Does Minn win benefit recruiting?

Submitted by Wolverine In Exile on

With today's glorious win under our belt, I did some blog reading and came across Gopher Nation saying they were going to have 10 recruits in for today's game, including one Bryce McNeal... Do you think today's game would have any impact on McNeal reconsidering us? I mean with Noodle Arm Nick we threw for 200+ yds and Minnesota's passing game, with a QB who's going to be there for another 2 years, looked completely pathetic in a HUGE game for them (Big 10 title, new year's bowl still theoretically within reach)... it is possible that McNeal may have seen this and said, "damn, maybe Michigan will throw the ball and I can get some?" Will the absolute lethargy the Minnesota fan base showed have any impact on Bryce?

Better question-- do we care anymore or has the coaching staff moved on... hoping TomVH chimes in.

 Plus, I saw that Marquis Grey was in... is this the same dual threat QB that we were midly interested in last year? It said he was an academic non-qual..

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MechE

November 8th, 2008 at 4:30 PM ^

McNeal eliminated us from consideration a while ago.  If he was unhappy with Minnesota today, it'll help with Colorado or whatever other schools he was still thinking about.

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Wolverine In Exile

November 8th, 2008 at 4:35 PM ^

Does your thinking hold only for the home team net benefit? Or could a home team blow it with bad performance against team you're competing against for said recruit? This was Minnesota's BIG recruiting weekend (anticipating beating up a down Michigan team and winning magic trophy with big sprint across field, etc etc) and yet they absolutely laid a huge egg. Especially with Michigan just deflating the Metrodome on the game killing 35-min long (hyperbole) TD drive at end.

I just don't know enough about historical recruiting behavir to make educated guesses...

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TomVH

November 8th, 2008 at 4:46 PM ^

These kids don't decommit from a school because we're losing, then see us beat a team they like and change their mind. Bryce McNeal told me that he decommitted because he didn't think he would fit in to Michigan's style of offense. Now, not executing, and losing might have affected his view of our offense, but he also had some outside voices that are knowledgable of our program telling him things he didn't want to hear. So, to answer your question.....Bryce McNeal will not be in a Michigan Uniform, and he will also not be in a Minnesota Uniform next year.

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TomVH

November 8th, 2008 at 5:10 PM ^

He changes his mind a lot, but I know he's looking at Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Penn State for now. We'll see if that changes.

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Blue Balls

November 8th, 2008 at 5:13 PM ^

Beaver pumped to the max.  To watch how well Sheridan did  today has to be encouraging for these two players.  Watching so many Michigan Freshmen play so much and so well has to be great for recruiting-the snake oil should be boiling. 

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TomVH

November 8th, 2008 at 5:16 PM ^

From what I hear, we've got our sights set on a couple good outside receivers. I don't want to say anything about them yet, because I want to get a little more on it, but I think we'll get one committed.

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MaizeAndBlueWahoo

November 8th, 2008 at 5:17 PM ^

If all the losing didn't have an effect on recruiting (and I'm sure we're hoping not) then this won't either.  It'll last a week and be wiped out of recruits' heads if we lose to Northwestern.  There's only one game left which will have any real actual effect on recruiting.

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Koyote

November 8th, 2008 at 6:31 PM ^

If I recall correctly (and this is a big IF), a win like this might help us with one Jelani Jenkins. Who many were saying was pretty high on Michigan but wanted to see the team win a few games so he knew the program was headed in the right direction.

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jmblue

November 8th, 2008 at 7:56 PM ^

Good question.  I think it can hurt the home team in that case.  Minnesota's players are going to be down and the campus will probably be more subdued than it would have been if they'd won. so it probably hurts them.  For guys considering both us and Minnesota, it could work in our favor.  But other than that, it's probably (by itself) not that big of a deal in our recruits' minds.  I think they all expect us to turn things around.

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