th, 2011 at 10:11 PM ^
Not that I was expecting anything less, but it is good to hear a lot of the news these past couple of days and am encouraged by the progress. The least that can be said is that the coach is putting in the hours and some and is clearly willing to do what needs to be done.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
countess is a stud and i hope we land him, he could come in and play right away and be an impact player in our new regime. GO BLUE BLAKE!
January 19th, 2011 at 10:31 PM ^
I really hope we land this kid beucase i think he could be really good. But hopefully the guys from last year make some improvments so he doesnt have to play right away and just get tossed into the fray (that didnt work well last year). Hopefully he can come into a d-fence with a little more depth and stability where he can learn and develope (and make his mistakes on the practice field) as so we dont suffer through them on saterdays.
I was geeked about Cullen last year, hoping he could come in and make an immediate impact.... However as we learned there is a little talent and speed difference between HS and college (i am still bullish on CC - just wish he and the other two Frosh CBs werent thrown to the wolves)
January 19th, 2011 at 11:48 PM ^
Countess is solid from what I've seen. But I agree hopefully he can redshirt or at least not play a lot to the point where his mistakes are costly. I was pretty pleased with Avery though he got better throughout the year.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:19 PM ^
January 19th, 2011 at 10:21 PM ^
Getting Darian Cooper is HUGE. We really need a true DT in this class.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:50 PM ^
I wouldn't get too excited over Cooper though it might be to late. That can change if he takes a visit but I'm not getting my hopes up.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:24 PM ^
Q: "What is stronger than Snake Oil?"A: Hokum
January 19th, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
Keep working Hoke! Fired up about how these last two days are going.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:26 PM ^
I hope I am not the only one concerned about QB depth. They may want to throw some offers up. I see USC has two 4* QB's committed. I am sure that will end well. Ask Tater.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:27 PM ^
I think they've both already enrolled....er at least one of them has. We supposedly offered BC commit Christian Suntrup today, however.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:01 PM ^
I haven't been keeping up with things. What's the status of Cardale Jones? Any chance he ends up at Michigan?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:16 PM ^
Lane Kiffin's ability to sell 18 year olds on things they shouldn't do is unparalleled. Remember that. He'll have 5* running backs taking out student loans to walk on at USC by next Fall with a promise of a scholarship after the sanctions end. It's crazy.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
Actually since Lane Kiffin is a card carrying douch, the best sell he did was on his wife.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:17 PM ^
I long for the day when we once again redshirt freshmen instead of looking to them to save us.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
How about Timmy Jernigan? Did he officially eliminate us?
And how about Christian Heyward. The guy is uncommitted, has pretty solid rankings, is from San Diego and was offered by SDSU... makes me think that he HAD to be contacted by Hoke right?