Aziz Shittu Withdraws Commitment to Stanford
Following up on Tom VH's post from yesterday, ESPN and Rivals are reporting that Aziz Shittu has withdrawn his commitment to Stanford and is opening up his recruting again. It certainly seemed to be moving in that direction in Tom VH's post and it's official now.
that Michigan becomes a "Shitty" school real soon !
I have to say I like Michigan "aziz."
Their football team has been for years.
Get a life. Srs.
This decommit aside, Stanford's recruiting has been remarkable so far. Shaw is actually picking up the pace from Harbaugh.
They have a lot going for them in terms of recruiting. For one, if you have ever been out to Palo Alto, it is freeking beautiful out there. No Michigan winters to contend with. Also, they have been very up and coming over the past two years, and just capped an amazing season. Second also, there are a bunch of recruits who really do look for academics - for those kids, there are only a few schools that really offer top-flight football and academics - ND, us and Stanford are the only three that come to mind (although I am sure there are a few others). Of those schools, how many also have beautiful weather and are located on the west coast? Obviously, the academic standards make it difficult for them to recruit some kids, but they do have a bunch of nice selling points.
Speaking as a relative local (Los Gatos) I can say that it is anything but beautiful in Palo Alto right now. Low 60s and overcast, with rain expected all weekend. I do not put up with a ludicrously high cost of living for rain in June!
Florida and USC are ranked pretty high academically according to US News. Though USC has the whole sanctions thing now...
I think you confuse UM academics with UM athletes academics.
Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.
Pipkins and Shittu. Best damn DL man!
is still the number one Diary on the board, your new info could have been easily added as a comment there.
I read Tom's diary earlier this morning and didn't plan on checking it again, so I was glad to see this posted as a separate item.
comments to diaries that were posted yesterday to see if there are any updates...
I think this post is worthy of its own board topic. I read Tom's diary yesterday and I wasn't planning on going back to read new comments today. I'm guessing there are a lot of people on the board who are in the same boat.
I want to be rooting for that guy!
that lions fans chant "suh" i'd be interested in hearing the big house chant" shittu" on national tv...
that could be referred to as "Pip-Shit" would work just as well.
I think "Shit-On" sounds a little better.
Worm-Shitt
"Shit-kins" ???
Aziz Ansari says "That guy has my name!"
How is Shittu actually pronounced? She - too?
He doesn't look Middle Eastern for sure. Would love to have him here, as he looks like a fast beast.
Definitely a middle-eastern name, but there's a good chance it's Islamic-African. Many names we consider to belong mostly to African Americans are actually Islamic, of which there are many members in Africa. Kareem, Jamal, etc. are examples of this.
Anyways, my useless commentary aside, I believe Shittu becomes our highest rated target at this point, so I am extremely excited about this and hope Mattison can work his magic.
so why couldn't it be a Nigerian name? (Danny Shittu is a center back for the Queens Park Rangers).
Update: some google searching suggests that it is a fairly common Nigerian last name (see, e.g., this Linkedin page). Aziz must have Nigerian ancestry.
It's a Nigerian name AND a Muslim name. Almost half of Nigeria's population is Muslim.
I know how I am always going to pronounce it.
God, how awesome would this kid look in the Maize and Blue? I know...dreaming...but he is in the open market now, time for Hoke to get going!!!
Holy Shittu!
for this board post might be:
"I Shittu not, the 5-star DL withdraws his verbal to Stanford"
I always come up with this Shittu after the fact.
Typically, Rivals still lists Shittu as having "no interest" in Michigan.
Unless Hoke/Mattison can make a spectacular case and he visits, you can kiss Shittu goodbye.
Man i hope Michigan gets this guy. Imagine a D-line with Aziz Shittu, Pharaoh Brown, Mario Ojemudia, and Matt Godin. Not to mention guys like Pipkins and Wormley.
Man that would be dominant!
maize and blue shittu on tsio!
And commits to Michigan?
I can appreciate the occasional play on words with certain athletes awesome names. I'm sure with his size, he didn't take a lot of teasing in school, but I worry that a guy like Aziz could get tired of the fact that every time his name is mentioned, people are constantly making comparisons to fecal matter. I haven't checked blog pages of the other schools that are recruiting him and I'm honestly not trying to be a Debbie Downer but this play on his name could get old and lead him in other directions. Once is humorous but seeing the same things being said every time his name is mentioned...I mean, come on?!
This is good to hear but he's going to be a hard pull. If Hoke/Mattison can get him however, this Defensive haul is going to be legendary!
We need defensive tackles. And not just any defensive tackles, but ones who can play early. Carr and Rodriguez did a decent job of getting "high-end talent" (Martin, Campbell, Ash), but they forgot about that whole "depth" thing. And Rodriguez f***ed it up even more by running a 3-3-5 and telling any defensive tackle that they would have to take on double-teams as a NT for the next four years. And the recruiting pitch of "Oh yeah, plus you'll be playing on a crappy defense" must not have helped, either.
in this recruiting class going forward, IMO. Otherwise it doesn't matter how great our scheme is, other teams will just run right at us all day.
I'm slightly more concerned about OT, but it might be a photo finish...