Derrick Green [Open] Thread

It's snowing in Richmond today, so it looks like even God has a prediction for where he's going

Get #GreenGoBlue trending on twitter

I hope if puts two annoying memes to rest:

-This staff can't close

-This staff can't land 'highly rated skill players'

"Bo Must Be Proud of These Guys"  

A little first hand anecdote from Mike McCartney:  http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/bruce-feldman/21616259/bo-must-be-proud-of-these-guys

covering this live or do we just have to sit here and hit f5 over and over?

It's no secret that persuading an elite RB from the south to come to a northern school is a difficult task, but a look at Scout's rankings from 2002-2012 illustrate just how daunting it is.

Going by Scout's RB rankings from 2002 through 2012 (11 total years), the #1 rated back in the country has signed with a Big 10 or northern school exactly once—in 2006, when Beanie Wells from Akron signed with OSU.

In seven of the years from 2002-2012, the #1 back has hailed from a southern state, and not a single one signed with a Big 10 or northern school. In the 3 remaining years, the #1 back was from California (twice) or Kansas, and those players went to FSU, Colorado (go figure), and Tennessee.

What's especially notable is how few of the top RBs from 2002-2012 have signed with northern schools.

Of the 69 total 5-star RBs, 9 signed with northern or Big 10 schools, and eight of those recruits were from northern states. The only outlier was Marlon Lucky (CA) in 2005, who signed with then-Big 12 member Nebraska. Not a single 5-star RB from a southern state signed with a Big 10 or northern school from 2002-2012.

If you expand the list to the top ten backs in each class (comprised of 5- and 4-stars) from 2002-2012 (a total of 110), 16 recruits signed with Big 10 or northern schools, and 13 of them were from northern states. Just three of the top ten backs from 2002-2012 who were from the South signed with northern schools: McGuffie (TX) to UM in 2008; Jamall Berry (FL) to OSU in 2009; Cierre Wood (GA) to ND in 2009.

Scout's rankings are here, starting in 2002:  http://cfn.scout.com/a.z?s=451&p=9&c=4&pid=11&yr=2002

(Yes, this is a CFN link, but their recruiting data is from Scout)

* I am not making the assertion that the only good RBs are 5- and 4-stars, or that RBs outside the top 10 are not worthy; I am only looking at the available recruiting data on Scout relative to the chances of getting the #1 RB in the country from Virginia to come north to Michigan.

* I know that some may question the designation of Virginia as a southern state, but IMHO the preponderance of Virginia's history (including but not limited to the whole seat of the Confederacy thing) makes it much more southern than northern.

If Green chooses Michigan, it will be a tremendous achievement by Hoke and his staff. If Green chooses Auburn or Tennessee or some other southern school, it will simply be a continuation of the recent record. The conventional wisdom from most Michigan recruiting analysts (Webb, TomVH, et al) has had Green coming to Michigan for quite a while now, but given the historical record I'm still a bit skeptical.

If Green does stay in the south, I'd like to have a dollar for every "Hoke can't close" comment on MGoBlog.

but I was excited to share my New and Improved Derrick Green Announcement Thread with the board.  Apparently it wasn't "Improved" enough.  That's it, I'm firing my entire Marketing department!! 

Did my part on the twittersphere #GreenGoBlue

I liked Shane's tweet (and the Blockhams)

#GreenGoBlue!! ( @theblockhams pic) twitter.com/S_Morris12/sta…

— Shane Morris (@S_Morris12) January 26, 2013

It's the Derrick Green Show, it's not the Green Derrick Show. (....anybody remember Tom Green?)

I don't want to see anything other than a "Hello" thread on this kid again. They are taliking about text harassment? This kid could make a suit out of his threads on this site. And a fedora.

My first post on MGoBlog was about Derrick Green.  Here's hoping I get to make a few more!

streaming at 4:00 pm so I could be distracted from this tension.  But damn if that wasn't last week's schedule.  Maybe I should go read a book. 

1. Mike J McCray II @BIGPLAYMCCRAY9

   Im not gone lie Im nervous lol. Ima be salty if@BrOoKyLn_boii27 doesn't Go Blue.#GreenGoBlue

    
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Well, looks like Green hasn't told anyone where he's going.  

I just want to see this madness end.  Of course, I want it to end with UM having the commitment of the top rated running back in the nation.

My girlfriend wanted to come over and do dirty things this afternoon and I told her I was swamped with case studies and other non-existent tasks. Obviously, I wanted to be here at 4:00 to either celebrate wildly or emotionally implode with my internet friends upon hearing the decision of an 18 year old.

Sometimes I hate myself.