I'm anticipating ESPN will be
SCOUT,
will rate our the class the highest!
...
I disagree, Scout is a very good raking service, but I think Rivals is the best ranking service ever.
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
My prediction
At least one player who we believe belongs on the ESPN 150 will not make the list. Someone will ask, "WHY DOES ESPN HAVE IT OUT FOR US???"
Not going out on much of a
Not going out on much of a limb with that one.
Ummm you must not be familiar
Ummm you must not be familiar with BiSB.
The Bahrain Islamic Bank?
Or Blue in South Bend? You really should be more specific, someone might get confused.
http://www.bisb.com/default.asp
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
Who's Blue in south bend? I
Who's Blue in south bend? I thought we were talking about the bank the wholw time...
I don't know what you heard
I don't know what you heard about me
But you can't get a dolla outta me
No points, no trolls, no flamebait 'round me
Because I'm motherf*cking BiSB
I'm guessing you are about as
I'm guessing you are about as close to 50 Cent as you are to South Bend.
Hail.
True
But I do enjoy a candy shop as much as the next man
You've been waiting a long
You've been waiting a long time to use that, haven't you?
Special Teams means special times!
No love for my alma mater:
No love for my alma mater: British International School of Bratislava?
University of Tom Brady, B.A. '10; University of Peyton Manning, J.D. '13.
Actually...
An even better institution....the Belgian Institute of Sensational Beer.
9 out of the 13 on the watch list
Kugler highest rated Morris 2nd
"This is an elite job, and will continue to be an elite job. This is Michigan ferodsakes!"
WHAT
have you been smoking? Shane will be in the top 10!
You're pretty close to the
You're pretty close to the number. I tweeted with an ESPN recruiting board member that told me that my guess of 8-9 woundn't be unreasonable. So i am going with the 8-9 of the 13 on the watch list.
Let's Go Blue!
11
I'll take 11. By signing day, 13
I will say 7or 8, Morris the
I will say 7or 8, Morris the highest.
ty
Shane Morris will be the
Shane Morris will be the highest rated prospect and Gareon Conley will be the biggest surprise.
If you guys click each of our
If you guys click each of our commits profiles Only Dawson, Morris, Thomas, Mccray have "traits" next to their profile explaining what they're best at. All of the other commits don't have any "traits." ESPN is only doing the top 150 so they will want those guys profiles complete.
Just my guess?
- JP
LTT and Gedeon had traits added
This would indicate 6 players. So if we make some assumptions that number may be close.
If you assume that we will have a top 5 class and take the trends from the last 4 ESPN 150's, 6 might be the starting number (which I know will make everyone angry).
The average top 5 class over the last 4 years averages 40% of their players in the 150. The average top 3 class over the last 4 years averages 45%. So that comes out to 7 or 8 guys out of 17 if you take the percentages.
So I would guess 10-11 when recruiting is final.
i'm pickin up what you're puttin down, but....
at the moment there are 8 recruits with traits and Morris doesn' thave any. Dymonte and LTT have the most.
"See that look on his face, that's why you stay in college!" N. Everett
lemme edit something...
If you go with what's revealed when you select the scouting report tab, we have 10/13 with Shallman, Gedeon, and Butt not making the list. Not surprising with Gedeon and Shallman playing as many different positons as they do, sometines that's just too much for the espn machine to handle...
"See that look on his face, that's why you stay in college!" N. Everett
Kugler and morris will be in
Kugler and morris will be in the top 20...Some tweets from Tom Luginbill about the ESPN 150 also points out that some illinois linemen will be highly rated..
The state of Illinois is having a rare year for prospects, especially offensive lineman. #espn150
There is a center in top 20 of #espn150 and he is that good.
This is the best group of pocket passers in the QB class of 2013 we have seen in awhile. The dual-threats are down in numbers. #espn150
TomVH has said we'll be happy
TomVH has said we'll be happy with the list and he knows the fanbase well, so I'm remaining cautiously optimistic. If it sucks, we'll know he has been lost to the dark side forever.
