According to Tom Beaver on WTKA...
...Baxtor wants RR to come to Cali and do an in home with him and family. Apparently Carroll told Baxter not more than a week ago he wasn't going anywhere and now we know that's not necessary is the case (assuming the deal falls through for Pete).
Even though Prater decommitted from USC, Prater not looking at UM.
Will Gholston is a great combine guy but disappears during the game. He's a great athlete but has yet to show that promise during games.
Hopson leaving hurt Murphy/Grimes recruitment and possibly others...
Marcus Knight visiting this week.
January crazy month for recruiting where coaches leave and kids shift. Kids from South commit early to hold a position but tend to change their minds in Jan.
Already known... Drake and Witty dropped from UM.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:09 AM ^
I'm willing to bet that Gholston's gonna be pretty good.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:02 AM ^
Gholston did nothing at the Under Armor game. He showed great in practice and the skills challenge, but when the game came around he did nothing. He got 31 sacks because of his sheer size and speed. Physically gifted kid taking advantage of smaller slower competition.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
Nick Perry did the same thing a few years ago. He had like 34 sacks and went to the AAA game and didnt do anything. He was an absolute beast for USC this year and Gholston is going to become one for MSU.
January 10th, 2010 at 12:42 PM ^
the next block i see him shed will be the first, especially if he's really gonna be playing OLB for MSU
January 10th, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^
has the talent but is very raw. HS teams tried to run away from him which is exactly why you shouldn't do against him. HS had more success running to his side, instead of away from him because he get washed out pretty easily and is a great sideline to sideline pursuiter. He's getting by with his athleticism but people who saw Gholston play, said the same thing. Great athlete but needs a lot of work if he wants to be a good college player.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:49 PM ^
Agreed. Honestly, I look at Gholston and Gardner in similar ways. Both are freak talents with high potential. But both are extremely raw and not quite ready to contribute immediately.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:12 AM ^
At the end, Beaver also said UCLA decommit Ernest Thomas may be interested in Michigan. He's from Orchard Lake.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
Would be nice to get someone from Orchard Lake for once.
January 10th, 2010 at 5:35 PM ^
...the OLSM coaches didn't take too kindly to Michigan promising to let Jermaine Gonzales play QB then switching him to WR when he got here. Since then, not many of the top OLSM guys have ended up here.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:12 AM ^
That Hopson would have that effect on multiple recruits? I thought he only got the to "DE" commit?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:12 AM ^
Someone said last night that Baxter will enroll early regardless of what school he goes to. If that's true then he needs to get to Ann Arbor by like ... Monday?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:15 AM ^
Yeah, if he ended up anywhere other than USC and enrolled early...that would be insane.
Wasn't he committed to UCLA for some time?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:16 AM ^
But on another thread, someone suggested that EE players often apply and get admitted into their top schools just in case something like this happens with their #1 school. This is a really good idea, but I'm not sure how often it actually happens or if Baxter did this.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:27 AM ^
Why do people Neg you for no reason?
Weird. Do you have beef with someone on this board?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^
whoops, mis-attributed.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
Apparently Dave Brandon was displeased with my alternative lifestyle and lack of mental capacity yesterday. You must have missed it?
January 10th, 2010 at 2:43 PM ^
Which thread had the meltdown? They're always priceless.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:45 PM ^
but trust me, it was GLORIOUS!!!
January 10th, 2010 at 10:30 AM ^
people still listen to tom beaver?
January 10th, 2010 at 10:32 AM ^
When is Mgoboard going into full stalker mode and tracking Rich Rod's plane? I can't believe we haven't started checking that again daily yet.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
But I can't remember what airport the school uses, or if we have any ID info on the plane.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:18 AM ^
"Looks like N64DC is Rich Rod's aircraft for the visits on flightware.com. Looks like DeQuinta Jones may have been visited as well?"
January 10th, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
I think you're right. However, that means RichRod has been toiling away in ... Pennsylvania??!!
He's not even on the right coast!! RichRod, you fool! Are you trying to go sailing? Skiing?
January 10th, 2010 at 11:36 AM ^
It just landed there, what recruit may he be visiting in east Pennsylvania?
January 10th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
Cullen Christian.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:33 PM ^
Cullen Christian is in Western PA, by Pittsburgh. If he went to eastern PA to find him then he's looking at a 5 hour trip in the car after touchdown.
That is more Central/Southern Jersey or Lehigh Valley. I haven't heard of any names there unless there were a few vulnerable PSU guys since that's their area.
"Historic Wings Field (LOM) is one of the oldest continuously operating airports in the United States. Located in Blue Bell (Montgomery County), Pennsylvania, it is a very convenient portal to downtown Philadelphia and is the closest airport to Plymouth Meeting, Fort Washington, Chestnut Hill, Willow Grove, Hatboro, King of Prussia, the Main Line, and Conshohocken. It lies just 1-1/2 miles north of the intersection of three major highways – the east-west Pennsylvania Turnpike, the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and the Blue Route (I-476) with connections of the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) and I-95."
January 10th, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
But could it be Shariff Floyd??
January 10th, 2010 at 11:05 AM ^
so it probably isn't true.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:14 AM ^
reminds me of sitiing around a hookah all blown out and afraid to say much because of the "wrath" you would get from "the others"........NEG NEG NEG
January 10th, 2010 at 11:19 AM ^
We lose Minor and Brown and an ACL tear with V. Smith. We now find out that Drake will not qualify...Great time to get Dillon Baxter!!
Go Blue!!
January 10th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
According to SI the earliest coaches can do an in-home is 17 Jan. Is that true? If so I hope RR is in Baxter's house that day.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
I especially liked Tom Beaver's "inside information" on Devin Gardner...
TJB -- 4:01 Devin will not enroll early.
OldManCoyote and the rest of the sheeple start to make plans for a mass suicide.
TJB -- 6:03 Devin will enroll early.
Saume starts 6000 threads about enrolling early and how this will help the team.
TJB -- 7:29 Devin will not enroll early.
sonofjorel makes a post about how everyyone on the board who doesn't kiss rich rods balls is the devil and a damn fool, god damnit.
TJB -- 8:03 Devin will either enroll early or he won't.
All the sheeple in unison -- gee thanks Tom, this is why I spend the 99 dollars a year. You are the best Tom. TJB for president!!!! I love you Tom.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
but Gardner was cleared by the NCAA clearinghouse and the University of Michigan. If he had been cleared by Inkster's principal to graduate he would be an early enrollee per Sam Webb. Need to check and see if Inkster's principal has ties to MSU or OSU(haha).
January 11th, 2010 at 6:03 AM ^
Ah good ole sonofjorel. One of the reasons I don't miss the Scout board. I appreciate the enthusiasm at which the mods of the Michigan Scout boards share, but they make it borderline embarrassing to post over there. They were always right, you were always wrong. If someone from a different team dare challenge their thinking on anything Michigan football, that person would be personally insulted and banned.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:43 PM ^
sonofjorel is an RR apologist. He needs to remove his head from Rich Rod's ass so he can clearly see both sides of an arguement. Ripnice, on the other hand, seems to be more open minded but should consider toning it down on being connected to the Ann Arbor elite. Most people I know who have money never talk about it.
oldmancoyote & saume need to get a job so someone else can start a thread once in a while. I have to admit they are the two biggest stooges on GBW.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
Just so long as Tressel is one of the guys he rubs wrong.