EDIT: Kozan to Iowa
January 30th, 2012 at 1:08 AM ^
We're the only blog on the planet to have a rival school's player on the front page of our site - for DAYS.
"The curse of Sullinger" - hard at work today. Not sure if anyone else was bothered by this, but honestly it's kind of annoying... lol. What a shitty day. Can't wait for a full week or work and to hear about more recruits not picking us... da fuck!!!!!!!!!
January 30th, 2012 at 1:10 AM ^
HAMBURGERS!!
January 30th, 2012 at 1:10 AM ^
Who in their right mind would choose Iowa over Michigan... after I heard this I literally sat at the computer for about 5 minutes trying to think of any reason why someone would chose a cornfield in the middle of BF nowhere vs. the big house. I can see Stanford, but Iowa... jebus... the planets are not aligned tonight.
January 30th, 2012 at 1:36 AM ^
The NFL loves how Ferentz prepares their offensive linemen.
January 30th, 2012 at 1:43 AM ^
I'd assume Kozan chose Iowa because he had a better relationship with Iowa's coaches and felt more comfortable there. Judging by mentions on Michigan sites like this one, Kozan wasn't really on Michigan's radar until very, very late in the recruiting process. Hoke and staff struck out on a few recruits they desired more and then tried to persuade Kozan to come aboard at the last minute. Kozan apparently considered their offer and decided to stick with the people who'd been recruiting him from the start. Doesn't seem too outrageous to me.
January 30th, 2012 at 1:44 AM ^
Magical double post.
January 30th, 2012 at 1:55 AM ^
If we had no info on this class until signing day everyone would be saying, oh wow, what an awesome class! So we missed out on some last minute big name recruits. The 2013 class is looking great. May be next year Hoke will put more icing on the cake with signing more of these last minute big name recruits? Overall, I'm quite pleased with Hoke's recruiting class of 2012 and 2013 may even be better. We will definitely be in the mix for the B1G title and BCS bowls in the years to come, given our infusion of talent!
January 30th, 2012 at 8:53 AM ^
I'm thinking Hoke should institute a new rule that all recruits who commit verbally not do so and only announce that they have committed in the last week of january. That way he will be a closer!!! YAY! COFFEE!!!
January 30th, 2012 at 2:25 AM ^
We havnt gained a recruit in months and guess what we lost one...........Hoke cannot close to save his life hopefully coaching and performance on the field will trump that but my god Recruing is huge and we have no one left thats a class changer................How do u lose to ohio with all the penalties they have what a joke................
January 30th, 2012 at 2:30 AM ^
We havnt gained a recruit in months and guess what we lost one...........Hoke cannot close to save his life hopefully coaching and performance on the field will trump that but my god Recruing is huge and we have no one left thats a class changer................How do u lose to ohio with all the penalties they have what a joke................
January 30th, 2012 at 2:47 AM ^
Troll? Is that a troll I see?
January 30th, 2012 at 2:56 AM ^
Troll???? if your talking about me i Just heard of this site about 3 weeks ago and its a awesome site wish i would have heard of it many of years ago not a big deal im on plenty of other sites but what i said is true.....................Meyer is owning Hoke even with the penalties.................
January 30th, 2012 at 6:02 AM ^
Un-hear of the site. Thanks for not being here in advance.
January 30th, 2012 at 6:42 AM ^
Are you talking about the one year bowl ban? Majority of these kids are going to redshirt.
January 30th, 2012 at 6:50 AM ^
Just unreal, some of these posters are truly pathetic.
January 30th, 2012 at 8:39 AM ^
Yes, troll!!!!!! like i know you just heard bout this site and we're glad u r here u know but we still think maybe u r a troll cause of ur firsts posts u sound like a troll and we r getting pretty good at spotting trolls on this board........................................... but hey go ahead and keep trolling cause it's kinf of funny u know what i'm saying.............................................
January 30th, 2012 at 4:56 AM ^
The class is still going to be in the top ten with a lot of talent and character. We lost out on guys who all had good reasons to choose the schools they did. Garnett was distance, Kozan was probably a big priority for Iowa in a way he wasn't for M, and Reeves' best friend and near brother decided for Ohio. Urban has (admittedly effectively) taken advantage of the situation at Penn. St. and seems able to sell desperation. Let's have some perspective here. This is frustrating but certainly not the end of the world.
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<br>Best of luck to Kozan at Iowa.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:32 AM ^
This class is pretty damn good and a lot of you all are acting like we dont even have a top 50 class. Get a GD grip and stopping flaming our coach's so called "closing" ability. It makes this sound like a bucknuts or rcmb thread. Commits in summer are just as good as commits in late Jan/Feb.
<br>Lastly, it is not like any of these guys would make or break this class. Would they have been nice to have? Absolutey. But there is no need to completely freak out. It makes you sound like a kid on Christmas who got 23 great toys, but is so spoiled they are pissed because is wasn't 25 or more. Grow up.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:41 AM ^
It is as if we have zero commits and we just finished off 5-7. Fricken calm down, we still have players to commit. The ones that went elsewhere? Forget them, Go Blue! Most we are missing out on we got in late or there are other circumstances, we'll get Diamond, Grant, Henry, and a surprise.
January 30th, 2012 at 5:59 AM ^
at this point I don't believe anyone saying we'll get a certain guy after this last week...
January 30th, 2012 at 6:47 AM ^
Point but the ones we missed in particular Garnett was because of distance IMO. The others we were late to the ball with, Reeves was never coming here with his circumstance. Even if we miss out on all, we did well, next will be player development.
January 30th, 2012 at 6:45 AM ^
This sucks.
January 30th, 2012 at 6:57 AM ^
January 30th, 2012 at 7:06 AM ^
IF Diamond, Grant, Henry and Muller all commit elsewhere, and there are no signing day surprises, (1) does that open five spots for the 2013 recruiting class, and (2) is there any word about potential transfers who might eventually fill the positions of need that were left out in the cold by all of these late-season misses?
January 30th, 2012 at 8:22 AM ^
Yeah there was a highly talented in-state kid at a position of dire need who was looking to transfer back home. According to this board, we "didn't have room for him." Funniest thing.
January 30th, 2012 at 8:25 AM ^
I'm embarrassed by some of the responses I'm these last 3 threads. What the hell is wrong with some of you?
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<br>"Hoke can't close"
<br>"what's wrong with our coaches"
<br>"I'm pissed. This is bullshit"
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<br>I guess we'll just have to settle for Kalis, Mags, Pipkins, Bolden, and the rest of the top 5 class that everyone was ga-ga about all year long.
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<br>A few of you need to wipe the sand off your Vag.
January 30th, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^
I could care less about not getting these guys. MSU is ranked #44...we are ranked #5. I am proud of the coaches getting a class like this for their first year. Bring in the guys who are sold out to us. Superior coaching and desire can overcome a couple of "lost" recruits.
January 30th, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^
January 30th, 2012 at 9:56 AM ^
Don't forget the instant classic "wishing good luck to a recruit who went elsewhere is retarded."
January 30th, 2012 at 8:43 AM ^
I can see why everyone is freaking out.
1) Texas
2) Alabama
3) Ohio
4) Michigan
5) Florida
Sucks to have the 4th ranked class in the nation.
January 30th, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^
...you know Hoke can't close and Meyer is owning us!
/s