"Michigan Defense" is dominating everything, in every aspect of life. That's a rough definition.
-Craig Roh 10/29/2011
Uh-uh
Tom VH may be required to be objective now, but he will never be "lost to the dark side."
I fully expect no one to be
I fully expect no one to be happy with it....thought on that note i expect Shane to have his highest ranking on ESPN.
If I'm not mistaken Luginbill loves Shane.
I
will be shocked if Shane is not a 5 star!!! My guess is any where from 6 to 13 players in the ESPN 150. ESPN has not like MICHIGAN the last couple years,I think this year we get some respect!!! We have alot of talent in this class. GO BLUE!!!
I predict that I will
I predict that I will personally outraged by at least one thing on the list
FWIW...
I'm outraged about your prediction that someone will be outraged.
Go Blue!
I'm offended that you're
I'm offended that you're outraged.
Aside from Morris
I'd say McCray is the dark horse for a high grade with KugleyBear and Bosch right behind. Taco might be a riser too (top 100)
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
KugleyBear ? Did I miss
KugleyBear ? Did I miss something?
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
Twitter
That's his twitter handle
No more queer nicknames!
F!
Signed,
Sugar (F YOU ALL FOR THAT) Shane
[Caved troll is caved. Sorry, Mobile app users.]
Everyone seems to be
Everyone seems to be forgetting Dymonte Thomas. He should be Top 25, amirite?
I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?
To be clear, we're going to
To be clear, we're going to wait to see these before deciding whether the ESPN rankings are complete garbage or a wonderful complement to the other sites' rankings, right?
I didn't want salmon. I said
I didn't want salmon. I said it four times! These rankings are horse shit!
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
Liveblog?
Liveblog?
Top 17
I predict all of our prospects will be tied for the number #1 ranked prospect. Also everyone we are going after will be tied for 18th. But, if they end up signing with us, they will move up to a tie for #1 as well.
I think Morris is the highest ranked at #9, a four star (since ESPN has the lowest number of 5 stars). I think there are 9 players in the 150, including the whole o-line, Thomas, Morris, McCray and Lewis (a surprise until that last camp)
I'll be that guy... 1 because
I'll be that guy... 1 because we are in the midwest and we're not Ohio.
Michigan FB, Michigan BB, Michigan HKY, 49ers, SF Giants, Sac Kings, Red Wings
My guess is that we'll have
My guess is that we'll have somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 in the ESPN150, with 23-24 by signing day. I also understand they're adjusting our class of 2012 to have roughly 28 recruits in the 150.
Campaign manager--Hoke 2012.
THIS
This will change... EVERYTHING!
Greatest barometer of a
Greatest barometer of a recruit's potential is his offer list. ESPN holds that in higher regard than any other service or good reason.
Kulger is #1 nastiest recruit
Forget ESPN, I am a new fan of Bleacher Report (yes that former trash rag). 2 of top ten nastiest 2013 recruits are Michigan men with Kulger #1 and Shallman #4. Vanderdoes is #9.
...just one man's opinion.
Recent developments...
...assure that Chunkums will be consensus 5* and most coveted recruit in the internet. Good thing he's a Michigan lock.
L.S.A. '88
Not as many as we think...
...should be.
Top ranked recruit: Shane Morris
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
My prediction is 6 Michigan
My prediction is 6 Michigan recruits but Shane Morris will be absent. (not really, but srsly I wouldn't be surprised at all)
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
A few interesting
A few interesting notes:
TomVH reiterated to the WN board "you guys will be happy..."
Also, 15 of 17 commits are now on the watch list, only Shallman and Hill were left off.
Moving Shallman off puzzles me..
I'm anticipating ESPN will be the most generous of the 4 recruiting sites because of how many of our commits have already committed to the UA AA Game (Presented by ESPN).