Did UM pick up another commit this week?

Submitted by tpilews on
I was reading around on Varsity Blue this morning and came across this quote from an article written yesterday:

The Wolverines are holding steady with several prospects, and a commitment this weekend at the Big House BBQ (about which I’ll have more info tomorrow morning) would go a long way to easing the fears of Michigan fans.

It can't be Paskorz, because they already have the announcement and article that was posted on Wednesday. So, anyone got wind of who the prospect is?

MH20

May 29th, 2009 at 8:27 AM ^

I think it's just a speculative statement, saying if we got a commitment at the BBQ it would allay some of our current recruiting fears. I would say there are a few guys who could drop, but actually the one I am most confident about won't be able to attend - Cullen Christian. We'll see, though.

sammylittle

May 29th, 2009 at 10:45 AM ^

The freep article about the BBQ says that Christian will be there. It is first link under mgo.licio.us. Have his plans changed or is the freep just wrong? "Among the other recruits with Michigan offers who have stated their plans to attend the BBQ include Whitehouse, Ohio offensive tackle Andrew Donnal (6-7, 275), Pittsburgh cornerback Cullen Christian (6-0, 180), Cincinnati defensive lineman Jibreel Black (6-2, 260) and Ramsey, N.J., running back Tony Jones (5-8, 165)."

jmblue

May 30th, 2009 at 2:03 PM ^

The other thing, obviously, is that the number and kind of letters in the word have to be correct. They can be out of order (aside from the first and last ones) and people can still make sense of it, but if just one letter is dropped or one incorrect letter added, it usually becomes incomprehensible in this scrambled format. (OTOH, a word that is correctly spelled except for one letter is usually still easily recognizable, so spelling is not entirely irrelevant.)

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

May 29th, 2009 at 9:54 AM ^

and a commitment this weekend at the Big House BBQ (about which I’ll have more info tomorrow morning) I think that should be taken to read he has info about the BBQ, not a commitment.

tpilews

May 29th, 2009 at 12:44 PM ^

Yeah, looks like 4 hrs of sleep isn't good for your brain after all. Anyway, nice little snippet from the BBQ article on Varsity Blue:

The Wolverines also may be receiving a verbal commitment or two over the weekend. Cullen Christian, Marcus Rush, and Ken Wilkins have maintained Michigan as their favorites for some time. Some are surprised that none have dropped for Michigan yet, and Ken Wilkins told mgoblog’s Tom Van Haaren that he might commit to the Wolverines at the first opportunity.

BiaBiakabutuka21

May 29th, 2009 at 6:35 PM ^

I agree re: he being a good pickup for UM. I wonder if Paskorz commit has anything to do with Wilkins now being at the BBQ. Perhaps he wants to commit sooner than later now to make sure M has a spot for him. This could be over analysis on my part, but I would assume we would only take one more OLB/DE spot and then save one for Gholston. At the same time, we would probably take Gholston regardless of who has committed before him.

Magnus

May 30th, 2009 at 3:39 PM ^

What I meant was exactly what you said. Even if Michigan "reaches their quota" of OLB/DEs in the form of Wilkins and/or Rush, they would take Gholston somehow. It's like "saving a spot" in my car for a Playboy Playmate. I don't care how many Playmates are in my car, I'll make room for another.

WolvinLA

May 30th, 2009 at 3:44 PM ^

I figured that's what you meant. In fact, to make your analogy better, it would be more like if there are a bunch of pretty hot girls in your car, you'll always make room for a Playmate. Gholston being the Playmate, Wilkins and Rush being the pretty hot girls.

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

May 30th, 2009 at 10:12 AM ^

I wonder if RR would take commits from both Wilkins and Rush at the BBQ. Both have more or less named U-M and UVA as the top two, and while no-lose situations are always nice, I sure wouldn't mind it either if RR put a cap on deathbacker types he plans on taking so as not to gank up all of Groh's OLB targets.