Wednesday Recruitin'

Can you explain the difference of Stills, Baxter, and Shaw being "In Town," but not on the "Official Visit" list? Are those 3 guys on their own, like any ticket holding fan? Does the University pay for them to be in town? Will they be with the official recruits/coaching staff throughout the day?

Thanks

The Vinopal kid plays at Cardinal Mooney. Mooney kids have a reputation as being physical, hard hitting crazies on the field. And, it is a NE Ohio football factory.

I'll take kids from Mooney any day of the week. I dont care what their guru ratings are.

Years ago, the school produced the Stoop Brothers and Bo Pelinni.

Most recently, how about Darrel Johnson-Koulianas, the Iowa WR, among others.

And, I know you're not saying a Pitt offer is a low one, but it should be pointed out that Pitt has been recruting well in recent years and currently is a top-10 program with a lot of youth. They are a legit recruiting factor in Ohio.

Hopefully the Vinopal kid comes here.

I'm excited about all the big name guys coming in this weekend but I really like that these two will be in attendance (furman esp since he's already come in for an official earlier in the season). Hopefully this pushes us over the edge in regards to furman (seems to be down to us and va tech) and asserts us as the leader for vinopal since we were the first bcs program to offer. Saying they fit a recruiting need may be the greatest understatement in the history of michigan ftball.

Clay isn't coming. I talked to him yesterday and he said the OU coaches aren't down for him taking visits. He acted like the visit would have been more about seeing Tate than anything.

Vinopal looks like a good football player. I would take a guy who has average D1 athletic ability and knows the game over some kid who has great athletic ability but does not know what the hell he is doing out there, eg. Our current safeties.

Is there a revised estimate on the number of scholarships we're gonna have?

I can't really tell what's going on with that, because I don't have the in-depth program knowledge that Brian and Tim do [/sucking up].

I'd really like to see what people think about the number of commits to expect and how we're going to be able to "afford" them with the number of scholarships we have.

Thanks.

Not afraid to dole out the punishment.
Needs to watch the spearing though.

I know it gets asked like every year, but when does the new Rivals100 come out? I think I remember February, but I'm not sure. It's always interesting to see.

In dire need of safeties. Don't really care who anymore. Would prefer Knight over Vinopal - wondering whether they'd take both. We have other needs as well so I'm not sure on scholarship situation.

Would LOVE to get Tanner next year. I think he's going to be a great great college player. Hopefully we can keep him away from the Buckeyes.

For some reason I believe RR likes the 3* & 4* recruits more than the 5*. He seems to be more like Tom Izzo in that regard, preferring hard working talented guys to 5* prima donnas. This way you can push them harder in practices and they are also willing to listen and learn more too. In addition, it creates a better competition because nobody is handed a free spot because of some promises made in the recruiting process.

Just imagine if we won, which I don't think is likely but if we did, and the atmosphere was crazy how many commits we would get next week.

Based on the lists provided, which recruits do you guys think we have a really good shot at landing following this weekend? Granted, anything can happen to sway others, but which of these guys are we odds-on favorites to land? Thanks.

After watching the video, gotta agree with Tom's assessment. Reads the QB pretty well (although most high school QB's aren't good at looking off the safety), hits hard, and takes good angles. Does a decent job of wrapping up. Hopefully he wraps up better than Mike Williams - he was highly touted for his big hits in high school, but hasn't been a great tackler in college.

looks like RR saw me standing outside his office window with my boombox aloft playing Peter Gabriel while wearing a "Recruit the Defense" t-shirt.

sounds like a big weekend and gotta hope when a defense looks bad in front of defense recruits, they get the idea they're the piece missing.

I'd say you could probably remove Bobby Swigert and add Jatashun Beachum and Tyrone Cornelius, yes?

I know this has most likely been talked about somewhere on this site, but I am confused about Witty? Why is he visiting? Wasn't he a commit from last year w/ DRob?