Doles to visit for IU game. Commit watch?

Honestly, the reason they feel that way is because they have a lot less options.

False.  You haven't been listening to MSU fans closely enough to really understand what's going on.  Here's basically what happens:

The recruit shows up in Ann Arbor to see Michigan.  As he's getting ready to leave, Hoke invites him into his office.  As soon as the recruit and his parents step in, Hoke locks the door and eats the key.  He then tells the recruit that he has to commit or else someone will take his spot.  When the commit says no, Hoke says, "MOTHERFUCKER, YOU WILL COMMIT."  Just as the kid starts crying (and bravely calling Coach Dantonio), Hoke grabs a knife and holds it to the mom's neck.  The brilliance here is that the kid's dad is secretly in on it, since the kid would never go to Michigan without his dad pressuring him.  Dad pleads with the recruit to spare his mom's life.  The recruit commits, Hoke opens the door, and on the way out Mattison maniacally yells, "You're gonna be the next Terrell Suggs!"

Argue with idiots and you'll never win.  There's no better way to describe debates with Sparty fans.

If a kid is interested in your school and he is an OL and you plan to recruit 4 OL and one interior lineman has signed up, telling him you have 3 spots left and 2 are going to OT prospects and he plays the interior isn't pressure, it's information.  If the kid is sure he wants your school, he understands it is time to make a decision.  If he is not sure, he can take his chances, look around, and risk not having the offer.  That is actually fair to the kid, not a bad thing.  Worse is to let him think there are a couple slots out there when there are not, or to say nothing while you work a higher-rated prospect to commit to the open spot.

Thanks Magnus, your insight is always very much appreciated. I honestly hadn't seen anything even on here that I remembered about him.

Your new obsession with me is quite amusing. If you could honestly stop with the whole RDT thing though, that would be fantastic! Thanks.

I agree with your first paragraph -- Tim S and Tremendous shouldn't try to dissuade people from listening to him solely because he is a competitor (assuming his information is gathered in an ethical manner), but if you don't think that mspeedkills is just a tweeter of paywalled information, then you're smoking something.  Mspeedkills' only connections are the money he sends Scout/Rivals/247 for premium access.

I understand that some people that use the paysites get upset when they think someone is "stealing" info from a paysite and reporting as their own, but when he is actually interviewing recruits and and talking to them and their family members, I'm not sure how you can hate on the guy for getting that information out there. I don't have a twitter, so I can't say I know much about that angle. The fact that I got negged multiple times for saying nothing inflammatory or incorrect and just trying to point out that he is a Michigan fan and actually has an informed opinion on when recruits might make a decision just shows how immature people can be when it comes to this stuff. I'm not sure if anyone saw the converstion a little while ago on 247, but Steve pretty much tried to call him out and was very unprofessional in doing so and yet people are ripping on a guy giving you free information he is getting from recruits on his own time. Hell, Logan Tuley Tillman obviously thought highly enough of him to do a personal recording for his website almost a year ago  so its not like he just started either, and he also got one of the first Project 135 shirts from Ferns so he actually has good relations with recruits.

"Coach Brown went on the 247sports recruiting thread and gave some information only to be flamed by Tremendous."

I think that some of that venom stems from him constantly trying to hijack the comment section of Tremendous' facebook page. He used to go on there and post every 5-10 minutes with a small bit of info and a link to his site and from judging by Steve's reaction, he probably did not ask him permission before hand.

I'm not pretending to know the whole story or either person involved, but I don't think it is unreasonable to be pissed at a guy who has tried for months to, for lack of a better word, mooch off your audience to further his personal gain, especially without asking.