2014 LB Michael Ferns skips MSU visit after visiting Michigan
Per Sam Webb, 2014 LB Michael Ferns has skipped his visit to Michigan State after visiting Michigan yesterday. Both Webb and Steve Wiltfong from 247 made a point to update on Ferns during the middle of his visit, talking about how great it was apparently going. Ferns doesn't do many interviews, so I can't add much to it, except that it's funny that another top prospect (Ferns is likely to be a high four-star across the board) didn't quite make it to East Lansing.
Because that worked so well for Hurst?
Can MSU even focus on 2014 right now? Last I checked they only had 6 commitments in the class of 2013, since they would prefer to uncover hidden gems at their summer camp or guys who blow up on their senior film rather than taking the "overhyped" top 250 level players. They aren't interested in a "mythical recruiting championship" because they recruit to their system after all.
Too bad for them, as we are already in the middle of our 2014 efforts. They are falling behind. Should be another tough season recruiting for them next year as well.
Can't imagine it's as serious as our interest in 2014 recruits right now but a quick check shows that MSU has put offers out to a few 2014 kids and recently hosted a few at their camp.
*in before my stalker marks this as trolling*
Have no fear. The recruits MSU really want will sign with them in the end.
Dantonio has been launching toasters into outer space for months now. He knows his only hope to get better players than Hoke is to get aliens. This is why he made the comment about taking his time on recruiting recently. It'll take some time before alien lifeforms can get a hold of the toasters and translate his messages. Ballsy move on his part if you ask me.
He's wearing a Spartan helmet and hanging out with guys in green.
The Ohio State "We gave out 200 offers but only 23 were committable" recruiting plan
Apparently he didnt like their new logo designed by Dantonio after his intergalactical recruiting success.
This has to be a mistake. Dantonio has turned MSU into a national brand... at least that's what I keep reading. However, they never mention the country, were Sparty has become this power. Is it Mainland China, or Ecuador?
I say this because, it can't be the United States. Once you get past Toledo, you say MSU, and people think your talking about Mississippi State University. Only Sparty's, the Freep, and Matt Charboneau of the Detroit News... ever use Michigan State, together with the term National.
They are apparently really big in Australia..
so Dantonio is taking his time.
I don't know much about 14 recruits. Is he being looked at for LB or TE or is it too early?
He looks like a linebacker to me, but he could probably play tight end, too. He seems kind of similar to Ben Gedeon, although he's a little bigger.
Looks like Mark gave another recruit the wrong directions.
Or Dantonio was busy hiding in the weeds and the kid couldn't find him.
Even if the kid never mentions Michigan again, that is just SOOO satisfying. And the definition of little brother.
So much win
After the win last year, the MSU team went to our band to mock us before going to their own student section. I got very close and personable (/s) with Jerel Worthy holding that atrociously ugly trophy. Seriously though, who does that? I don't think even OSU has ever done that.
But Ohio fans did rush the field after the game in 2006, where they proceded to carve up the sod and throw chunks at our band.
MSU really needs to enjoy their time in the spotlight because they won't be able to maintain this level of success. Very few teams are able to consistently succeed with sub-par talent. WIth Michigan and Ohio stockpiling talent and then Nebraska, Penn State, and Wisconsin right behind, there's not going to be enough to sustain anything much at MSU.
Not true... they could probably field a football team with players named Bullough and Reschke alone!
They did lose a legacy recruit to Georgia Tech a couple of weeks ago.
MSU and Wisconsin seem to be anomalies. Consistently recruiting lesser known players, often 3 stars, but hold their own. UW has made it to a couple Rose Bowls with them.
I have no idea what that will mean for either long term but it has worked for a couple years.
Wisconsin has been holding their own quite a while now, whereas Michigan State has been good for about 2.5 years now and I still think MSU's can success has been largely helped by Michigan's bottoming-out as well as MSU avoiding Ohio or playing them when they are bad (i.e. last year).
MSU has almost no foothold for good talent in the midwest so the bottom is going to fall out soon enough unless Narduzzi is the second coming of Bud Foster
It would seem that way, but when you look at the Top 10 teams, TA&M also has 21 commits, and 8 of the top 10 have 15 or more commits. We are setting the pace this year, but it's a national trend.
We'll at 6'5" im going to throw out a bold guess that he would be a SAM linebacker.
Not that he won't continue to grow, or that the info is accurate, but I believe Rivals has him listed at 6'3" and 235 lbs.
We'll, considering he's not 6'5" and he's actually 6'3", you might be right, but not because you're right.
Yeah, because he can't ever ever schedule another visit to MSU in the future.
Dantonio has to be more careful to include HIS driving directions to East Lansing
(H/T ypsituckyboy here)
Hopefully this implicates that he is seriously considering becoming the first commitment of the 2014 class, which will hopefully out do this one. Not that this one and the last one are not GREAT because they are but we are building a DYNASTY! Poor little brother...GO BLUE!
if Dantonio is going to lay that deep in the weeds he aught to provide better directions to recruits?